How common is it in Europe for people to wait until getting married before having sex?
968533
not very common for purity and cleanliness, unforfuneatley
340113
I think you got it all wrong.  I know many americans, myself included that did it way before getting married.
93762
I thik now a days it should not realy matter to waite till your married there is some men that do preffer a virgin rather than someone that has been with another man,but the woman is not always lucky do find a man that is a virgin. I think yo explre safe in life is not bad due to you only want to keep your marrige happy and know what he and you may both want intimatly.
247446
Wait until your married or until you have lived together for a couple of years.
4578
you should wait until you are married if that is what you want. chances are if a guy has sex with you now he probably might only want sex. If a guy really loves you and repects you he will also wait until you are married.
131419
you should wait until you're married to have sex.  you were meant to have an intimate, emotioanl, and spiritual realtionship with people of the opposite sex.\n\nsex outside of marriage, is not only dangerous, by regretful.\n\nfor example:\nyou could wind up as a one night stand\nyou can get numerous STD's\nyou can become pregnant \nor contractind AID's \n\nplease consider waiting until marriage to have sex. \n\nthink about:\n\nif you marry as a virgin to a person who is also a virgin....having sex would be a blissful act. anything you would do to eachother would feel wonderful!\n\nplus, anytime you have sex with someone, you connect with them. even if it's just subconsciously. \n\nwhy do you think that sex complicates things o much?!\n\nrespect yourself, and your future...please wait until marriage to have sex!!
1104126
It's sex before marriage. Some people are for it, some against it. I believe you should try before you buy.
124644
Yes, Yes, Yes!\n\nI waited until 20 years, 11 months.\nI know my husband wouldve never married me if he had gotten sex before the ceremony. Men are just like that.\n\nhopefully a husband will be gentle, considerate and loving during that onetime event. Mine lasted all night and finally at 8AM i was deflowered gently, lovingly \n\nA lover will be thinking of himself, take 5 minutes and leave you unsatisfied, wondering how to get it without being married and how fast he can dump you, so that he can go on to another.
237705
NO! The bible says that is fornication-! Plus you could get pregnant! Get a disease! I wish I had waited untill I got married! You can never get the first time back ! You know it is really not worth all the other problems it brings! I can tell yo it is much better to be married! God created sex- it is a wonderful thing! You cant believe how great it can be when you are married ! I am the mother of four now- I have sex before marriage -trust me wait!!!! When the right man came i had already given all that up!!!was so sad about it and then we had to talk about all the other ones we had been with-had we had tests!! ETC> not fun when you are for real in LOVE!!! thank God He forgave me!!Good luck!
1099923
Obviously you have fallen victim to a conspiracy theory. There are no teen pregnancies where children are told to wait until marriage.  Other countries that teach the mechanics of birth control seem to have half the number of teen pregnancies than the US, but they must be lying in their statistics.\n\nLook at these so called facts and make up your own mind: \n\nThe United States of America has double the adolescent pregnancy and birth rates of any other industrialized country.\n\nThe United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the western world, despite the fact that our teens are not more sexually active than Swedish teens, or Canadian teens, or British teens. Why? Because in the US we don't educate about birth control in sex education classes, we don't discuss it at home, we don't give teens good access to it, and we don't advertise it in our media. Other countries do, and they are rewarded with low rates of teen pregnancy and teen abortions. \n\nA sexually active teenager who does not use contraceptives has a 90% chance of becoming pregnant within one year.\n\nGirls have been seduced by someone saying I want to show you something about nature.
580354
What!?!? Don't you KNOW?? I thought you said that you are going to marry!! Normally people wait until AFTER they've found a suitable mate before making that decision...!
462777
It depends on the people not just about having sex right away...but you still should have waited.
598082
I do because there are more chances that a relationship will last a lot longer for sex to come after marriage than for marriage to come after sex. To build a relationship you have to know what the foundation is made out of. Some choose sex to be the foundation of a relationship and some choose love as their foundation. Sex and love are two separate things and should NEVER be looked upon as an equal. Some people are too stubborn to realize that sex is suppose to be something done out of love; (if any is envolved) not the other way around. Chances are very good that if a person views sex as a foundation to a relationship, he/she wasn't looking for one in the first place. People often forget what marriage is these days. In most traditional marriages there's a line that says "for better or for worse"; if someone is gonna treat the other like some kind of merchandise such as a car or whatever and they have this mentality that they have to "try" someone out before marriage, they don't have any business getting married. Basically if this happens what that person is saying is that they don't love you, they're just gonna use you as temporary usage and if he/she doesn't like what's been provided, that person is gonna be stashed away. That is what's gonna happen when sex becomes before marriage.
1035492
it might but if he is forcing u than u need to break with him cause i believe in marriage before sex.\nThats great that you want to wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nGOD bless you.
612749
not under any circumstance - you will ruin the kids life if they are not brought up in a  proper family environment and sex before marriage is immoral and well having sex the first time on your wedding night makes it special for both - I would hold back till then
1139000
In the eyes of society, premarital intercourse is probably not a big deal. In my eyes and the eyes of God, it's a big no no, and can result in life changing events thet people aren't ready to handle yet. Especially unplanned pregnancies leading to single parent families, another downer to a successful family.
1018205
I think it is a matter of personal preference. When you  are in love it is hard to wait until marriage. I do think though that when you marry virginity is one of the best gifts you can give your spouse.