Proud to be a prude!

[Timidity]

In another thread people are saying left and right that they’re not prudes.

I decided to look the word up. American Heritage defines a prude as “One who is excessively concerned with being or appearing to be proper, modest, or righteous.”

If that’s the case, then I want to be a prude!

Webster defines it as “A woman of affected modesty, reserve, or coyness; one who is overscrupulous or sensitive; one who affects extraordinary prudence in conduct and speech.”

Well, I guess I fail the gender requirement, but otherwise I would be proud to be a prude!

 

[Tantum_ergo]

Labels, labels, labels.

We aren’t goods in a supermarket–we’re PEOPLE.

In this era when chastity is considered some hang-over of the Victorian age, and we’re encouraged to “let it all hang out”, or “if you’ve got it, flaunt it”, I pray daily for encouragement to be chaste, modest, pure in heart and poor in spirit.

That doesn’t make me a prude, especially according to the dictionary. After all, who defines what is “excessive”, “affecting”, or overscrupulous?" What if it’s the “style”, or the “fashion”, that is excessive, affecting, or unscrupulous–then we “prudes” would be NORMALby resisting it and the Brittney clones and soft-porn addicts would be the abnormal, excessive, deluded ones. Right?

 

[AmyS]

When I first read the comment on that thread about being a prude I thought, HEY, don’t call me that! But, then I got to thinking… I really am a prude, always have been, always will be… My husband, who knew me from junior high on, says I was a goodie two shoes… prude… square… He was pretty opposite of me, look at who he married too. I tell him, your right, and I thank God for it too.

 

[chicago]

I’m proud to be a prune! All wrinkled up. Well, ok, maybe I’m not that bad, but I’m not exactly a fresh grape, either.