If you're pursuing a long term relationship, at what point do you believe it's appropriate and advisable to have sex with your partner?
You're adults-don't have to prove anything to anyone.
I say it depends on the two people and what they both want.
Really a case by case thing, but from my experience it's best to wait a little while so you're both comfortable. Not that the one night stand is wrong, just if you're interested in a long term relationship tge sex is usually better and less awkward if you have an idea of who the other person is and what they're interested in. Still, no rulebook on this one. Play it by ear and if the first night works then nothing wrong with that. I don't really agree with waiting until marriage though. Intimacy should be an important part of finding your match.
Me and my cartoon thinking...
I should be having sex instead of writing a response.
Is up to you guys and nobody else need to weight in.
if it feels right do it. there isn't a wrong time but there is a right time.
When both of them feel like it. On matters that relate to his/her own body, the person in question should be the supreme authority. So if both partners agree to a sexual contact - nobody else has the right to prohibit them from going for it (and the opposite - if one or both partners do not feel ready - there is no authority, the other partner or another, that should be forcing them to do it).
YMMV
@PhitDoctor50 Your Mileage May Vary
It definitely has to be consensual and legal (no underage sex). I think this poll is closed! lol
I don't know, is it? I don't know how polls work on this board. In any event, I must take the blame for phrasing the question and the poll in such a way that it did not yield the information I was really looking for.
@ErikGunderson, what were you looking for?
I find the whole choice structure unnecessarily arbitrary.
I don't think people should be making decisions like that based on external cultural paradigms.
Do what you want, when you want, BECAUSE you want, for your own reasons. Not because you made a mark on some checklist.
It's like the whole "wait three days before texting" garbage. Who makes these rules??
(no offense, @ErikGunderson. For all I know you're as culturally radical as I am)
I think jumping into the sack too early can set the tone all wrong. Maybe I'm old fashioned.