A recent study done by Brigham Young University seems to suggest that, all moral bias aside, waiting till your wedding night might strengthen your relationship. An analysis of questions answered by married couples in 1992—keyed on "When did you become sexual in this relationship?"—finds that couples who abstain from sex before marriage are 22 percent more likely to have a stable relationship, 20 percent more likely to be satisfied with their relationship, 15 percent happier with their sex life and have better communication skills.

“Regardless of religiosity, waiting helps the relationship form better communication processes, and these help improve long-term stability and relationship satisfaction,” said BYU family life professor and lead researcher Dean Busby says, He suggests that couples who had sex before they were married take a step back to reevaluate their relationship and be sure it's not based on sex alone.

The study will be published in the upcoming issue of the Journal of Family Psychology. It relies on data gathered over two years from 2,035 married individuals.

“Couples who hit the honeymoon too early [...] often find their relationships underdeveloped when it comes to the qualities that make relationships stable and spouses reliable and trustworthy,” commented University of Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus, who reviewed the study.

So is there something to this theory that people who have premarital sex are less trustworthy? Or is it just that our perception is skewed by someone else's moral agenda? The world may never know.