Lydia Plath is standing by her and husband Zac Wyse’s decision to save their first kiss for their wedding day.
The Welcome to Plathville star took to social media recently to defend the decision and respond to backlash she’s received over the decision. She also disputed claims that she and Zac held off on smooching because they weren’t attracted to one another.
“Yes! We saved our FIRST KISS for our wedding day!” Lydia wrote on Instagram. “It’s really saddening to see how that is taken such the wrong way in this day and age. Instead of people seeing how honoring and selfless that was of my husband, they assume we just weren’t attracted to each other. QUITE THE OPPOSITE!”
Lydia– who tied the knot with Zac in February, just two months after announcing her engagement– went on to reveal that saving her first kiss with her future husband for their wedding day was something she had “secretly” always “desired,” but that she wanted the man she intended to marry to be the one to propose the idea, rather than her being the one to suggest it.
(According to Us Weekly, while Zac and Lydia waited until they said “I do” to share their first kiss with each other, both had kissed past romantic partners.)
“ … I wanted the man to bring it up by the Holy Spirits leading and not me putting rules on by my own strength,” Lydia explained. “To my surprise within one week of dating, Zac brings it up!”
Lydia claimed that waiting until marriage to share a first kiss with someone was something that had “never even crossed [Zac’s] mind” until he met her and that he allegedly told her that there was “just a purity about you that I want to protect.”
According to Lydia, it was worth the wait.
“And now that we’re married, trust me, we’re making up for lost time!” Lydia wrote. “This man loves me in such a beautiful, pure way that I didn’t even know existed! Love you so much @zaclwyse.”
Lydia and Zac recently opened up about saving their first kiss for marriage during an episode of Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo’s podcast, with Lydia noting how important it was to her for Zac to be the one to “initiate” holding off until their big day. She also shared with the former Counting On couple that it was “so beautiful” when that moment finally came.
As for Zac, he claimed that it was important to move a certain way in his relationship with Lydia, as he wanted it to have “purpose.”
“I had told her at one point [while dating], we were in the car and I was like, ‘This is just great, and I’m really wanting to honor you and be intentional about everything I do. So I’m going to hold off on saying I love you, and I’m probably not going to kiss you for a while,’” Zac recalled.
Lydia and Zac have also spoken about their decision to abstain from kissing until marriage on the current season of ‘Welcome to Plathville,’ with Zac acknowledging the temptations that come with their decision.
“There’s moments where it can be tempting, but I think self-control is just a way that we can represent the Lord together,” he said on a recent episode of the TLC series. “And we’re gonna have even more fun and we’re gonna even do more things like skip around or dance, those sorts of things. It’s a closer moment and it’s better than kissing, really.”
“I think it’s pretty safe to say that we’re both looking forward to our first kiss when it’s time, but that time isn’t yet,” Lydia added.
New episodes of ‘Welcome to Plathville’ air Tuesdays on TLC.
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(Photos: TLC; Instagram)
4 Responses
My husband and I waited till we were married. Twenty one years and going strong! I know a ton of people like that too. Whatever floats your boat. We did kiss though. That’s pretty intense!
Live your life and let her do her thing. She did what was best for herself.
Not to be gross, but you should drive the car before you buy it. I absolutely agree with you. How would they know they are sexually compatible? I mean, if you really want to side hug or whatever these people do. That’s fine. It’s their lives. I just see them being controlled by their “religion.” They aren’t making their own decisions.
Personally, I think keeping everything off the table makes people get married way too quickly so they’re virtually strangers. I grew up Christian, there are many of my classmates who went on to get married so they could “front hug”….guess how many of the couples are still married today…….NONE.
Whatever floats your boat but I won’t be surprised when the divorce announcement happens in a couple years