{"id":6577,"date":"2010-12-30T12:07:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T01:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=6577"},"modified":"2010-12-30T12:07:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T01:07:59","slug":"sex-waiting-improves-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2010\/12\/30\/sex-waiting-improves-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex: waiting improves marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a society that prioritises the here and now of the hormonal rush\u00a0over the long term, I am not sure how a TV soapie would treat this latest research finding:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Couples who avoid sex before marriage end up having happier, more stable relationships, and a better time in bed, according to psychologists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Couples who hit the honeymoon too early, that is, prioritise sex promptly at the outset of a relationship, often find their relationships underdeveloped when it comes to the qualities that make relationships stable and spouses reliable and trustworthy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Regardless of religiosity, waiting helps the relationships form better communication processes, and these help improve long-term stability and relationship satisfaction,&#8221; Busby said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/lifestyle\/lifematters\/holding-out-improves-marriage-20101228-19945.html\">Holding out improves marriage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a society that prioritises the here and now of the hormonal rush\u00a0over the long term, I am not sure how a TV soapie would treat this latest research finding: &#8220;Couples who avoid sex before marriage end up having happier, &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2010\/12\/30\/sex-waiting-improves-marriage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6577"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6584,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6577\/revisions\/6584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}