Continuing with this week’s #NoAction series, we examine if there are hidden gains that celibate couples get to enjoy. Deciding to become celibate is a huge decision and a great commitment – one that will affect not just your sex life but every aspect of your life.
Your sexual life is of course a highly personal thing and it is completely up to you how you choose to live this part of your life. At the same time though it pays to be fully informed before you make any big decisions regarding celibacy or otherwise if there are any benefits to chastity. After in-house discussions, talking to couples who went through this phase and also to relationship experts, we’ve shortlisted the five key benefits of celibacy.
1. No Sexually Transmitted Infection
They are a very real threat and while it is possible to take measures to avoid STIs, you can never be completely safe from them – there is always a chance of a condom breaking for instance. By being celibate you can however be completely confident to avoid serious STIs (though that said some STIs can be picked up from toilet seats and towels while others can grow about due to natural fauna imbalances – so you’re still not completely safe from the lesser ones).
2. No Accidental Pregnancies
Likewise by being celibate you can avoid the nightmare of having to tell your friends and family that you became pregnant without intending to. This is again something that you can only truly avoid by being celibate as all known contraceptive methods can sometimes fail. And this time you can’t catch pregnancy from toilet seats…
3.It’s Reversible
Don’t like being celibate? Great – you can always decide to have sex and be over with it, and there’s nothing to be lost by changing your mind. However on the other hand, if you decide you want to become celibate after a life of sex, making a decision for celibacy and sticking to it is always a difficult commitment to fulfil.
4. You Get Clarity
You can literally be drunk off love and sex. You crave the high and the closeness that it brings with your partner. Without sex, your mind is clearer so you can trust that the decisions you make or emotions you feel are not part of the hangover. You and your partner cannot bury arguments under make up sex or get high on love making and forget to build your foundation.
5. It’s Easier To Break Ties
If the relationship runs its course and stops short of a conjugal knot-tying, the heartbreak is different. You are allowed to miss your ex like an old friend but without feeling the severe pain you would have had if sex was involved. Celibacy made breaking ties easier.
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