In a sense, it is the exact opposite of living together. Too Soon, a book by Talley and Bobbie Reed. That, to me, is astonishing. And after 300 hours alone, a couple is going to be in bed. I'm trying to stretch that time out over Relationship Instruction and the engagement.
Premarital sex creates instability in the relationship.
It is like trying to build the second floor of a building on a few sticks in the ground. There is guilt and unrealistic expectation of marriage when neither made that commitment, and an intensity in the relationship without a foundation of friendship to hold it up. Interestingly, many of the couples who have taken Relationship Instruction were not young couples, but those with one or both partners who had been divorced. I was glad to play by the rules. I recommended Talley's materials to one young man who discovered that his relationship broke up under the Talley discipline.