ladyelaine wrote:
I don't think sex should be the center piece of the relationship. I think people really need to get to know each other before having sex. I don't want to have sex with someone I don't really know or love. I want to have sex with a person that I want to spend the rest of my life with.
That is indeed the ideal case. Unfortunately, some men (and some women) won't wait until marriage -- if their "partners" are not willing to put out before marriage, they will step out and find one who will.
Lots of 40 year old virgins on both sides of that fence.