Virginity

The author of the Psycho Circus has a problem: she's a virgin, but often wishes that she wasn't. It doesn't help that some of her friends keep on pestering her over the issue, teasing her, tempting her.

You know what? I applaud her resistance, i applaud her resolve, and i applaud her conviction.

Whether or not she is a virgin is besides the point. Whether or not she remains one in the forseeable future is not the point either. I don't applaud her for her piety; i'm not sure her resistance is based on religion and even if it was, that wouldn't matter either. I applaud her because it would be so easy to give in, and yet she chooses the difficult path.

Followers of her blog will know that she has an adundance of admirers (male and female) - most of them have offered to relieve her of the "burden" of virginity. And while she seems to crack at the seams every once in a while, she persists in honoring her principles.

That is what i admire: her integrity. Integrity is about making a decision and sticking to it. Ignoring temptation, ignoring peer pressure, ignoring (or rather controlling) her own lusts - the ability to do this leads to integrity. My hat goes off to you, TJ.