Sex Before Marriage - Good or Bad?

I was twelve when my Mom talked to me about sex. She explained where babies came from and told me not to do it before I got married. 

Sex was still considered a taboo topic in the 90's. Parents didn't feel the need to explain to their children why they should abstain from sex until they got married. 

Today, we live in a society that glorifies sex; from the television shows and music videos we watch to the billboards we see at every street corner.

With sex being thrown in our faces, so many are ignoring what their parents told them and experimenting with 6, 7 or 8 partners.

There’s the never ending debate on whether it’s really beneficial to abstain from sex until marriage.

Here are the two major reasons why people don't wait:

1) Experience - Who really wants to be a rookie on their wedding night?

2) Peer Pressure - Children and teens are being pressured from their peers to do it.

Here are some of the disadvantages of having sex before marriage:

1) Partner comparison – When you finally tie the knot with the love of your life, you’re most likely going to compare them to your previous partners.

2) Abortions – So many females end up aborting their babies out of fear of getting kicked out of their home. What they don’t realize is that they’ll have to live with the repercussions of that decision for the rest of their life.

3) Babies born out of wedlock – A lot of the times, babies born out of wedlock don’t get the opportunity to grow up with both parents under the same roof. Most of the time, these Mother’s end up raising their child(ren) on their own.

4) Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD’s) – By not practicing safe sex, you increase your risk of getting an STD.

Here are two major reasons why you should save yourself for marriage:   

                

1) God created sex for married couples only - Sex is to be experienced between a husband and wife to express their love towards one another and for the purpose of procreation.

2) No partner comparison – If you and your spouse both save yourselves for marriage, you will have no one to compare your partner to. No comparison = No disappointments.

As a Christian, I still believe that sex should be saved for the person you marry. I also plan on encouraging my children to save themselves for marriage. The one thing I will do differently from my parents is to explain why it's important to wait. From there, I can only hope that my children will take my advice and learn from my experiences.

If you had sex before marriage, would you make the same decision again or would you have waited?

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