Should You Have Sex On The First Date? | The Hook Up Podcast

Everyone knows about the “3 date rule”, but is it always worth the wait? We find out why you’re holding off sex or diving right in, if there’s a magic number of dates before getting intimate and whether having sex too soon can stop a relationship in it’s tracks. SHOW NOTES YouGov Survey on how long you should wait before having sex: https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/37341-relationships-dating-marriage-sex-milestones-poll?utm_source=chatgpt.com Studies on first-date sex impacting relationships: https://www.datingadvice.com/studies/fdshlt https://www.mamamia.com.au/sex-on-first-date/ Differing relationship outcomes when sex happens before, on, or after first dates https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23121225/ 00:00 - intro 04:07 - are you waiting or not? 07:20 - why you’re waiting 11:52 - why you’re not waiting 21:32 - is there a magic number? 24:14 - does early sex stop a relationship? 29:19 - research on early sex 32:40 - there are no rules The Hook Up is an ABC podcast, produced by triple j. It is recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past and present. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land where we live, work, and learn.