why do people wait to have sex (besides religious reasons)?

Question

well wait untill they are married.

Answer 1

Some feel that being a virgin on the wedding night is the best present you can give to your spouse.

Some do not have the opportunity to do so before they get married

Answer 2

Many reasons. You can't pinpoint them all. People wait to have sex or rush in to have sex for their own personal beliefs or religious beliefs.

But if you want an example, I'm 20 years old, and I still hadn't had sex yet simply because I'm a bit of a coward towards women I want to establish something with, and I'm naturally anti-social to most people. It's something I'm still working on fixing, both the cowardice and the reclusiveness.

Answer 3

I have had sex before, I am a single Mother.
I have not had sex now for 7 years.
I am waiting because I value myself.
I am not going to settle for second best in my life anymore.
I see marriage as a union of 2 people, and then sex as the union of their souls.
It is a sign on lifetime commitment.
That is why I wait.

Answer 4

I am waiting myself until marriage and besides religious reasons, also I do it based on principles that my parents taught me...
Also, some people wait until the right person comes

Answer 5

In addition to the other reasons already given by people, some people wait just in case something like pregnancy happens. Some people were raised that way, not always necessarily from religion.

Answer 6

1 - They don't wanna rush into things and regret it later
2 - don't want to lose their virginity to someone they will probably never talk to again.
3 - It makes is so much more special when it's your first time (for both of you) on your wedding night and you know that you have only slept with each other = helps with the whole trust thing
4 - Sleeping with too many people increases the risk of STDs... so when you finally find a person you want to stick with, you're taking a risk when you decide to have unprotected sex with them because you've already been with so many people.
5 - for morals and ethics

Answer 7

Sex is generally viewed as the ultimate level of intimacy between two people. If two people reach that level of intimacy, then later break off their relationship, the break-up hurts more than it would if they'd never had sex.

Waiting for marriage to have sex used to be more meaningful when marriage was permanent. "Until death do you part" has become "until you feel like breaking up" lately--divorces are way too common.

Answer 8

It is the most intimate, natural act between 2 people and some prefer to wait to make sure it is with the right partner.

Answer 9

Why Wait to Have Sex?

Most of us have heard over and over all the physical risks of having sex before marriage—Aids, STDs, pregnancy, etc. We have also heard many of the spiritual ones—the Bible tells us not to, guilt, it is a sin, etc. But having sex before marriage can also affect you psychologically the rest of your life as well. (Scary!) One of the main developmental points of being an adolescent is learning how to relate properly with others. Being sexually active too early in your life ca not only mess your life up in the short run, but more significantly, in the long run as well.

Sexual activity can literally short-circuit your relationships. Too often sex can be mistaken for intimacy. Believe it or not, this is a big problem for married adults as well as for teenagers. When people don’t learn how to be intimate with one another – meaning that they can bare their souls and hearts t one another without fear – then they never really learn to be honest with themselves. Healthy, close relationships allow us a mirror in which to see ourselves. When improper sexual connection clouds this mirror, it has taken over the relationship between the two people as well as their understanding of who they are as individuals. As a result, this ability to relate to others never matures and all of our relationships are affected.

Some people resort to sex in order to avoid dealing with loneliness, low self-esteem, insecurity, fear, and other problems that will only get bigger and worse as life goes on if not death with earlier in our lives. This is why God has told us to wait until we are married. It is to make sure that we are “grown up” enough to enjoy it as He has designed it so that it can be a pleasure rather than a crutch.

Thus, if you really love the other person, you will give them the time to develop and grow up rather than short-circuit them to meet your own desires. This is also why they say, “True love waits.”

Answer 10

well thay want to wait for the person they feel is the love of their life and also depending on what age they are the earlier a female has sex and the more partners she has a greater risk of cervical cancer