A pledge of abstinence

A while back, I met a woman at a party and we started chatting. She told me that she'd had so many bad experiences with men over the past year, that she had decided not to have sex for a whole year.

"Really?" I asked, cursing under my breath as I started to plan my escape. "Is that doable?"
"Oh, it's very doable" she replied. "I've made a decision and I'm already on my third month".
"I made a similar decision myself a few weeks ago" I countered.
She looked at me, unable to decipher if I was joking, serious or trying to flirt with her. "You decided to stop having sex for a year?"
"Pretty much" I nodded. "I decided to stop buying drinks, for a year".

We both laughed and that was that. But I never forgot that girl nor her strange pledge. I always wondered if I could do it. Of course, I could: I went through 2002 without having sex...ok, let me rephrase: I wondered if I could do it despite any opportunities that came my way. I also wondered what I'd do with all the extra time and energy and money I'd save.

Well, Anatole France said "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." And here it comes, boys and girls. I'm replacing my ten resolutions for 2007 with a single one: no sex of any description from January 2, 2007 until January 1, 2008. I've been mulling this one for a few months now and I think I'm up for it (no pun intended). I think it'll be interesting to resist my number one temptation (by far) for a whole year...who knows what I could achieve with all my mental faculties available to me. It'll be like that Seinfeld episode when George stopped having sex and became a genius (Elaine stopped and turned into a moron).

But seriously, I'm kind of excited by the prospect..and the new perspective it can provide me. I'll work on some rules and post them, before the end of year. I think I'll also start another blog specifically for this social experiment.