Love is in the air...well, not in my air ;)

I may import some of my myspace blogs.  I feel like you've missed out on a portion of my life. :(  We'll see how bored I get.  haha

I tend to write a lot about love and relationships.  I think it's because that's my nature.  I am relational.  I often measure my own personal value on the strength and depth of my relationships.  The relationship I have with my parents is awesome.  We talk about everything, practically nothing is off-limits.  I talk to my mom almost everyday...because I want to.  I find a great wealth of knowledge in them.

In the last year, I've come into an awareness.  For the first time, I see how immature and impulsive young people are.  My 6th grade Little and her friends are crazy.  My little brother, though awesome, doesn't think through things.  And I have some friends who are getting married at 18, 19, 20, and I want to say, "Really? Now?"  Sure, I almost got married at 19, but thinking back on it, I was an idiot.  We didn't know each other.  I was young and  impulsive (and he was just dumb).  And I probably would have never finished school.  School while you're single is hard enough.  All of that to say, I have a greater appreciation for my parents' wisdom.  They really do know better than me. (Disclaimer: I don't think you're an idiot if you're getting married young; just make sure you REALLY know the person and you've spent lots and lots of time together and have talked through every aspect of your lives.)

My Human Sexuality class is by far my favorite this semester.  Beside the fact that it's rather humorous to be talking about sex on Southwestern's campus, it's crazy informative.  We started the semester talking about authentic sexuality and how it's God-given and such.  We've talked about homosexuality, and right now we're talking about singleness and sexuality.  Yesterday, Dr. Logue was giving us statistics about premarital sex and even about interracial marriages.  It's really interesting.  One thing I found facinating about premartial sex being on the rise is that in many ways, it's biologically based.  Yes, there's definitely a link to the sexual oversaturation in the media, but check it out.  Puberty is setting in younger and younger.  Back in the day, girls hit puberty around age 16 and guys around 17 or 18.  Guess when people got married: around 17 or 18.  So, there wasn't much of a gap between puberty and marriage.  In our current society, boys and girls both hit puberty between 11-13.  The average age today for marriage for women is 23 and for men is 27!  You're looking at a 12-16 year gap! Holy crap.  That's a long time to reign in raging hormones.  ha.  Anyway, I thought it was interesting.

That's enough food for thought.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Christen