What's your opinion on staying abstinent until marriage?

I would not participate if my life depended on it.

I think it shows commitment and Honor

I don't care either way.

i'll do it when im ready, and when ive found someone who i can spend the rest of my life with.

I can not and did not do it but totally support the concept.

it always better to find out what you both are into what happens if a girl/woman married a guy and on their wedding night she finds out he can only get a erection by rubbing a puppy on his nuts and he needs her to stuff a lamp up his ass to get him off ROTFLMAO now thats a pretty picture in your head right

Just go with whatever makes you comfortable. Personally I don't think I would want to choose abstinence but I do respect people who do.

Sex is too much fun to not be having, and as far as being a christian God forgives all sins if you ask. But good luck.

It's a very personal choice. People should definitely do what's right for them. But there is something to be said for sexual compatibility and the longevity of monogamy.

I believe this is the best way to go. Saving yourself for the person with whom you plan to commit your life is phenomenal. It allows you to focus on the relationship - true connection. Adding sex into the mix before there is commitment actually makes further development of the relationship more difficult.

i belive it is wasting of precious lifetime. sex is the only fun everyone can have no one should be abstinent. give yourself everything life has to give !!!

it's fine for you to be abstinent, just don't go around telling people it's the only way.

I really don't care. I'm asexual and I'm never getting married. :/

It's not something that everyone can manage, but I plan on waiting until I'm married. I get sick of people saying you need to "test drive the car first" because it's not like you can't learn when you're married what the other person likes and how to make sex bettter.

The whole "test drive" argument hinges on the premise that people are inanimate objects like cars. People are dynamic and interactive. Cars are simply machines without personality. Quite honestly, someone with that mindset would be very likely to treat his/her partner like a commodity, and bail earlier when the next year's model comes along. Don't most people trade in their cars for newer models? I'm just sayin'...

I agree. I wonder what people with that point of view do when they're in relationship and the first time they have sex it isn't very good? Do they dump the person right after and say "sorry, we're not sexually compatible." Or do they communicate and learn how to make it more enjoyable for the other person? If you can do the latter in a relationship why is it so unbelievable that you can do the same thing in marriage? Plus marriage is about so much more than sex that the idea that anyone would go out and get a divorce just because it isn't instantly incredible baffles me.

You bring up some good points. I'll admit that sex is an important part of a romantic relationship, but if the foundation of the relationship is sex, then the strength and depth of the relationship will be limited. Sex is a great addition, fringe benefit, etc., but can't be the central focus.

I'm not sure if you like reading or not, but a friend of mine wrote a book about this topic. He's one of the pastors at my church, and released the book about a year ago. You may find it interesting.

I'm not anywhere near ready for a commitment yet. Saving certain things for my future husband, I'm following through on my own!!!! I listen to this song and think yeah that's my plan in life!!!

More power to you if that's what you choose. It's not my choice.

I would rather find out if we were sexually compatible before we got married. If you don't care for sex, don't want to have it, or are getting married out of convenience, then more power to you.

if someone considers to stay abstinent untill marriage he or she does not know a thing about sex so he or she also dont know how important sexual compatibility is in a marriage

I think it is a completely personal decision that one should decide for themselves. But certainly not one I would make. To me, sexual compatibility is extremely important to a happy and lasting marriage and you wont know if you are compatible until after sex. And that is information I need before deciding to marry someone.

I failed miserably but I'm getting over it

My Opinion?

LMAO... you got to be kidding.... right? This that anything like creating the world in 6 days, and then on the 7th day you watch football? Right?

It's a good idea, more people should try it.

well it can't hurt!

I think that it's unnecessary to wait until marriage. You can have sex before marriage as far as I'm concerned, but that doesn't mean you should be promiscuous. I still find sex to be quite intimate and should be with people you feel warm and fuzzy with.

I know its difficult. But I think it's FOR THE BEST!! Because 1) it INCREASES the 'special' relation between you and your partner 2) the kid that might result from premature relation might not have the physiological support from BOTH PARENTS that they need

I think anyone who practices abstinence before marriage is just begging for a divorce caused by complete sexual incompatibility.

Whoops. Too Late.

Had sex before I was married with no unwanted pregnancies or std's. Been having sex for 37 years and hopefully for many years to come. I like it, I want it...heck I insist on it.
But you do what's best for YOU.
Did I mention that I like sex?

l believe in that for so many reasons and lm still a virgin so...

I think it's dumb, I'm all for waiting until you're in love and it means something, but waiting till marriage... it's unnecessary.

..in all honesty, the only reason you've given that makes sense is the second..I would eschew the first reason because it's some else doing the controlling, and for the third reason, I would substitute the word "fonder" with "frustrated"...

My opinion is that its a personal choice.

I wouldn't want to buy a car with out test driving it first.

nobody knows it very nice to save your sex for someone special for instance marriage..why can't young girls see that? they can't wait or be patient for someone to ask her for ring or have her parent's approval..simple be safe than sorry and no broke heart or be taken advantage of..etc concept young girls are like young cats who got under heat...cannot wait and just went for it...young girls should know better to save it till marriage {most parents would be very please when daughters to listen to them very well} don't let girls listen to girls...chains of chains that sort of thing is stupid.. ..

why be patient? what is lost having a little dirty fun? parents approval? where do you live? in the middle ages? taking advantage? - what a laugh dont you think girls want it as much as the boys? for most people marriage is a mistake anyway- look of the divorce statistics.

me live in middle age..LOL come on very nice of you talking...well as much as you think girls really want as much as guys do? not always not in 100 percent..a lot of ladies got tired of broken heart don't ya think it's laughable..in future hopefully ladies are a lot smarter than guys..unless parents have to work so hard to teach girls the truth about guys...yes divorce is on rise ...why? lust is everywhere..sad thing the STD also on rise too..plus new kind of disease spread around and increase the ladder of germs after germs.. marriage is beautiful thing unless grow old together ...not whole world likes to be alone till dying of old ages...image if you alone old rotten guy who likes to enjoy to screw around and little too flashy for the pervert old man stuff..unless you're rich then of course lady will use up all your money till you dead..would you like to die alone with no one to hold you in arms. once you're old man you will wish to feel safe in wife an long time loyal to you...that something you got to think about..when you get older you realize love worth so much than screw around and of course go around cycle bored easily..