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I Didn’t Really Care if My Sons-in-Law Were Debt-Free, Tattoo-Free Virgins

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 19, 2018 | grace, preparing for marriage

I never told my daughters that they should marry virgins. I told them instead they had to marry guys who loved Jesus. And those two are not necessarily synonymous. This week Lori Alexander’s article “Men Prefer Debt-Free Virgins without Tattoos” went...

Reader Question: Can Dating Long Distance Work?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 16, 2018 | preparing for marriage, videos

Can a long distance engagement work? Or do you have to live in the same city at some point? On Mondays I like to take a reader question and try to answer it, and lately I’ve been doing things a little bit differently. We’ve been answering our reader...

Reader Question: Should You Let Unmarried Couples Share a Room when Visiting?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 9, 2018 | friendship, holidays, preparing for marriage, responsibility

Here’s the scenario: a couple is visiting you this summer at your cottage or at your home. Should you let them share a room if they live together already (or you know they’re sexually active?) Every Monday I like to post a reader question, and this is a...

Have I Doomed My Sex Life By Rewiring My Brain with Porn?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 21, 2018 | pornography, preparing for marriage, Sex

If you’ve used porn, and you’ve rewired your brain to become aroused with fantasy rather than a person, is your sex life in marriage doomed? This week we’ve been talking about how to use your brain well to get you on the road to a great sex life in...

Should it be a Struggle to Not Have Sex Before You’re Married?

by Rebecca Lindenbach | May 23, 2018 | preparing for marriage

Should not having sex before you’re married be a struggle? We talk a lot about marriage and sex on this blog, but what about sexual temptation before you’re married? It’s Rebecca on the blog today, and I’m tackling a bit of a weird one. After...

Reader Question: How Do I Get Over the Shame of Losing my Virginity?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 26, 2018 | preparing for marriage, Sex

If you lose your virginity in a one-night stand, how do you deal with the shame you feel? That’s a question I get quite a bit. And when I was writing The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex, one of the themes that kept popping up in my surveys was women saying...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.