CAN RELATIONSHIPS SURVIVE WITHOUT SEX?
The short answer is “Yes, relationships can and do survive without sex.” The more complicated answer is, “It depends upon the relationship and the reason why there is no sex.” Let’s look at both of these.
IT DEPENDS
Relationship survival depends upon whether sex is the only thing holding the relationship together. If sex is the primary component of your relationship and there isn’t a strong emotional component connecting you, chances are you’ll go your separate ways.
As difficult as this may be, moving on gives you the opportunity to find someone who can share with you an emotionally intimate relationship. If you are the one with the sexual challenges, don’t despair because there are people who will love you and who can adapt to your needs.
YES, YOUR RELATIONSHIP CAN SURVIVE
What is the most important aspect of your relationship? If it’s your life with your partner, your relationship can not only survive, but it can also flourish. Sex is an important part of your relationship, but it isn’t the most crucial part of an emotionally intimate relationship.
In an emotionally intimate relationship you have strengths which don’t disappear with the lack of sexual intercourse:
Your trust in each other
Your love for each other
Your emotional connection
The ability to share your deepest thoughts and feelings
Your ability to depend upon each other
Your ability to touch and caress each other
TOUCH AND PLAY IF YOU’RE ABLE
Only paralysis or total incapacity prevents you from mutually touching each other. If you are both mobile, you can share with your partner many of the activities you learned in the last lesson. Yes, it takes patience and willingness, but your physical relationship can still be an important part of your life.
For severe incapacity, remember that gazing into each other’s eyes with a hand on the heart is a powerful expression of your love for each other.
If you’re able to do anything but intercourse, the partner who can’t have intercourse can assist the other in coming to orgasm at the end of your time of kissing, touching, and exploring each other’s bodies.
REFLECTION
What do you think would happen if you or your partner were not able to have intercourse?
2. How does your partner feel about a relationship without intercourse?
3. From the list below, put them in order of what is most important in your relationship:
Sexual relationship
Doing things together
The emotional support you give to each other
Raising children
The financial support you give to each other
Travel
Communication
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