The Virgin Daughters

Ugh me too - what on earth?? Could only be in America. All this about the relationship with their father...sounds wrong!!

Me too. Don't know why I'm watching really, it's just shouting fuel isn't it?!

Ad break already. It;s only been on 5 minutes. Literally!

And an ad break 4 minutes in does not help matters!!

I'm a couple of minutes behind on SkyPlus, but I'm creeped out already. I may have to switch off.

Absolutely. Why on earth is it the ideal for your daughter to only have ever kissed her husband? And what the hell is all the tutus and ballet about?

ETA: Nothing wrong with not kissing anyone but your husband, it should just really be the girls' decision and not their rather scary fathers.

Oh God, now they've brought venereal diseases into it.

WTF is this guy on about? So you can't get cervical cancer if you just have one partner. Umm nope, sorry.

Hannah and her father are a freaky pair aren't they?!

My Mum and I are sat here gobsmacked....I don't lead a wholesome life, haha. We too think the relationships with their Dads is a bit weird, especially with this 11 year old with her Dad sat behind her. My Dad wasn't around, I didn't seek comfort in other men...christ on a bike.

So are those parents really that afraid of the daughters experiencing the painful aspects of relationships they believe this lifestyle choice is necessary, or are they motivated by something else? And they don't explain how not being intimate until you get married will avoid any of that.

I'm not watching this (Mr Dooby's put Traffic Cops on instead) but i did hear an ad on the radio for it, what confused me was if they are not allowed to even hold hands with another man until they are married how on earth are they ever expected to meet someone to marry?? Or is it a case of arranged marriages manufactured by these parents?

All very odd and creepy in my opinion.

Did that woman (who was incredibly beautiful, wasn't she?) have the child? i think I missed that bit

(I thought so too) I don't think she said. I have a feeling we might hear from her again.

The thing is, they are holding out for these men and the one they are going to marry, but nothing is forever, he could cheat and leave her a year down the line.

Oh this man is uber-creepy. Lining his kids up for a blessing? Ick ick ick!

She was very beautiful, she lost the baby and it didn't work out with the man, she seems so happy with the new man though and he seems lovely in what he said.

WOW! They have 7 kids but lost 5, they have been busy. Did it say if the Mum & Dad were pure before they met as well?

How sad. Its great she has found the strength to liveher life as she wants though.

It is very sad but yes, brilliant that she's broke away from it, she said that she was quite sad as well as her parents won't accept her new partner.

I think its cool for girls to be given the option of waiting, if thats what they want - most of the kids I know don't think its possible to be with someone and not sleep with them after the age of about 13.

The thing that worries me is the pressure it could put on the girls later on to stay with their husband even if the relationship isn't what they want.

I missed the start of this but do they have the same "rules and rituals for their sons or can they do what they like??

Same rules for the sons.

Just imagine what having your first kiss at your wedding in front of everyone you know is like.. all that saliva and banging teeth ?

I have just watched this!

Some of the sentiments behind it seem actually quite admirable - trying to instill a sense of self-worth in their daughters, protecting them from being hurt or catching STDs etc.

What I find very uncomfortable is the fact that some of the parents have lead quite 'unpure' lives themselves and it's almost as if they are trying to relive their lives again in a different way through their children. I am also very creeped out by all the absolute adoration and sick-making speeches by Randy's daughters at the ball - it's like they're there just to bolster his ego and put him on a HUGE pedestal.

I don't like the fact that some parents (like the parents of the girl who got pg) fail to educate their children about sex which then leaves them vulnerable and naiive, and to almost disown your own daughter just because she strayed a little from the straight and narrow just seems very unChristian for people who claim to be living Godly lives!

What would happen if these girls 'saved' themselves for the right man, got married and then it didn't work or he strayed or something? They would be absolutely devastated - their fairytale would come crashing down around them and I don't know if they'd be resilient enough to cope with these emotions as they'd lack the past experience that other girls would have had.

Like this http://www.choiceforalifetime.com/weddingvideo/ it is quite sweet actually

I haven't seen the programme, but from what I gather, the parents are pushing this ideal on to the kids too much? Thats not on. If they want to do it for themselves (and I know of a lot of together, stable people who have), then more power to them, but you can't force this on your kids.

For those genuinely interested in why people do this, and how they meet their Other half etc, the books "When God writes your love story" and "When Dreams come true" by Eric and Lesley Ludy are a good start, also you can google Barlow Girls

Owww I wanted to watch this, I know some pretty hard line christians who didn't kiss their BF GF until their wedding day which personally I think is great but the fathers on this programme sound a leetle over overprotective

Some truth in it. Most cervical cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus which is usually sexually transmitted. So if 2 virgins get it together and stay faithful to each other, neither should have the virus. So the woman is at much lower risk of cervical cancer.

I do appreciate it can lower the risk, but it still doesn't remove it altogether. It could be potentially harmful if a father brainwashed his daughter into thinking that and then she never went for smear tests. I know the risk is low, but it's not absent altogether.

(Plus who's to confirm the guy is really a virgin anyway)

Too true, my SIL unfortunately died of cervical cancer & she had not lost her virginity