With their extended family (aunt, uncle, grandma) my boys saw a movie where a young woman had sexual relationships with two men she was dating. I told my teens that this really bothered me. One piped up and said "I know what you are going to say, you shouldn't have sex until you're married." Good point, but what I told them is that you can't possibly be in love with two people and that a sexual relationship is for one special person to whom you are committed.
As a mother of boys, I have always tried to set the bar high (no sex until marriage). It's hard to move the bar up, but it can always come down.
karen atkinson 10/15/08
As a mother of boys, I have always tried to set the bar high (no sex until marriage). It's hard to move the bar up, but it can always come down.