It's all physical...

It’s overlooked, ignored, shoved aside. These days it’s all physical...

The sun always shines on cloud nine. Yeah, go figure - they’re in love! Perhaps you wonder how it’s going. These two, hitting it out together, are just made for each other... or are they? How do you measure a relationship nowadays?

Physical: it’s the litmus test. Ok, you think. These two don’t seem to be able to keep their hands to themselves... (oh, hey, lately it’s their lips). So when you hear they’ve finally gone all the way you know they’re really getting on - there really in love... Now you’re just waiting for wedding-bells...

Well, sadly, those often just don’t materialize. She gets dropped - perhaps he found a more beautiful darling someplace. Broken heart. Backstabber!

So it is - we focus on the physical aspect of a relationship and forget there is the heart. We try to leave emotional bonding out of the equations. With all this bonding and breaking, sticking and unsticking going on, will there be any stick left? When we finally find ‘the right one’ will we have any part of our heart left to give them? Have we possibly given it away in all the I-will-love-you-forevers?

You say, no sex until marriage. But you ask ‘how far can I go?’ Where is the line? Is it holding hands? Petting? Kissing?

For a second let’s just consider the heart. It’s not about how much you can handle it without breaking it. It’s about protecting it. In the dating relationship you are in now - remember the other one’s heart.
Also remember that the physical aspect of a relationship is progressive. Once you do something you want to know what comes next. Don’t start something you can’t finish.

Dating seems as innocent as playing musical chairs! It’s not true. Think about it - will you have any stick left to make that all-important bond? Have you possibly given your heart away, one piece at a time?