BDSC,
This raises the question, is a women not in love when she marries as a virgin?
Good question. For the most part, my answer to this would be "no."
When a girl's a virgin, she might be
really excited at the prospect of getting to marry a man that she really likes, but I don't think the emotional attachment is strong enough to use the word "love" until intimacy has occurred.
For example, if a woman were about to marry a man that she really likes, but hasn't slept with him yet... and then suddenly meets an extremely sexy man somewhere that swiftly takes her to bed and causes her to lose her virginity, I believe her feelings would be
much stronger for that man than for the man she was about to marry. That's not to say that she would necessarily "leave" the man she was about to marry for the other guy (because in her mind, it's a giant gamble... what are the chances this other amazing, sexy man wants to keep her around? She's already heavily invested in this other man who has at least offered her long-term security, stability, and likely children). However, I would not want to be the man that is forever "less sexy" than the other man that my wife has slept with and had strong, emotional feelings toward.
The best exception to this would be her marrying a man who's a complete stud in bed, even if she does not have a chance to experience it until marriage. If she goes to bed with him on their honeymoon and he ravages her body and gives her amazing orgasms and a great sexual experience, he will cement his place in her heart. At that point, she can probably
truly fall in love with him.
- Franco