Abstinence from Sex Before Marriage?

Abstinence from sex before marriage is one of the most common debates in the world. Many cultures and religions view it as an obvious resounding "Yes, you should wait until marriage to have sex." and has been for centuries. However, as time is passing many of the older traditional ways of thinking are passing. Nowadays it is normal especially in the U.S.A. and Europe for couples and even sometimes complete strangers to have sex with no commitment at all. It is openly talked about on television as perfectly normal and even good.

In this article I would like to take the chance to defend the act of sexual abstinence before marriage. I think that this is an important subject for anyone and should be openly discussed. I was raised in a Christian home and was always taught abstinence and I have always strongly believed that it is important and I did wait until I was married. However I have many friends who were not raised that way, or were and chose not to follow that path. I have recently spoken with those friends to see how things were for them in their relationships after having sex. I was given basically the same answers by all of them. Two of them within a short amount of time of having sex ended up having their relationship fall apart and breaking up. Meanwhile another instantly began to have problems in the relationship. All of them agree that they wish they had waited.

I also have many friends who did wait before they got married and I have spoken to them as well. Surprisingly not one of them has said what media often portrays people to be thinking. Which is that those who abstain eventually wish they had slept around before getting married so that they would have been with several men or women before settling down with just one. As a matter of fact every single one of them claims that they are happy that they waited and wouldn't change a thing in their marriage.