Celibacy Koralee

I'm 31, I live just outside of Seattle and I have a 3 year old daughter.
Almost as soon as I became sexually active, I determined that I fell into the "sex isn't worth the hassle" category, but I kept doing it anyway, partly because I was in the middle of a long relationship and partly because my mother kept after me about my duty. Yes, really. When the relationship ended, I tried out promiscuity. It was fun in a dangerous sort of way, but it cost me 2 good friends and I stopped.

From there, I realized that marriage probably wasn't in my future so I decided to have a baby on my own. That has given me a whole new perspective on life and myself. Having sex out of duty was degrading, doing it for fun and danger was the worst kind of power abuse over the opposite sex. I have too much self respect to do either again and I don't want to teach my daughter my mistakes. Celibacy was imposed on me by motherhood, but I soon discovered that I like life a whole lot better that way. I'm free, I'm free.