Reply To: Kosher Hangouts

smartgal- wow you are so lucky to ahve discovered what Judiasm really stands for and can be for you if you get beyond all the dos and donts. K forget the co-ed hangouts, if we do seperate I think it can still accomplish a lot. you sound like you know what you are talking about and being a mentor I think would be a great idea for you if/when we set up these “hangouts”, but beyond many orginizations need mentors such as project yes so look into that if you are interested. I am really trying to help others, but I am a jealous of how you really found your niche in Judiasm would you be interested learning with me or something?

Tohighschoolguy- as you said co-ed activities are a risk unless they are monitored, hence my idea is to bring these relationships out into the open into a monitored setting. just one thing, there is no such thing as being shomer, everyone used to tell me you cant have a shomer negiah relationshp with the opposite gender, but I was all inncoent what do you mean you cant just sit and talk to a guy for hours, I have only one relationship with a guy that has stayed shomer, it doesnt happen so I know all of you are going to say to me so i should know very wll that a coed setting isnt good cause it cant stay platonic, well nobodys having a platonic relationship now anyway and I think if I would have been in a supervised setting nothing would have happened, I dont touch guys they touch me and if we were in an environment with rebeim and mentors and something to do beyond make out, fun activities that can give us meaning it can really solve so many problems.Tohighschoolguy, you are so correct to most teenagers Judiasm seems like just a list of donts and cause the teen to rebel cause he/she feels restricted and is not able to see the beauty that our religion has.