This, is one hell of a popular thread topic that will be started every months or so in most of the forums I visit, and one that receives a lot of attention without fail.

If you are so curious, just do a quick google and I bet you will find more reasons than you could actually think of. Seriously.

Let’s look at what marriage is about before arguing about whether or not should sex occur before, or after it.

Marriage or wedlock is an institution in which interpersonal relationships (usually intimate and sexual) are sanctioned with governmental, social, or religious recognition. It is often created by a contract or through civil processes. Civil marriage is the legal concept of marriage as a governmental institution.

Wikipedia

That, is marriage. To put things in another way, marriage is a ceremony, a symbol of union, a legal contract that binds a man and woman as husband and wife.

 

Seriously, when you ask whether to have sex before or after marriage, you are actually asking: Should I preserve my virginity for my future spouse?  

I bet if we couldn’t tell whether a person is a virgin or otherwise because by nature the idea does not exist, this issue wouldn’t crop up at all.

Now that it did, it is an endless debate. *facepalm*

So, before or after marriage? Or, ahem, virgin on the wedding night or otherwise? Does it even matter?

Stripping away the society perception, religious dogma and skeptical ideas, sex is an act of intimacy between two individuals. Therefore, it very much had to do with the two individuals rather than the rest of the world. So, aside from reading about some opinions there is just no need to specifically ask for permission. :)

It is undeniable that sex is fun, fulfilling and makes you feel loved, if the individuals involved knows what they are doing. Sex before marriage does not equate to sexual promiscuity, because having sex before marriage doesn’t mean that people are morally loose and tend to sleep around. That is a bad image painted by prudent people towards sex before marriage.

So as long as you both know what you are doing, and are willing to take responsibility for the consequences of your action, then there is no harm in doing it.

 

Just remember to practice safe sex.