Curb Your Enthusiasm

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If you're a young Catholic person considering a vocation in the Church, I strongly urge you to avoid getting to it right out of high school. Give yourself a chance to grow up first; especially seeing as how the new 21 is around 26 these days. (Makes one question the motive for reducing the voting age to 18 in the USA instead of increasing it)

My reason for this is because too many young novices are starry-eyed and don't know yet just how unpleasant it is to live with perpetual sexual frustration.

Also; God stated in the very beginning that it is not good for men to live solo, i.e. without a woman for companionship. And if so, then it must also not be good for women to go it alone.

In Shaunti Feldhahn's book "For Women Only" (ISBN 1-59052-317-2) she relates a survey taken among segregated groups of men and women with this question:

"Given a choice; would you rather be disrespected, or would you rather be alone and unloved in the world?"

Just about every one of the ladies chose disrespect over living alone and unloved in the world and that's obviously because mankind's creator didn't wire women to function solo; they were wired to be with men; as couples.

Another example: some time ago, a Catholic priest here in Oregon broke his vows and quit the vocation to get married after serving the Church more than 30 years because he could endure gender segregation no longer. He wasn't especially looking to get bedded, he was just plain lonely and wanted very much to be with somebody; which is exactly how normal guys came out of the box via intelligent design.

Back when I and my siblings were youngsters, my sister dated a guy who dropped out of seminary because he came to the realization early-on that there was just no way he could ever manage to suppress his impulses forever without risking a nervous breakdown.

My point is: celibacy isn't everyone's cup of tea and no one should allow themselves to be pressured into it against their feelings, their conscience, and/or their better judgment.
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