... if she'll like sex after we get married?" I appreciate the honesty in this question sent to me recently by a young man. I assured him he's not the only person questioning this--a lot of guys and girls alike …
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So… what does reading fiction have to do with saving sex for marriage?
I read a lot. Have at least one book going at all times, sometimes more than one, and I finish several each month. Just ask my husband who, out of necessity, has learned to fall asleep and stay asleep with …
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Why One Young Man is Saving Sex for Marriage
This week I came across this awesome post that seems a very fitting end to the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOW and WHY of saving sex for marriage series on this blog. I have to admit I was intrigued by the …
Why wait? It’s all about the bonding…
You know how we already talked about the bonding that happens when two people have sex? About how one of the primary purposes of sex is to create a strong and lasting BOND? You know, the til-death-do-us-part kind of connection. In …
MYTHS about STDs that can hurt YOU
First some facts. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there are more than 20 types of STDs that cause nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections each year, half of them among young people ages 15 …
Remind me again—where do babies come from?
Oh, yeah, I remember. Sex—that’s where babies come from. Well, duh. Everyone knows that. Hmm. Really, do they? Because there’s a whole lot of sex happening between people who do not want a baby and have no means to provide …
WHY save sex for marriage?
If there were just one reason to save sex for marriage, this post would be easy to write. Oh, so easy to write. Bam… In CAPS with an extra bold font I’d state the one reason. Expound, explore and elaborate …
NO BACK-UP PLAN: The “HOW” of Saving Sex for Marriage
It quickly became a PLAN B kind of day. Nothing was going as expected. By noon plans B, C and D had been abandoned. My only hope at that point was for the day to end before the alphabet did. …
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How far is too far???
We sat on the edge of our seats, waiting for the answer to that all important question – “How far is too far?” At the time, we had these pretty cool Sunday School teachers who said we could write down …
Finally… the HOW of saving sex for marriage
We’ve finally made it to the HOW, the HOW of saving sex for marriage. About time, huh? So here we go. How, in this sex-crazed, pleasure-seeking world do guys and gals committed to waiting make it? We already established being …
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