What's wrong with having sex in infatuated relationships as a way of finding the right partner?

Lliam

What I mean is, what's wrong with engaging in sexual relationships as a way of finding the right partner, knowing that you will probably have several such relationships before finding the perfect life partner?

No matter how hard one tries to vet a potential partner, they can never learn about them unless they commit to a relationship. I mean 100% commitment. Two people have to be together for a long time before they can get to know each other well enough to be sure they want to spend the rest of their lives together and decide to make the once in a lifetime commitment of marriage.

So my simple question is, what's wrong with putting effort into committed relationships that include sex, even if there is a good chance those relationships won't end in marriage?

One might give their heart and soul to a relationship that doesn't last. I understand heartbreak. But it's your emotions that suffer from a break up, not your genitals. So why would someone regret having sex? Or, why would the fact that they had sex be the thing that hurts the most?

What if a person was very careful and engaged in a year long, sexless relationship, only to have it come to nothing? Would that hurt less than if they had fully engaged in the relationship that had included passionate sex?

What's wrong with having sex in infatuated relationships as a way of finding the right partner?
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