Is sex before marriage all it’s cracked up to be? There’s an interesting discussion of the issue at Lawrence Auster’s View from the Right. Statistics suggest that scattering one’s wild oats before settling down does not lead to greater marital happiness. Perhaps this is why. Pre-marital affairs raise expectations of novelty marriage cannot satisfy. They also offer experience […]
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