If you are in a sexless marriage and are unhappy because of it, don't worry, it isn't unrecoverable but it is serious cause for concern. You may even be thinking that you need a divorce because of your sexless marriage, that's only natural. But, in order to really decide what to do, some thinking needs to be done so you feel good about your decision, regardless if you stay married or not.Being stuck in a sexless marriage can have you feeling a wide range of feelings from loneliness, listlessness, confusion, unconfident, etc. These feelings come about for a variety of reasons and they can be overcome if you just figure out why you're in a sexless marriage. You need to get to
root of
problem and uncover
real reasons that you and your spouse are no longer sexually active assuming of course, you once were!
To get to
heart of
causes for a sexless marriage will take some time. On
surface, you may be thinking that
cause of your sexless marriage may include one or more of
following scenarios:
Sexless Marriage: "We both work too much!":
You both work extremely hard and there just never seems to be enough time to get together, your schedules are skewed. This is true a lot nowadays with
'new' economy, lots of couples are married but just live together like roommates if both parties have 'time-consuming' careers. If not managed properly, it is unfortunate but common for people in this type of lifestyle to end up in a sexless marriage.
Sexless Marriage: "You work, I stay home with
kid/s!":
One of you works very hard with your career and one of you stays home to raise
children (child), which is equally as hard as any career! This situation can lead to a sexless marriage in many cases because of
seemingly disparate priority base of each party. The spouse with
career may need to work after hours, travel, or attend "post work" functions and
spouse who stays home raising
children (child) may not have any other outlet for relaxation away from
home front. This situation can easily lead to a sexless marriage because there may be underlying feelings from both sides that contribute to an already tough situation based on personal and work related schedules.
The spouse with
career may say at times, "Why do you think I work so hard? I do it for you,
kids, our family, etc.". The spouse who stays home with
children (child) may say at times, "You have another release, you have social interaction daily with
outside world. I feel stuck here sometimes, I need to get out and have time for myself.". If
spouse that stays home feels like
spouse with
career enjoys being out and working more than being home, that calls for a whole different and escalated level of concern! Chances are
sexless marriage was bound to be that way before
current situation even arose.