You bring up a couple of good talking points, Syraz.
From everything that I have ever read or been told, condoms have never been acceptable. Pulling out has also never been acceptable. It sounds like you were given bad information. FWIW I have done both, but then again I don't consider myself to be devout by any stretch. People who practice Natural Family Planning might argue that it's not nonsense. We never tried it.
It would be enlightening to know if you asked her why she felt that way. Many people don't like porn because they feel that it degrades and exploits women. I'm sure that some Catholics might feel that it is because sex sacred and reserved for the marriage bed. Neither of those cases would imply that her sister doesn't like sex - only that she doesn't approve of adult video stores.
You must understand that my experience with the program was about 35 years ago so my memory may be a little iffy. My wife accepted condoms from the very beginning, so I may have directed this as a false remembrance. Let me say, I was not paying avid attention to the entire weekend, yes it was indeed an entire weekend. As I said I have always been an agnostic, verging on athiest.
On the second point, I have learned that at family events two topics to avoid are politics and religion, at least on my wife's side. They tend to be very conservative in their politics and social reflections. I would be the lone sheep in a pack of wolves. Fortunately, politically my wife is extremely liberal.
May I say that my wife is one of the most considerate, caring open minded people, I have ever met....except in the sexual realm. We once went to couples therapy about the issue. She walked out because she thought the counselor, (a women), was unreasonable, and not listening to her. Door shut on this avenue!
We all have seperate and diverse shoes to transverse this reality we call life.
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