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Did your parents marry as virgins

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yes. Arranged marriage FTW. I'm 22 and will likely be arranged married to someone from the "old country", though it's ultimately up to me.
 
Originally posted by: raz3000
yes. Arranged marriage FTW. I'm 22 and will likely be arranged married to someone from the "old country", though it's ultimately up to me.

My parents want me to have an arranged marriage to one of my 4th or 5th cousins because of lack Jewish girls in my area that they trust.
 
my mom was, but dad wasn't. parents are pretty open about sex w/ me. They gave me a pretty good home sex ed (no, not sex techniques, but the biological and psychological aspect. Of course, I learned it in school as well, but it's different to get a caring parent's point of view, than from a school).

Talking about sex withing the family is not so much taboo. If anyone in the family has a problem w/ his/her life about it, they can openly talk about it in my family, w/ no shame.

If my BF2 alias is any indication, I do joke about sex quite a bit. Me and my dad always crack jokes, and quite a bit of them are sex-related, and therefore, really funny, 😛. Some people find it wierd taht i'm so open about it, like getting caught jacking off by my dad 3 times, getting caught by roommates on a number of occasions, catching roommates in the act, catching my parents in the act... it's not really a "OMG WTF HOLY CRAP NOO!!" deal for me. It's a normal part of a ton of human lives. (some of you who live in these boards should know some of the stories I've told, lol).


Due to this education, I was very aware of the risks involved during my teen years. I resisted doing it w/ my X at times of when I didn't have proper protection at the moment.
Ok, obviously, any well raised kid will do the same as I did, but I think, w/ more open exposure, especially within the family, will make the subject less of a taboo, and raise the chances of one being more aware of the many consequences that come w/ sex.
 
Originally posted by: Cooler
Originally posted by: raz3000
yes. Arranged marriage FTW. I'm 22 and will likely be arranged married to someone from the "old country", though it's ultimately up to me.

My parents want me to have an arranged marriage to one of my 4th or 5th cousins because of lack Jewish girls in my area that they trust.


are you guys kidding (no im being serious), there's still arranged marraiges?
 
We're talking 1961 here... mom was 16 dad was 21 what do you think? Even if she was'nt that secret would never leave her head.
 
Originally posted by: raz3000
yes. Arranged marriage FTW. I'm 22 and will likely be arranged married to someone from the "old country", though it's ultimately up to me.

What's the "old country". I did'nt realise that still existed cept in Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan
 
Originally posted by: EKKC
Originally posted by: Cooler
Originally posted by: raz3000
yes. Arranged marriage FTW. I'm 22 and will likely be arranged married to someone from the "old country", though it's ultimately up to me.

My parents want me to have an arranged marriage to one of my 4th or 5th cousins because of lack Jewish girls in my area that they trust.


are you guys kidding (no im being serious), there's still arranged marraiges?

yes mainly for keeping money within the family.
 
Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: raz3000
yes. Arranged marriage FTW. I'm 22 and will likely be arranged married to someone from the "old country", though it's ultimately up to me.

What's the "old country". I did'nt realise that still existed cept in Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan

I thought it was common in India.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: raz3000
yes. Arranged marriage FTW. I'm 22 and will likely be arranged married to someone from the "old country", though it's ultimately up to me.

What's the "old country". I did'nt realise that still existed cept in Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan

I thought it was common in India.

Im from new york and its common there as well.
 
Heh, it's really funny that so many peple love their parents so much that they are blinded to the point of believing dad didn't test the wares before marriage. Naive, but cute nonetheless, and it shows you care for your parents, or at least want to stand up for mom's honor. Don't get me wrong, these marriages do exist, but not at a 40% ratio. Not even close I bet. Mom's are good liars when it comes to that. I know my mother still thinks that I think she was a virgin, but I know better, but only because certain math involving a certain infant doesn't work out.
 
Originally posted by: Cooler
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Zebo
Originally posted by: raz3000
yes. Arranged marriage FTW. I'm 22 and will likely be arranged married to someone from the "old country", though it's ultimately up to me.

What's the "old country". I did'nt realise that still existed cept in Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan

I thought it was common in India.

Im from new york and its common there as well.

Hah... um... ok. Maybe among foreigners, but not most people.
 
Well considering that my parents never did it and me and my sister were brought here by a stork, wheres the option for they're still virgins 😛:laugh:
 
Originally posted by: Patt
I think so, but why you asking the question Koing?

Just wondering what % of ATOT parents were virgins when they married. I didn't think I had seen this also.

Originally posted by: veryape
Heh, it's really funny that so many peple love their parents so much that they are blinded to the point of believing dad didn't test the wares before marriage. Naive, but cute nonetheless, and it shows you care for your parents, or at least want to stand up for mom's honor. Don't get me wrong, these marriages do exist, but not at a 40% ratio. Not even close I bet. Mom's are good liars when it comes to that. I know my mother still thinks that I think she was a virgin, but I know better, but only because certain math involving a certain infant doesn't work out.

My mums old skool asian woman from quite a backwards country. She didn't date, she just married. She turned down a few marriage proposals also.

Koing
 
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