How Far Is Too Far? Physical Touch Before Marriage

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

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Talk Radio, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Default

4.8 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

How far is too far when it comes to physical touch before marriage? I’m sure you’re not shocked to hear that it’s one of the most frequently asked questions I receive at my relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com. How far is too far? On today’s mini-episode (18 minutes!) I’m answering just that! In this quick episode, I’m offering some practical, bite-sized advice for anyone who has ever wondered where to draw the line with physical touch before marriage. I’m going to talk you through the 12 stages of physical touch and explain to you when I believe physical touch goes from the green zone, to the yellow zone, to the red zone. If you’ve ever wondered how far is too far to go physically in a dating relationship, you’re going to want to tune in to Episode 014 of the Love + Relationships Podcast, where we talk candidly about all things love, sex, dating, singleness and marriage. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER or SPOTIFY Want to be on the Love + Relationships Podcast? Go to truelovedates.com/loveandrelationships/ to submit your question and learn more. Resources Mentioned on the Love + Relationships Podcast and Additional Show Notes: Enjoyed this episode of the podcast? Check out this episode about Sex Drive and The Single Life: Controlling Your Desires Before They Control You Dig Deeper: Check out the Sex and The Single Life Audio Lesson Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates. She’s also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome back to the love and relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah
0:22.8	Felata, and it's so great to be together again. I'm so excited that you're tuning into these
0:27.5	candid conversations about love, sex, dating, singleness, and marriage. If you don't know me or
0:34.4	you're tuning in for the first time, I just want to let you know. I'm a licensed
0:37.7	professional counselor specializing in relationship issues. I also run the relationship advice
0:43.9	blog called TrueLovedates.com, reaching millions of people with the message of healthy relationships.
0:50.1	And as you'll find out, that's a topic that I am so excited and passionate about.
0:56.6	If you've tuned into this podcast for a while, you probably know that it's generally hotline
1:01.8	style, meaning people call in with their relationship questions and we talk through them
1:06.6	on the show in a really candid way. But because I've received so many of your questions,
1:13.5	way too many to answer, unless I podcast all day, every day for the rest of my life, which I'm
1:18.7	pretty sure my husband and children wouldn't be too fond of. So instead, I decided to do these
1:23.9	little mini episodes where I'll be taking the questions that you've sent my way
1:28.2	via email or voice memo and I'll be answering them in short, practical, bite-sized answers.
1:34.8	So if you have a question for me, be sure to record it in voice memo form or email it to me
1:40.9	at deborahatrulovedates.com And I can't wait to get your questions and answer them
1:47.3	in these mini episodes. So let's get started. How far is too far? That's another question I got in my inbox recently, and probably a question that I hear
2:05.9	everywhere I go from all kinds of people, all different ages and different genders and races,
2:15.8	because it's a question that's on a lot of people's mind when it
2:19.2	comes to dating especially the question of how far is too far to go physically in a dating
2:27.4	relationship and I actually talk through this in the Q&A section of my book, True Love Dates, but I'm going to dig into
2:37.3	this question a little bit today on this mini episode because I think it's important.
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