I'm an early 30's single Catholic woman who has lots of friends and who likes to date. My question is about respect. If you want to delay or refuse sexual intimacy to a man, you do not need to apologize for that or even offer a reason. I do think that a clear statement of how you are about these things to the guys you spend time with is in order after you are confident you want to continue to see them. They ought to know where you are at, and you ought to know if they are cool with that.
Intimacy grows out of trust and trust depends on mutual honesty and responsibility.
My husband went on a weekend fishing trip with a friend. The friend called his wife to tell her that they had arrived safely and to call me and let me know also. I spoke to the wife the next day, and she told me this and that she had spoken to her husband earlier that morning also. Before they left on their trip, I was told that his cell phone would not work up there. I am hurt that my husband did not phone me.