From Jezebel:
Nobody Has Wedding Night Sex Anymore by TracyMoore
Wedding night sex is officially as passé as using Febreze or talking on the phone. Rather than get it on, newlyweds are wont to do any number of things post-nuptch that do not involve consummating the marriage. Consider this historical trajectory though: Medieval couples hadto do it. Modern couples simply ain't care.
Though facts here are easily fudged — who can ever know for sure how often anyone does it, when, why, or how, or count on the doers to be reliable narrators — surveys hint at some recurring just-hitched issues that lead to one of you spending your Big Night with your true soul mate playing Words With Friends on your phone. And what's more, being fine with it.
A recent survey from a wedding stationary company Paper Shaker claims a quarter of couples don't do it. A few years ago, the Daily Telegraph covered a survey by Bride to Be magazine, which found that 90% of couples expect to do the deed, but only a quarter see their dreams realized. The Daily Mail, who may or may not be forever a bridesmaid, insists that over half of couples (from a survey double the size of the previous) don't make it official by ancient religious standards on the wedding night.
The biggest reason? Drunk dick. Second biggest reason? Too tired. Last year, a financial advice website asked newlyweds why they bypass the action (in this survey, fewer than 48% got around to sex). All had been married within the previous three years. Their reasons:
Groom too drunk (24%)
Bride too tired (16%)
Bride too drunk (13%)
Had to watch kids (11%)
Had fight before reception ended (9%)
Needed to leave for honeymoon (9%)
Pulled an all-nighter partying (7%)
Groom too tired (4%)
Neither felt like it (4%)
Read the rest, including some funny personal anecdotes, here.