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Mormons & Premarital Sex

BYU study: Premarital sex is potentially harmful to marriage

The BYU researchers found that couples that waited until marriage before having sex reported 22 percent higher relational stability, 20 percent higher relational satisfaction, 15 percent better s-xual quality and 12 percent better communication.

Those benefits were cut in half for couples who waited a significant amount of time into the relationship, yet still had sex before marriage.

"We're not trying to say that any couple that ends up being s-xual prior to marriage is doomed," Busby said. "But we feel pretty comfortable with the results that we have, that it makes a difference. People ought to consider this when they're thinking about taking their intimacy to the next level." Ref. Source 6

Sex Premarital and Mormons

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Comments: I've always thought about this and I think that its because the couple does not expect as much from each other as they do when more experienced couples get to know each other and have past partners to compare.