What encourages people to wait until marriage to have sex?

pageturner1988: What encourages people to wait until marriage to have sex?
There are plenty of people who decide to wait to have sex with their partners until marriage and I just don’t understand the reasons. If people are in a close-caring relationship, what is the point of waiting until after you have made a strong commitment, such as marriage, to express it?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Ron WCB
Typically it’s religion.

Answer by need2know
uh . . . the Bible.

Answer by Kevin G
The risk of having a kid is too great. Mistakes happen. Fact of life.

Answer by RANDOMPERSON:)
To be 100% sure that the special moment is with the person you will be with the rest of your life.

Answer by John Lennon
lawl, who does that anymore

test the water before you jump in

Answer by Hector
Self control. Foresight.

Answer by HO HO HO
idk…i know a lot of people who had sex in highschool….

Answer by Katie
Not wanting to burn.

Answer by Ali M
Usually their religion… because a lot of the times intercoarse before marriage is considered a “Sin”

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Answer by Mean Keen
Idiocy mostly. It’s the 21st century, sex before marriage is now mandatory.

Answer by marie toni.
religion; god.

Answer by RE
bible or something

my girlfriend wanted to wait, so i got her drunk and got some, then i told her while we always did it might as well not stop now, she fell for it.

Answer by Ms. Kennedy
For most people, religion. For others, they want to make sure, be absolutely positive, that they’re with the want they want to be with for the rest of their life before have a physical relationship.

Answer by John
Its mainly because of religion…Roman Catholic is a perfect example

Answer by D.C.born
because it makes the experience really special with that person

Answer by zahraa07
Religion requires it for many reasons and one reason is to keep a woman’s dignity and purity alive. Why a white dress when she gets married? Because it symbolizes purity.

Answer by Andrea
The bible.
Following Christ.

Answer by Joseph
It’s a legal contract to stick with your spouse to the very end. It’s a decleration that you won’t go dump her and screw another broad. Although it happens even in that circumstance.

Answer by abigailroseis
Because my 4th period health teacher is burning detailed images of venereal diseases into our minds. It stings! And I have that class before lunch…ugh….

Answer by uoftstef
Religion, but not all religious people wait. I am Roman Catholic and didn’t wait, and I don’t know if I will go to “hell” for it or not but I don’t really care….I love him…and it just so happens we’re going to get married…but I don’t really see the point in waiting until marriage because I think sex is an important part of a relationship. I think sex brought me closer to my boyfriend and I think I love him even more, maybe also because I’m not the type to bang every guy I see…but I dunno….kinda silly.

Answer by wes436584
I would say both religion and fear of having kids are at the top of the list along with getting an STD…nasty! The reality is that if the opportunity presents itself..then I would get the experience as much as you can without getting her prego…

Answer by ccflo95
I’m a Christian.
We believe that your body is a temple.
And adultery is a sin.
So if you lie or commit other sins.
You are committing sins “outside” your body.
But when you have sex before marriage, you are sinning AGAINST your body.

Your body should be used to honor God (in my opinion) not for selfish satisfaction.

Your Body is your Temple of God

1 Cor. 6:19-20 “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body,” (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

Answer by Kcat all the way baby
sex can be a really sensitive topic to some people, they feel they need to be commited in someway before being commited sexually. It’s a promise to your self and god that you won’t jump into things too early. some people may belive they have a close-caring relationship but things may end after sex. mostly the reason is for if a person is not in a close caring relationship. Some people would like to wait until they found someone they truely care about before they ahve sex. They want to stay pure to tehmselves because sex is so different to so many people. it could be a quick thing or it could be life altering whatever way you look at it. That is why some people commit to no sex before marriage. At least that is my reason and the reason of many of the people i know who have made the same commitment.

Answer by Courtney B
Religious beliefs and/or social stereotypes(such as if you have sex you’re a whore/slut)

Answer by luknforluke
open the presents before Christmas, do you?

Answer by I gS I Zunduro
because if you inpregnate the girl it’s your responsability to take care of the child when or if your in sckool still so think about it who is going to take care of the kid.

plus when you get married there is an unlikely chance that you will spread STD’s because you can both be tested and will only have sex with on person.

but if you don’t get married and have sex with multiple people there is a great chance on spreading STD’s you don’t want that to happen.

I’m waiting after i get married because it’s a better chose to make

Hope this helped

Answer by kwill81
So doing enhances the commitment made by each. Statistics show that those who wait remain faithful longer. Not waiting demeans and devalues the marriage.

Answer by Iskariot
ok some ways to encourage ppl to not have sex till marriage is think about if a condom breaks then the girls pregnant and ur stuck getting a job and haveing to buy food for the child and clothing for the baby and other needs and if u 2 cant handle that then ur baby will b takin away front you…

Also even if the woman is on birthcontrol and you wear a condom there still is a chaance the woman can get pregnant just rember theres that 1% chance. And anthother thing is being dead serious you have to find the right person and get checked cus you MAY get aids or herpies

plus your parents would be pissed=]

Answer by Brandi W
1) Religion.

2) AIDS, STDs, unwanted pregnancy. Not that waiting eliminates all these things, but it certainly lessens the risk by a significant amount.

3) For some, sex is the ultimate bond to establish with another person. And they don’t want to do it unless they are going to be with that person for life.

Answer by smallboyonherbike
The reasons why people wait until they’re married is because sex is a very important thing. And it’s extremely important to females because we have a very important gift. Our virginity is something special and when a man takes it it shouldn’t be taken with pride but with gentleness. Sometimes us females tend to give it to someone before marriage and that person doesn’t appreciate it. So when we wait till we get married so that way we know at least that he’s someone who is worth giving it too.

Answer by ThaQueenie
Its because you can get std s from your partner and aids and stuff.

it does have to do somewhat of religion

if you search Herpes you’ll see why people should wait,

Answer by Silver Wood Duck
Yes, typically, it is religion…

But there are some practical reasons, too.

Considering the risks that come with promsicuity, I’m honestly surprised that more people don’t wait.

STDs of all kinds
pregnancy
heartbreak (breakup, tough decision about unplanned pregnancy, etc)
trust issues (trusting your partner, trusting yourself)

And all this can be avoided by just waiting.

Answer by Edima
Personally its because of religion
Again the is the issue of moral values, such as keeping yourself for the right person
Even if someone is engaged that does not mean the person is going to get married
Again there is the is the issue of STDs which are making rounds with sexually active people
And last but not least the issue of unwanted preganancy that has caused crazy controversy on abortion laws

Answer by Krystal N
I waited and so did my husband. We were engaged for 2 years and it was just like ccflo said. It was associated with us both being Christians and believing our bodies were temples and following what God wanted best for us. We are extremely happy having made that commitment together. Imagine having sex for the first time ever (both partners) on your honeymoon night. It was indescribable how incredibly close it brought us (I’m not saying it can’t bring you close if you’re not married) it just really was something we chose to do. I didn’t want to give myself to someone and end up something happening to that relationship and getting married to someone else later and feeling like I gave part of myself to someone else and not fully to my husband.

Answer by icee&frosty
Religion! xox

Answer by vis
i can answer this one easy..kids.. if you have children with someone and then they leave your holding the bag for child support.. if you marry them and they leave your holding the bag for so much more..but mostly it the child and religion thing going on and the STD..

Answer by I Aint Bitter
uh,maybe they just cLAIM to not had sex,i mean,come on,are you that gullible?

Answer by sunshinegrl1608
I was a virgin until I got married a year ago, and I’m proud of it! I had this incredibly precious gift that I had saved for only my husband, and I got to give it to him with God’s blessing.

Sounds fluffy, doesn’t it? The world doesn’t use words like precious or gift or wait when they talk about sex. They talk about wow and desire and what a rush.

But sex is God’s creation, not the world’s. Is the world’s way of whoever, whenever, whatever as exciting and free as they say it is?

No way!

Does God’s way of saving sex for marriage make it boring and routine?

No way!

The world would say I’m weird. Waiting until marriage? What? The world would say for sure that I really missed out.

Know what I say?

“You bet I did!”

I missed out on a lot of things. I was missing out on:

• Fear of Disease:
Am I going to die of AIDS from sleeping with this guy?
Does he have a sexually transmitted infection and not know it?

• Fear of Comparison:
Is he thinking of other girls when he’s with me?
Does he wish I were more like _______?

• Fear of His Past
How many people has he been with before me?
Am I important to him at all or just another body?

• Fear of the Future
Will he still care about me once he gets what he wants?
What if I get pregnant?

• Fear of Lies
He says he loves me, but does he really just want sex?
He says guys can’t help themselves, and that’s why he keeps going even after I say no.

• Fear of Not Being Good Enough
If I’m not better than any girl he’s been with, he’ll find someone else.
Will he laugh at me because I don’t know what to do?

• Fear of Being Caught
Is God watching this?
What if my parents find out?

Yes, anyone who chooses God’s way is missing out on the world’s way. Thank goodness!

I will never, ever regret choosing to wait until marriage to have sex. Why? Here are only some of the reasons why God’s way is so much better:

1. No AIDS or STDs.
2. You trust each other—you get to love without fear.
3. No worries about the past. My husband cared enough about me, even before we met, to save himself for me. That’s very sexy.
4. You get to make love as much as you want without guilt!
5. You know he loves you, not just your body. And it’s going to last.

In marriage, you get to be as sexy as you want, and God totally approves. Have you ever read the Song of Solomon? The wife writes some really racy stuff about her good-looking husband, and God approved it so much that He put it in His Book for the whole world to read.

Answer by Skadoosh.
Alarming increase of people being infected with the AIDs epidemic and many other vicious STDs

Unwanted Pregnancy

Religion

Answer by Sean
realigion

Answer by The Illusion of Progress
Because of dumb @$ $ es that follow religion, or they have a small d!ck.

Answer by Zahra
bc religion brainwashes people to second guess every decision

Answer by Hellboy
being a freak