Posted on 04/26/2023 6:55:54 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
A new study conducted by Brigham Young University’s Wheatley Institute has found that individuals who saved sex for marriage have significantly higher levels of marital satisfaction than those who had multiple sexual partners before marriage, confirming what numerous previous studies also found.
“Our study confirms what other national studies have been finding the last few years, that sexually inexperienced dating couples are two to three times more likely to be in a highly stable marriage,” said Brian J. Willoughby, a Wheatley Institute fellow and co-author of the report.
As Willoughby observed in an Institute for Family Studies article laying out the report’s findings, conventional and popular cultural notions in America have often emphasized the idea that gaining “sexual experience” via premarital sex is an important step toward achieving a stable marriage. “Many people believe that it is important for couples to test their ‘sexual chemistry’ while dating and for single adults to gain ‘sexual experience’ before marriage to sample one’s options and eventually select a spouse better suited to their preferences,” he wrote. “Also, many believe that young people need to experiment sexually while they are single so that they will be ‘ready to settle down and get married’ when the time comes.”
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Too late. But I’ve been married for 43 happy years.
I did , and I’m happy , more or less hehe . Married to my Japanese wife for 36 years .
very good point.
Would you buy a car without a test drive?
I wouldn’t and didn’t.
I test drove a bunch of different cars before I bought the one I did.
Some of them drove just fine, but had other problems.
Others drove TERRIBLE! or didn’t drive AT ALL! Would you want to be STUCK with a car that doesn’t drive?
Honestly, this makes sense from the simple fact that God-fearing and following people are typically happier people. There was a recent study that bore out that result as well. Next thing you know they will have a study about how water makes one wet!
The devil will lead you to sin, which at best is a temporary happiness, but more likely a permanent soul-staining misery!
The Lord will lead you to everlasting happiness!
The quest for the gov. to require recognition of SS marriage was mainly affirm due the demand of the homosexual agenda of Hell to affirm its unions just as heterosexual unions are. Next step was trans, and with genetic engineering to follow.
If I planned to have one and only one car for the rest of my life, I would want to choose it very carefully and order exactly the model and options I would want. I would also want it to be brand new with zero miles on the odometer. I certainly wouldn't want to buy a demo model off-the-lot!
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