I get SO excited when grown men do the right thing and then TELL everyone! Ovie Mughelli was not that great of a speaker, but his message was one that was so powerful and amazing, that I was in awe. This story is like that:

Shaun Alexander Was the 24-Year-Old Virgin

Posted Mar 12th 2007 10:57AM by Michael David Smith
Filed under: Seahawks, NFL Gossip

This information isn't really new, I guess, but it's new to me so I thought I'd share. Shaun Alexander has written an autobiography, and this review notes something interesting:

Alexander says he was a virgin until he married Valerie Boyd in 2002 and that they never even kissed until they stood at the altar and directed to do so by the pastor. He was 24 years old.

I have to say, I find the part about not even kissing his wife until their wedding a lot more surprising than the part about a star athlete getting to the age of 24 without having sex, although I find that part pretty surprising, too.

But Alexander has been very open about his beliefs that sex before marriage is wrong. He told Howard Stern about his beliefs last year, while also saying he'd be OK with a gay player in the locker room, even though he didn't think "it was right." And he apparently believes God told him via a series of sexual dreams that he should maintain his vow of abstinence.

Here's a picture of Alexander's wife in a bikini. I think most guys would consider her worth the wait.


I am not saying that I followed his advice, but as a parent for the boy to hear this is so important. I try to tell him all the time that premarital sex can really ruin a person, he does not react except to say- go away mom. But when I tell him that one generation of this behavior could wipe out EVERY social disease, he listens. Or when I tell him the amount of unwanted children would be greatly reduced- and right now I am pointing at Tom Brady- who has at least one girl pregnant. Anyway off my soap box!