Wasn't it weird, even awkward, so dramatically changing the relationship so suddenly, after so long?
Sure, it took a few times before we got the hang of it, but isn't it that way it is for everyone when they start doing it? I thought it was fun figuring it and each other out after we got married.
That's true, but I didn't mean sex ie intercourse alone. I don't personally abide by no sex before marriage, but that doesn't mean that the moment I had the "moral freedom/peace of mind" to have sex (as a Christian would once they are married), I was desperate to immediately do it with the first girlfriend I had. For my first few gfs as a teenager, we slowly went further and further, as we were comfortable with at that point of time, in a warming up process, getting used to the entire concept of sharing sexuality with another person.
The impression I've gotten from most Christians is they don't really do this at all. They go from kissing and hugging and avoiding much else so as to prevent themselves from going further than they should, and then they get married, they have the freedom, or consent, or whatever you want to call it, and they suddenly jump each other's bones. No warming up to it, nothing. I know there is a MUCH longer period of being with the person you're suddenly having sex with and having established a strong bond with them, and that would be significant in making it easier, I admit, but I personally can't imagine just jumping from, as I put it, home turf to the Amazon on the sexual side of things in the space of one day. I just feel it could be quite... jarring?
Well, let see. I had been to South America before a couple times but never the amazon. However, with marriage I finally went to the amazon but I had an experienced guide who could speak the native language.
a) Great extension of the analogy.
b) THIS is what I'm talking about. A bit of exploring South America before diving into the jungle, so the sights and sounds aren't so unfamiliar and, well, daunting, I suppose.
Possibly taking it a bit too far now.