"We’re holding out until marriage to MAKE OUT – to honour each other."
Credit: SWNS / Rebekah Hurford
A couple are waiting until marriage to kiss – to "honour" each other and create a "deeper connection".
Rebekah Hurford, 31, and her partner, Kirk Peter, 32, decided to wait until they tie the knot to have sex or make out properly.
The pair do share a peck and hug but put boundaries in place to ensure they don’t cross the line and never spend the night together.
Rebekah and Kirk, who works in video production, were raised as Christian but have both previously been intimate in relationships.
They felt their relationship was "special" and wanted to try holding out to see if it would help create a healthier relationship.
A couple are waiting until marriage to kiss – to "honour" each other and create a "deeper connection".
Rebekah Hurford, 31, and her partner, Kirk Peter, 32, decided to wait until they tie the knot to have sex or make out properly.
The pair do share a peck and hug but put boundaries in place to ensure they don’t cross the line and never spend the night together.
Rebekah and Kirk, who works in video production, were raised as Christian but have both previously been intimate in relationships.
They felt their relationship was "special" and wanted to try holding out to see if it would help create a healthier relationship.
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00:00 We decided not to make out until marriage.
00:03 We still may do a little peck, but we don't make out.
00:06 My name is Kirk.
00:12 And my name is Rebecca.
00:13 I live in New York City.
00:14 He lives in Connecticut.
00:15 We had a video go viral on Instagram about how we're doing our relationship.
00:20 We met through church.
00:22 You know, I live in Connecticut and our church is in Brooklyn,
00:25 in New York, which is about an hour.
00:27 One Sunday, I just saw Rebecca in a different way.
00:31 And I was just like, not like we hadn't talked before.
00:33 I mean, we've done like creative projects and stuff before.
00:35 I mean, I just asked her out and luckily she said, yeah.
00:39 And now we're here a year, a year later, a year or so later, almost.
00:43 We decided not to like make out until marriage.
00:46 We still may do a little peck, but we don't make out.
00:49 We decided not to like sleep together, obviously, until marriage.
00:53 And then he lives, right now he lives an hour and a half away.
00:56 Yeah.
00:57 We used to drive from into the city and he like, he doesn't sleep over.
01:02 He goes back.
01:02 I told Rebecca early on, like, I really want this to work out.
01:05 So I want to honor you in the way that we do this relationship.
01:09 And I don't want to like, I don't want you to think that I'm like, just after your body.
01:14 I actually told her, I was like, look, I don't even want to kiss you until we get married.
01:18 We were just like, yeah, like actually we can hold some boundaries and respect and honor each other
01:23 in that way.
01:24 It's definitely hard, but hard things are worth it.
01:27 Like there's just a deeper trust that we have for each other.
01:30 And actually, too, the cool thing is, too, a lot of people see that and they're like,
01:33 man, I really want, like, I want that.
01:35 I think on the other hand, though, it's also maybe like pushing us to like get married
01:39 quicker, which is something we both want to accomplish.
01:41 We've been talking about this.
01:42 I'm excited.
01:43 Don't get me wrong.
01:44 I am excited, which is like she said before, helping us kind of push through to get to
01:51 get to that point, to get where we're married.
01:53 And we're pretty sure of each other.
01:55 And I'm excited.
01:56 I'm definitely excited when he doesn't have to drive.
01:59 Oh, my gosh.
02:00 Yes.
02:00 We don't have to commute anymore.
02:03 And yeah, we can build our lives together.
02:06 Yeah.
02:07 Yeah.