Hello everyone. Umm I'm kind of confused: is it okay to be celibate or abstinent? I know there are mixed views on this. However, I really enjoy it because it allows me to focus more on myself: more on my mind, more on my body, more on my personality. Just more on myself. So is it okay for me to be celibate? Thanks.
You do what you want, but sex isn't really any impediment to developing yourself, your mind, your body, or your personality. I don't date either, but it doesn't have to mean sexual activity is completely off the table.
Of course it is ok. Think about it logically, if you didn't want to learn to drive would that mean that there is anything wrong with you? If you decided that you wanted to work in one sector and didn't want to work for another would that mean there is something wrong? Of course not. The only time it is a problem is when someone forces them self to be celibate and sexual urges that are unfulfilled end up hurting someone else (not the only example but look at the Catholic sex abuses). As long as you are comfortable and not hurting anyone then you are 100% normal and 100% fine to do it xx
If it's your choice, and not something you're forced or shamed into, then why would it be a bad thing? Do what you feel is right for you. :]
It is absolutely fine to be celibate or abstinent. Nothing wrong with it, so long as it is your choice and you aren't just choosing it because you are being guilted or shamed into choosing that.
its a choice only you can make... but remeber that in doing so, you are cutting yourself off from the human experince.
Absolutely nothing wrong with it. Do what makes you happy. @Emberstone: Since when was sex the human experience? Nearly everything except some protista phylum reproduce through some form of intercourse. That aside, sex is just sex. Not really something I see as the grand experience of life.
i think thats great. i think that if that's what you want to do, do it. and you also have less to worry about in terms of dynamics with others once sex gets into the picture. just hold off until you feel ready.
Of course it's ok... As long you don't try and push it on to other people. After all it's a choice. Same for having sex.
No one knows your needs and wants better than yourself, so you should never have to be or feel forced into something you're not ready for.
Some people live very happy lives being celibate. One of my very good friends made the decision to live his life celibate and is very happy. Don't let anyone--or any culture or society--make you conform to it. Avoid the pressures and just be you. It's your life.
Yeasts, bacteria and archaea don't do sex, either. I'd say anything you experience as a human being is a human experience; sex is just one possibility that some people enjoy.
