At our family Christmas party 2 years ago, we had some cousins and their teenaged kids, whom we hadn’t seen since they were little, over. The 2 teenage girls brought along their boyfriends. They sat on the couch and either texted or made out the whole time. We were basically strangers to them, because we hadn’t seen them in such a long time. Part of the reason we hadn’t seen them in so long is because they became uber-religious and belong to some outlying Christian sect which believes in end times and they gave up their insurance and other things right before 2000, because they thought they were going to be taken up into the rapture. They were sorely disappointed when that didn’t happen, and again in 2010. Anyway, these folks have regularly spouted off against pre-marital sex and divorce and such. So soon after this party, my cousin got a divorce because her husband was cheating on her, her son got his girlfriend pregnant, then her 16 year old unwed daughter got pregnant and her boyfriend left her, then the 18 year old daughter got pregnant, but at least she got married soon afterward, and my other cousin’s 21 year old daughter is now pregnant and unmarried.
I just thought it was completely out of line to be making out at a Christmas party in front of family members that you barely know (or even if you did know them). It was gross, and ultimately led to unfortunate circumstances. My cousin in constantly asking us to pray for her and her family. Apparently prayer hasn’t helped them much. Maybe keeping their legs shut and their tongues out of people’s mouths would have been a better plan.