Not to sound cheesy, but when I’m with him I feel like I’m in a movie, experiencing courtship the old-fashioned way. The hormones released during sex can literally trick our brains into believing we have a deeper connection with a person than we really do. When you take sex out of the equation, you get to see whether you are truly compatible. It allows you to connect in a more meaningful way. The bottom line: It’s not so much a question of when to wait, as it is why you should wait. Here are 10 good reasons to wait for sex: 1. Ironically, I’m in the healthiest and happiest relationship I’ve ever had. I fell in love with him even with sex off the table-the thing that always made me feel closer to the men I dated. I respected his decision, and as time passed I stopped caring about it entirely. I thought, “Can I do this? Can I make that kind of promise?”īut I liked him so much that I knew losing him was not an option. I admit when he first told me I panicked. I’m with someone who wants to wait until we’re engaged. In my current relationship, I’m in a situation I never imagined I’d find myself in. My first boyfriend and I only waited four months, and we still made it three more years.ĭo I regret doing it sooner? No. But I’ve been in relationships where we’ve had sex much sooner. I used to be a follower of the standard dating “rules.” In my circle, it was socially acceptable to wait six months. Whether you are 25 or 55, we all stress over one aspect of our newest relationship: “When is the time is the right time to have sex?” Three weeks? Three months? Until we commit to some form of monogamy?
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