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STATS

Looking for more reasons to save sex for marriage??

In extensive research conducted by Dr. Ray E. Short, he found that if you have sex before you marry your are more likely to:

1. Breakup before you marry
2. Scare off someone who wants to marry a virgin
3. Be less happy in your marriage
4. Get a divorce
5. Commit adultery after you marry
6. Be fooled into marrying for the wrong reason
7. Be less satisfied with your married sex life
8. Have guilt feelings that may nudge you into a poor marriage
9. Be deprived of the important bonding that sexual intimacy can give a marriage

(Ray E. Short, Sex, Dating, and Love 1994 AugsburgPublishing House)