You want a relationship? You want all the stuff you see on TV and the movies? The hot bod, the steamy sex life, the romance, the whole deal. You want all the excitement and pleasure of a relationship? Okay, then are you ready for the responsibility and investment that it takes to have a relationship? It’s the battle of getting what you want verses paying the price.

I have heard it so many times from both guys and girls. “You don’t buy a car without test driving it first.” It sounds like a solid reason for having sex. I mean you want to know if you are compatible sexually before you lock yourself into that exclusive forever-type relationship. But not everything that sounds logical makes good sense when you really think about it.

Let’s break the logic down and see what is really being said. It’s not as black and white as people think it is. Holding hands = Looking at the car. Running your hands over the hood. Kissing = Sitting in the seat. Grabbing the steering wheel. Heavy making out = Starting the car. Turning all the dials. Wiping your feet on the carpet. Spilling a drink in the seat. Touching, kissing, fondling, groping, anything besides intercourse = Scratching the paint. Breaking the window. Poking holes in the seat. Sex (oral, intercourse, anything else) = Driving the car like crazy. Putting major miles. High speeds. Running over curbs. Totally ragging out the car. Would you buy a beat up old used car at a new car price? Think about it. Would you look at this car that is all scratched up with dents and high miles on it, pay the full sticker price and think, “Wow, what a great deal!” No way. But that’s exactly what happens when you get into sex without being married. When you keep having sex and pushing further and further what you are actually doing is turning yourself into a used car. Then you are expecting someone to come along and make a full price commitment for a ragged out, used car.

Every new sexual experience, when you are not married, puts another ding, another scratch, another scar on who you are. You keep running your car into other people, and then you wonder why no one treats you special. You can’t understand why no one wants to make a major commitment. You are in control of this. You control what kind of condition you are in. If you treat your body like an old clunker, don’t be surprised when everyone wants to take you for a spin, and then go get a new car. You are valuable. Keep yourself new. Keep yourself unused. Then you will be the one everyone wants and they will be willing to make the long-term commitment to have you. You will be desirable and Dateable.

Dateable: Are You? Are They? Justin Lookadoo and Hayley DiMarco Dateable: having an internal sense of confidence, control, and sexuality that inadvertently attracts members of the opposite sex, resulting in positive effects before, during, and after the relationship. If you think you're clueless about the opposite sex, you won't be once you read Dateable. We've got stuff on them they never wanted you to know. It'll be like you're a fly on the wall of the locker room listening in on all the conversations you've always wanted to hear. What does she say when you aren't around? What is she thinking? Why does she do that? What does she really mean? It's all here. We expose the inside world of guys and girls in this tell-all book. Don't try dating without first being Dateable. USA UK Canada

The Dateable Rules: A Guide to the Sexes Justin Lookadoo and Hayley DiMarco  Take Wild at Heart by John Eldredge and The Mystique of a Woman by Jean Lush and turn it into something that gets the attention of busy teens and you begin to understand The Dateable Rules. This interactive guide takes up where Dateable left off and walks teens through the Bible's insights about men and women. Guys will learn that God loves adventure and that there's a difference between a spiritual and a physical adventure. They'll also learn how to be a gentleman (open her door and carry the box of leftovers from dinner, etc.) Girls will learn that beauty is defined by God, not supermodels, and that if they talk too much, they lose. They learn the secrets of staying confident and letting a guy lead. The Dateable Rules isn't about teens getting more dates; it's about learning to understand the opposite sex and making good choices based on the truth! USA UK Canada

The Dirt... From the authors who brought you Dateable and The Dateable Rules comes a new series guaranteed to get teens talking. The Dirt series gives girls and guys the lowdown on topics of constant conversation: dating, sex, breaking up, and more. Nowhere else can teens find this kind of nitty-gritty, tell-all honesty about subjects that mean a lot to them alongside the solid biblical guidance they need.

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