Sex and relationships: a practical consideration

Well, so here's the thing. One can't really get any sort of really good data on this; its not like you can do the relationship twice over and see if it falls apart quicker with sex or without sex, sooner sex or later sex, more or less, whatever.

I've known people who had sex within the first week (having both been virgins previously), have stayed together three years, and are getting married in a month. I've also known people who were together two years and never had sex, and it was a huge issue that they hadn't. I think other factors are much more responsible for relationships getting "muddy" or not, like personal maturity. If both partners want a relationship and are ok with sleeping together the first night, there's no hard and fast rule that says, "oh, they're not going to make it."

I'm sure somewhere there's someone who's done a survey about it, correlating the first time a couple had sex to how long the relationship lasts. Do some google searches, tell us if you come up with anything.

Jam it back in, in the dark.