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===IN THE THIRD PERSON:===Meet Kathryn: burlesquer, model, actor, ukulele-er, fantastic cook, and font of wise words and amusing anecdotes. She loves to listen to you and, if she can, help you with your troubles, or, if she can't help, direct you to someone who can. And that's why you're here, no? ~grins~
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There is a guy I really like (who also has the slight potential of liking me back). He's very funny and actually very polite and nice. However, he doesn't seem to be a very devout Christian, because he cusses. Even though I cuss sometimes, I feel like he may have a bad influence on me in that way, and I know from Bible study that I'm supposed to surround myself with people who share my beliefs and are going to be a good influence. But there seems to be something wrong with that, because if I cuss now and then, I may be a kind of bad influence on others too, and they wouldn't want to be around ME either. I guess what I'm trying to ask is...would it be okay to continue to flirt with this guy and (if it works out right) date him? Sorry, this was kind of long and confusing... btw, I'm almost 16, if that helps any.
ah, young love... ok, so it's a-little-more-than-a-year-younger-than-me young love, but still... ^_^
all right, i'm not gonna lie. i do swear on occassion. more than once a day usually, but mostly just things like crap and damn and SOB (i'm hardly ever calling anybody that, it's usually just an angry exclaimation when i haven't done my homework ^_^;). and i'm not gonna lie and say that my friends and parents (well, my mom, but she was raised on a farm, heh) don't curse. in fact, they swear more than me, and my profanity level hasn't increased dramatically due to hanging out with them over 4 years (just due to more tests and worrying about college stuff). so as long as you check yourself on your speech every now and again, i'd say you'll be okay. if you start slipping more ****s into your vocabulary and you think it's because you're hanging out with this guy, then just practice more control what comes out of your mouth. but i think you will be ok.
as for him not seeming like a "very devout christian", is cussing the only thing that makes him seem that way to you? or does he make a lot of obscene gestures at grade school girls and then go mug prostitutes and use their earnings to go illegaly buy liquer, and then say that his master beelzebub made him do it?? heh, i kinda doubt that he's THAT bad. ^_^ you're afraid he might have a bad influence on you? well, have you thought about how you might be a good influence on him?
basically, if you like him, and he likes you, he doesn't ask you to join his get-child-sacrifice-legalised group, and if it's fairly safe to say that he won't get you in jail (or himself for that matter :P ), then go ahead and flirt and hang out and, if you should so desire, go out.
no worries about your question being too long. i've seen much longer, and usually the problem is people being too short with their questions. ^_^ sorry about some of my crazy examples, i was a little graphic, please forgive da kitty...
hope this helped. good luck!
~*kitty*~
(Rating: 5) Thanks so much for your input! I always love long answers that go into detail, they're much more reassuring. You made some really good points...and I think I will get to know him better before I make generalizations about his spirituality.