I have a girlfriend who I love a lot. We're both virgins and she wants to wait until marriage for sex. My attitude on sex is that it's okay as long as you love each other. I love her a lot though so I'd be willing to wait until marriage but it's so difficult! I'm constantly being bombarded by the media about sex. And when I hear of friends that are doing it, I can't help but feel envious. Her reasons are religious and she is strong in her convictions, so I know there's no way of convincing her otherwise. All we've done so far is make out.

I've given up porn because raw sex doesn't appeal to me anymore. I really want to have that intimate feeling of making love with someone I care about deeply.

Everything else about the relationship is perfect. I really want to spend the rest of my life with her, but if we do get married it'll be in years and that's a long time. How do I get over this feeling that I NEED to be having sex, or at least reduce my sex drive?