true love waits
Abstinence until marriage
True love waits is a slogan associated with evangelical Christian abstinence movements, promoting sexual purity until marriage.
The phrase frames premarital chastity as romantic devotion rather than mere restraint—suggesting that genuine love is patient enough to wait for the commitment of marriage.
She wore a purity ring and signed a True Love Waits pledge card at church camp.
- purityUncontaminated quality
- purity ringAbstinence pledge jewelry
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
promise · ring · faith · patience · first kiss · wedding night · devotion · chastity · courtship · vow · pledge · marriage · innocence · forever · soulmate · soul tie · faithfulness · youth
true love waitscasual sex
Uncommitted physical intimacy
hookup culture · free love · sexual liberation · one-night stands · promiscuity
true love waitsseize the moment
Act on present opportunity
serial monogamy · polyamory · carpe diem · open relationships · playing the field
true love waitssexual revolution
Era of changing mores
sex positivity · Planned Parenthood · Summer of Love · reproductive freedom · bodily autonomy
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