Article: M REAL LIVES: Wedding night truths; Is it the most passionate night of your life or a crushing disappointment? We spoke to four couples - one who were virgins before marriage, one who were engaged just two months after they met, a pair who'd co-habited for six years and a couple who've been married for over 40 - to find out what really happened on their wedding nights.(M on Tuesday)

Byline: BRIGID McCONVILLE

Susie and Andy were virgins on their wedding night

Susie Hart, 27, is a textile artist living in Harrogate. She started going out with Andy, a vet, in October 1997 and after a nine-month engagement they married on March 6, 1999, in Bearsted, Kent. Susie and Andy are both practising Christians and neither had sex before marriage. They now have a six-month old baby, Grace.

"Neither of us had had sex before our marriage, but all the time we had together we used to develop our relationship emotionally, spiritually and as ...

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