Everyone knows about the “3 date rule”, but is it always worth the wait? We find out why you’re holding off sex or diving right in, if there’s a magic number of dates before getting intimate and whether having sex too soon can stop a relationship in it’s tracks.

SHOW NOTES:

YouGov Survey on how long you should wait before having sex:

https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/37341-relationships-dating-marriage-sex-milestones-poll?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Studies on first-date sex impacting relationships:

https://www.datingadvice.com/studies/fdshlt

https://www.mamamia.com.au/sex-on-first-date/

Differing relationship outcomes when sex happens before, on, or after first dates

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23121225/

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