Doc
Space Chief
Well, let me start by being completely honest. Before I left for college this summer, my friends would have described me as someone who had sex on his mind just a little too much. Nothing really out of the ordinary for a guy 18 years of age, but since I usually got off from my job at a relatively early time...well what else am I supposed to think about with all that free time?
Quite ironically, after having spent about a month on a college campus so far, I feel like the resident celibate monk compared to many of the vagrants I've been dealing with here. Much unlike a large proportion of people in my dorm, I don't engage in casual sex, and I do not drink or do illicit drugs, although I do indulge in cigars on a monthly basis. I'd consider myself sexually stringent, and proudly so, bordering on prudishness. And although well accustomed to locker room talk and sex-laden conversations with fellow males, even I raise an eyebrow at the sheer irreverence towards women by my one roommate.
Keep in mind that I'm not a faithful person in the slightest. I accept the notion of a watchmaker type designer, but as far as theology goes, I have little concern for it. However, despite my folding from the Catholic Church some years ago, one thing I have been very emphatic about maintaining is the general moral guidelines of the religion of my youth. Writers like Chesterton have kept me interested and yes, even faithful to moral teaching.
I guess I'm not sure what I'm asking here exactly. Did any of you go through trying college environments and still come out morally unscathed? Any tips or tricks? It's not that I'm in danger of waffling or anything on my principles (if anything, the total absence of self-respect amongst fellow students makes me more inclined to stick to the straight and narrow).
Yes, I probably limit myself to the number of friends I have due to my no-party-policy, but it's all for the best I think. I'm training to be an officer in the U.S. Army and I can't afford to engage in any kind of funny business.
Quite ironically, after having spent about a month on a college campus so far, I feel like the resident celibate monk compared to many of the vagrants I've been dealing with here. Much unlike a large proportion of people in my dorm, I don't engage in casual sex, and I do not drink or do illicit drugs, although I do indulge in cigars on a monthly basis. I'd consider myself sexually stringent, and proudly so, bordering on prudishness. And although well accustomed to locker room talk and sex-laden conversations with fellow males, even I raise an eyebrow at the sheer irreverence towards women by my one roommate.
Keep in mind that I'm not a faithful person in the slightest. I accept the notion of a watchmaker type designer, but as far as theology goes, I have little concern for it. However, despite my folding from the Catholic Church some years ago, one thing I have been very emphatic about maintaining is the general moral guidelines of the religion of my youth. Writers like Chesterton have kept me interested and yes, even faithful to moral teaching.
I guess I'm not sure what I'm asking here exactly. Did any of you go through trying college environments and still come out morally unscathed? Any tips or tricks? It's not that I'm in danger of waffling or anything on my principles (if anything, the total absence of self-respect amongst fellow students makes me more inclined to stick to the straight and narrow).
Yes, I probably limit myself to the number of friends I have due to my no-party-policy, but it's all for the best I think. I'm training to be an officer in the U.S. Army and I can't afford to engage in any kind of funny business.
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