What is Normal Sexuality in Marriage?Written by Maggie Vlazny, MSW
What Is Normal Sexuality in Marriage? Everyone wonders about this. Do our friends "do it" more often than we do? Does anyone else have this problem in which one partner has high desire, and other one has little to none? We must be really weird. Everyone wants sex, don't they? The answer is no. Not really. More than 40 million Americans feel stuck in low-sex or no sex marriages. Research studies tell us that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 7 men reported little to no sexual desire. Sometime in a marriage more than 50% of couples experience one or both partners with little to no sexual desire. Desire problems are most frequent complaint of couples entering sex therapy. They are also often unspoken complaint of couples entering relationship therapy. In our sex saturated culture, this particular difficulty has a stigma, doesn't it? It's ok to admit to having a drug problem or mood disorder. But a sexual problem? No way! We're all supposed to be sexual superstars in our intimate relationships, aren't we? Actually, sexual anxieties, inhibitions, and problems are norm. We're afraid of not doing it "right", like in movies and books. "Right" would be intercourse, with both parties craving each other all time and having simultaneous orgasms every time they're intimate. Wrong! Healthy sexuality means giving and receiving touching that is pleasurable. It is not goal oriented, but process oriented. (The journey, not destination.) It allows both partners to enjoy pleasure. It varies. Sometimes one or both has an orgasm. Sometimes not. And that's ok. What's not ok is not caring about yours or your partner's needs.
| | Should I Spy? - Spying on Your Cheating Spouse is NOT RevengeWritten by Dr. Robert Huizenga, The Infidelity Coach
Do not use what you find on your cheating spouse as ammunition for revenge. Sure, you may have wonderfully violent fantasies of what you would really like to do to him/her and other person. This is very normal. But, don’t act them out. Using what you find to extract revenge will only lengthen time of pain and anger. It will undermine your integrity as a person, lower your personal standards and make you exceedingly unattractive. Resist temptation to sling mud! Keep what you find to yourself. The obvious signs of a cheating spouse disturbed you. You spy because truth will set YOU free. The quickest cleanest way to break free from extramarital affair is to set your focus on you as you navigate your way through difficult weeks and months.
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