It is not okay to feel ashamed based on your decision to wait. I felt ashamed, and refused to discuss it and very seldom would I even answer the question if I was asked. I didn't want the world to know my decision, because of the ridicule that followed. Which is not okay!!! We need to be screaming from the hill tops that it is okay to wait for marriage. It isn't too late to make the decision to wait until marriage. I respect and love you even if you decide(d) differently than me. Everyone is expected to make their own decisions. To each is their own. The decisions I make are expected to be respected, as I respect your decisions. With that being said, even if we have polar opposite views; All I ask for is respect.

I choose to wait for marriage. I believe in saving myself until I find the one that God has intended for me. Not because "I couldn't get some".

With that being said, go ahead and get the jokes and slurs out of the way. It is hard to even discuss being a virgin in this society. I automatically get, " You're such a pretty girl, there is just no way!" Well, yes there is a way. I've been turned down after multiple first dates because the date didn't go as they wanted. Which sounds crazy, because people don't realize that we live in this "Netflix and Chill" society. Hook-ups are whats expected on a "first date".

I chose to wait based on the fact that I respect myself. I respect my body, and I respect my creator. I want someone to care about me. I want to be treated the way I feel that I deserve, instead of the one night when they are trying to use my body for their satisfaction.

I'm okay choosing to wait. You can continue disrespecting me by calling me whatever name you wish. However, at the end of the day, I still love myself. I love myself regardless of whether or not you do. If you chose to walk away because I'm waiting, then okay. I'm not going to change my views and my decisions based on this. For this is very important to me.