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late night debate
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Unknown | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:10 |
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Can marriage survive without sex? |
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Mandy | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:11 |
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yep |
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Mandy | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:11 |
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Bet you are impressed by my debating skills............ LOL :-) Mandy I think it is whatever works for two consenting adults. When I was a child my neighbour had been in a Japanese Prisoner of war camp and after torture he didn't have the equipment anymore but he and his wife stayed together until they died. |
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Unknown | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:12 |
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and the speed of the reply mandy lol |
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Toothfairy | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:15 |
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Not mine! x |
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Unknown | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:18 |
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hi louise,hope your well, yes,i think it can survive without sex,but can it survive without love making...a subtle,but important difference. bryan. |
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Unknown | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:20 |
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How true bryan. |
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MarionfromScotland | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:39 |
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Dont know..ask me tomorow Marion psml |
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Unknown | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:45 |
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Well I suppose it depends what you mean by 'survive'. Lots of couples are together because getting divorced seems too extreme, but they aren't living happily ever after. Marriage is a complex thing - people are legally bound together and there are all sorts of things that they depend on eachother for, apart from sex - affection, financial support, domestic duties, social partnering, companionship etc. It depends on what each gets from the marriage. Sex is more important to some people than others; and more important at certain times in one's life than others. There can be all kinds of medical/emotional/physical reasons why sex isn't happening in a relationship, and all kinds of responses to that lack. nell |
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Wendy | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:52 |
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HI In may case yes while ever hubby has two hands and triple X movies he's happy. Since having two kids the last one 9 years ago I don't see my body as I used to. At the moment I see my body as only a baby making machine and as I dont want any more then that is how things are for me. But like others say it only works if there love, Wendy |
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Sue Lambrini Smith | Report | 5 Jul 2005 23:53 |
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hi louise- not even read the rest of the replies- BUT- it might survive, but i am sure it would not be too healthy !!!! |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Jul 2005 00:01 |
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now that ime single,the thing i miss most is going to sleep with my arm around my partner,the feeling of two people being as one.sharing a problem,often halves it.coming home knowing you have been missed during the day. being single has its merits,but sometimes i wonder what they are...having said that,when i do meet someone nice,i tend to put up a wall...as i get scared of being hurt. bryan. |
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Unknown | Report | 6 Jul 2005 00:21 |
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In my honest opinion ...... NO! I dont know one single person who can live without personal intimacy. I dont know if i could cope without intimacy even if it was because of a medical problem. But thats just my opinion!! karen |
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DAVE B | Report | 6 Jul 2005 00:35 |
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Well once all the passion has gone and it does you have got to have something else there special, if you have it will survive no doubts. Davex |
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**Linda | Report | 6 Jul 2005 04:11 |
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Yes it can, There is more to marriage than sex there is love understanding and being together. Linda |
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~¤§ Lara Linga Longa §¤~ | Report | 6 Jul 2005 04:33 |
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I know of one that did no sex for 42 years of marriage really sad but male involved would not speak to dr about it and wife just tried to forget about it too ,but they were both very uptight people because of it as you can imagine , I could not imagine my marriage without it as its the only time he talks to me LOLhehe Lara |
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TonyOz | Report | 6 Jul 2005 05:00 |
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Lara, i talk to my mrs. during sex. But only if theres a phone nearby!!!..LOL Seriously. I think it depends on the couple. Sex is only a small part of the whole package. I dont think i could survive without the whole deal, as i am a cuddler ( if thats a word ) Some need more than others, and many i surpose could live without it, and do. If you have many children, your time alone to-gether can diminish quickly. When my own children were growing up, my wife and i took time out, by dropping the kids off at Grandparent house, and taking off for the weekend on our own. Tony Oz |
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~ Oleander | Report | 6 Jul 2005 05:04 |
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I sort of agree with Dave.....but I think you can still be passionate without the sexual act. I also think it depends on the feelings of the couple involved....my first marriage didn't survive because I fell out of love with him to such an extent that I no longer wanted him near me.....we are now friends, that is what we should always have been. My second marriage is totally different and I know it will survive.....I also think it would survive no sex.........but I don't think it will be an issue!!!! lol Jacquie xxxx |
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DAVE B | Report | 6 Jul 2005 05:59 |
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Tony talk if phone handy lol Dave |
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lou from leicestershire | Report | 6 Jul 2005 06:31 |
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no |
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