honeymoon Archives - To Love, Honor and Vacuum

These Books Would Have Changed Our Lives

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 15, 2022 | Preparing for Marriage

If we had had these Great Sex Guides before we got married, there would be no Great Sex Rescue. No To Love, Honor and Vacuum blog. No Bare Marriage podcast. Why? Because we wouldn’t have had years of pain that we had to untangle from, so I wouldn’t have...

PODCAST: What Are We Not Telling Couples About Waiting for the Wedding for Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 10, 2022 | Podcasts, Preparing for Marriage

We’ve got some uncomfortable truths about waiting until marriage for sex for you today! Yesterday on the blog I was talking about the increased rate of vaginismus among couples who wait for the wedding–and what we should do about that. That’s a large...

The Uncomfortable Truth about Waiting until You’re Married for Sex

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 9, 2022 | Making Sex Feel Good

Growing up, we hear, over and over again: “Just wait for the wedding night! The wedding night will the most magical night of your life!” We get that message from our youth groups; from movies; from bridal magazines. The honeymoon is the pinnacle of your...

The Emotional Journey with Vaginismus

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 15, 2021 | Making Sex Feel Good

Vaginismus was a big part of the early story of my marriage. We were greeted on our wedding night by an inability to have intercourse because it hurt too much. I was expecting sex to hurt a little bit, but not like that. It caused so many hurt feelings on both sides....

Why I Drowned a Book in the Bathtub Before I Was Married

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 12, 2021 | Bare Marriage

Valentine’s Day is coming up this weekend, and I thought today I’d give you a personal, and even a private, insight into our love story. I shared a bit on the podcast yesterday, but I’d like to expand on it some. The book that messed up our sex...

10 Quick Newlywed Sex Questions You Can’t Ask Your Pastor

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 13, 2020 | Making Sex Feel Good, Preparing for Marriage

Engaged women and newlyweds often have a lot of questions about sex! What will it feel like? Will it hurt? How do we make it feel good? This month, in the Mondays in July, we’re talking about sex questions you can’t ask your pastor (and in our podcasts,...