Article By Jennifer Williams
“Girl, I’m sorry. You ain’t gone get no man without having sex,” said my then best friend.
When I first told her about my switch in mindset and wanting to become abstinent, she seemed taken aback.
“You can do whatever you wanna do, but that just sounds stupid if you ask me,” she said. “When did you become all holy and Ms. Perfect?”
I noticed a tinge of anger in her voice, as if there was something else just under the surface of her comments. I later learned that she felt like she was losing part of me—the carefree, reckless, take any and every risk part.
Once upon a time, I was crazy. I was fearless. I never walked away from a challenge and would try anything once. That’s what my friend was used to.
She and I had done everything together since the third grade. We had some truly wild moments in our early twenties, but we never judged each other and went by the motto, “You only live once.”
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source: EEWMagazine.com
DISCUSSION: Abstinence Requires Sacrifice, But It’s So Worth It was originally published on praisecleveland.com
