How to Survive a Sexless Marriage
Accept that you and your spouse have different needs and desires.. Try to understand any causes of your spouse's lower sex drive.. Consider how a lack of intimacy affects your spouse's emotions.
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Accept that you and your spouse have different needs and desires.
Accept that you and your spouse have different needs and desires.
Try to understand any causes of your spouse's lower sex drive.
Try to understand any causes of your spouse's lower sex drive.
Consider how a lack of intimacy affects your spouse's emotions.
Consider how a lack of intimacy affects your spouse's emotions.
Make yourself vulnerable instead of acting defensively.
Make yourself vulnerable instead of acting defensively.
Try to approach the situation as a team.
Try to approach the situation as a team.
Set your intimacy goals together.
Set your intimacy goals together.
Look for a marriage counselor well-versed in issues related to sexuality.
Look for a marriage counselor well-versed in issues related to sexuality.
Discuss experimenting with an open marriage.
Discuss experimenting with an open marriage.
Develop and keep rituals together.
Develop and keep rituals together.
Start performing daily acts of kindness.
Start performing daily acts of kindness.
Try to have a stimulating conversation every day.
Try to have a stimulating conversation every day.
Spend time together without distractions.
Spend time together without distractions.
Exercise with each other regularly.
Exercise with each other regularly.
Schedule private time whenever possible.
Schedule private time whenever possible.
Maintain your hygiene and appearance, and ask the same of your spouse.
Maintain your hygiene and appearance, and ask the same of your spouse.
Start with nonsexual physical contact.
Start with nonsexual physical contact.
Be open about what you find pleasurable.
Be open about what you find pleasurable.
Try not to put too much pressure on each other.
Try not to put too much pressure on each other.
Consult a doctor about medical conditions that interfere with sex.
Consult a doctor about medical conditions that interfere with sex.
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