God should be the priority in our life and all else will follow according to His plan, that way you can feel better about yourself and avoid all kinds of consequences for your deviation from God's desires. Your relationship should be able to grow and thrive without sex. I encourage you to develop a relationship that does not depend on sex for oneness. You are going to do what you want to do but just know, without a doubt, it is true that sex before marriage will hurt you inside. It is much wiser to wait and experience that person and have that person experience you for the first time without expectation of things that were before.
Sex is like a beautiful gift.
It's only one special gift that should not be wasted on just a love fling. Chris, sex is a precious gift from God. This gift can only be given away for the first time once. The Bible says that we are not supposed to commit adultery and having sex before marriage is considered adultery, so it is called sinning. It will make it all the more special.