My Heart Is Struggling Against My Mind.

In the end you cant force her into it. If you do its rape. She may change her mind but dont push her, it may ruin your relationship.

Relationships should not rely on sex and hence there is nothing really wrong with what she things, and due to that you should respect her.

The other solution is just to get married quickly :P

However there is research claiming that if you do not ejaculate frequently you are more likely to get prostate cancer.

Do you, or anyone else, think that not having sex with someone gives a relationship qualilities that in the end prove more amazing than sex itself?

If you really love her then you will not need sex to keep the relationship going. Eventually you and her will get closer and closer, and you eventually will get married.

However there is research claiming that if you do not ejaculate frequently you are more likely to get prostate cancer.

There is a thing called masturbating...

My girlfriend is religious and I am not. She does not believe in sex before marriage and I'm not sure what I believe. I am still a virgin and I love her with all my heart but how hard do you think waiting will be? I'm in emotional ecstacy every time I'm with her and I'm truly happy. I don't want the pressures of having sex to ruin anything, but there is always going to be a small part of my consciousness that disagrees. I want to destroy these thoughts because I think our relationship will be unbelievably special. Is it just a matter of time before these thoughts pass? Is anyone else in the same situation?

Hey, I was in this position - my boyfriend was religious, didn't believe in sex before marriage, and I wasn't religious and did believe!
We tried waiting without him talking through his reasons with me, and it was hard, and we ended up giving in. The difference was that then I became a Christian. My advice to you is to get her to explain her reasons to you, because it will be easier to understand. Also, why don't you have a look at some info about christianity and the like because its really not a religion about denying yourself its about love and peace and just making your life a million times better.
It is possible to wait, I know people who don't have sex before marriage on moral grounds. Like Handy said, you can still ejaculate frequently, it just means a wait for marriage for the big old event.

Edit: and also, I've found that our relationship has so much more foundation on friendship and fun and knowing each other than the physical side of things. the physical side will be great when we get married, and good fun, but it is NOT the most important part. I know a couple who are very close but relied very much on sex to keep them that close, on the natural intimacy that sex creates. But relying on this can lead you to think that as a couple you are closer than you actually are. At the end of the day, would they be there for you if you weren't having sex? That is a question that some couples don't want to have to ask. If you can ask that and say "yes", you know you're on to a good thing.

This has been a big help, thank you. I'd still like to hear other peoples opinions on things as well though, to improve on little clarity I have in my mind at the moment!

I'm with her and I'm truly happy.

I think sex is a healthy part of a relationship, and after a certain age, a necessary one.

I believe we are totally compatible, which is why I'm desperate to quash these silly thoughts that are plaguing my mind at the moment. These thoughts are more a creation of social pressures, rather than my own feelings, I think. She isn't against all promiscuous intimacy, only sexual intercourse. Can 'no sex' make a relationship stronger and based on more emotion than if sex is involved, even if it is a healthy part of that relationship?

Erm, why ??