Should you save sex for marriage?

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Something I might not have mentioned too is that personal circumstances change as people get older and some people could have a lot of assets that need protecting which any would-be partners need to see from a spouses point of view.

It's not fair or reasonable to make an appearance in someone's life when they're potentially middle aged while expecting them to sign their house on the dotted line before even having sex. A day late and a dollar short comes to mind if older virgins/ anyone in general are still playing that game with people they know have a lot to lose.

Someone needs to be on crack to think that's reasonable and not manipulative behaviour. That would be a massive red flag to me.

well now.. guess am gonna be a red flag, cause, getting just past middle age and already being married once
am tired of people using a person and screwing them over,getting sex then going off on their own, If am gonna get married again,NO SEX, at least till after the ceremony , (but that doesnt mean no playing around).but without intercourse. If in the longer run, this intended person better be capable of carrying on a long term life relationship.
Or will happily see them to the door .As you age you are more careful about your investments especially in emotional investments....
And sex afterwards ,if the relationship has traction...can make the marriage ritual alittle more special as it has been
since very old times ...and the values that come with it . . Understood about wanting to sample the goods,but playing around with your mate privately,might be a indicator of that same sampling the goods ,And even if that blows up there is still the option of anullment . ( maybe a product of a older generation)
And btw older peoples health usually cannot support use of illicit drugs if you want to have any investment in your health or your mates health.Or a successful marriage.RED FLAG waver

I didn't specifically save myself for marriage, but the woman I married was the first person that I'd slept with and the process of dating to engagement to marriage was quick enough that I wound up losing my virginity after getting married.

I definitely don't recommend it if you've got the option of losing your virginity prior to marriage. I'll leave out a lot of the details because they'd be rather explicit. But, suffice it to say there's a lot of things that you want to get right when it comes to sex and trying to do that on the same day that you just got married is asking for trouble in bed. It would have been nice to have been able to focus on being there in the moment mentally, not dealing with the major changes involved with now living with somebody that I hadn't been living with.

Also, I do think that it's a good idea to live together or at least a short period prior to getting married for similar reasons. Especially for NDs that have a sense of how we need things to be organized to function. Working that out prior to tying the not is really helpful and something I wish I had known to do.

^^^ Agrees with the above post.. before marriage we played house together for almost a year ...And very possibly will do so , if in fact, i do try to marry again. But it was pre-known that intercourse was off the table till paperwork was done for marriage. It seemed like the Pragmatic thing to do ,(Emotions Notwithstanding)

I'd say, at least save sex until you make sure everyone involved is on the same page about it... to avoid a situation where for one person it's a one night thing while the other expects a committed relationship.

I don't get the concept of marriage even though or especially because I've been married. All of this transactional business seems to take romance completely out of the equation. It's just sad.

I put it depends because marriage provides happiness and stability for certain personality types.

For other people it is not suitable either because of a persons personality, or because they have too much to lose financially.

^ The poll isn't really about marriage, though. It's about saving sex for marriage.

The concept of marriage as a legally binding arrangement is very strange to me. I really don't want the government involved in my love life unless they're incarcerating an offending and offensive person.