
This may not be what you need to hear, but this is my perspective. I’m almost 21, and to me sexual activity in a relationship is a huge element of one. I’m not even at a point in my life where I’m thinking of marriage (I have many friends who are!) so to me if I hear “I’m waiting until marriage” that person and I are simply incompatible. I have no problems being in a platonic relationship with them, but physical intimacy is essential for me.