Can a Relationship Survive without Sex and Intimacy?

Can a Relationship Survive without Sex and Intimacy? / Are you in a sexless marriage or relationship? Many people find themselves in a marriage or romantic relationship where there’s no sex or intimacy and seek out relationship advice. You might wonder if it’s too late or if it’s possible to increase intimacy in your relationship. So to the question, can your relationship survive without sex and intimacy... my short answer is no, and today I’m going to tell you the why behind that no and the simple first steps to increase your sex and intimacy, even if it’s been a while.

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[Lehmann]

Ultimately, no. You may love your wife but her lack of desire for you eventually kills your heart.

[Nnmtes]

After many years of living in a sexless marriage i opted out. Never being desired or wanted by my wife of 13 years, killed me inside. I didn't fully realise how unhappy i was because my sex needs weren't meet. I became depressed and anxious. I thought that was caused by my demanding career. It took a long time to realise that my unmet sexual needs was a major cause of my ill health.
I tried to get my wife to consider counselling to help her, as she had come from an abusive sexual past marriage. I understood that impacted on her but she wouldn't get help. I was understanding and didn't pressure her, but in the end nothing was working. I felt disrespected, unloved, not cared for and that i just wasn't important enough in her life. It was very sad to end my marriage, but i just couldn't live like that any longer.
I've lived in my own for just over three years now and I'm happier than being with a woman who didn't want me.
My advice to guys: if they don't want to work on making your sex life happy and mutually satisfying, get out. You know exactly how little you are valued.

[kdlofty]

When there's sex in a relationship it's 10% of the relationship, when there's no sex in a relationship it's 90% of the relationship.

[tthinkbiz]

Welp, looks like divorce is in my future. Thanks for the info.

[jamesyoung]

It's not a relationship when one spouse completely ignores that their spouse has normal needs and desires. ergo, there relationship has already died when one spouse imposes celibacy on the other.

What happens, most of the time, is when the husband wants to talk about this with the wife, she becomes defensive, hostile and often cuts off even simple necessary communication in order to NOT have to talk about their husbands needs that are not being met. She will also cut him off from touch, hugs, cuddling and all other normal acts of intimacy that are normal.

[fujowpaiyingjowpai]

What if the wife keeps shunning the husbands advanced and then after a while the husband just stops trying? He is not cheating but just tired of being told no because it turns into an argument each and every time?

[SammifromMiami]

I tried every one of these tips and none of them worked. I couldn't get my wife to have kissing sessions. She barely allows me to kiss her. She won't do the cuddle sessions while watching TV. Gets upset when I touch her. I try having nice conversations with her, but I'm interrupting her game on her iPhone. Seriously, a 61 year old woman constantly playing games on her phone? Nothing I do helps. I've tried having conversations about our sexless marriage and she takes offense and we make no headway. She says she wants to be intimate with me but she doesn't 'feel' like it. She says she has to be in the mood, and the mood never strikes her. Last night she blurted out that I'm probably going to leave her. I just sat there in silence, didn't acknowledge her comment. Because that is what I'm going to do. I'm pretty sure she has NPD, so I'm just going to leave next year. She'll have divorce papers to remember me by. 41 years married, last 26 have been sexless. I can't take it anymore.

[MC-izln]

im in a sexless marriage and I'm a woman. I tried everything, even being blunt. My parents were in a same situation and I can't believe its happening to me. So far its once a month and that's only because he says he wants a baby. I afraid when that era is over its finally over. Im so depressed. I can't imagine leaving because of sex. So I stay...

[EnemyAce]

My wife doesn't want connection with me. She only wants connection with her phone.

[tributeact]

more touch, then she claims am needy, cant win with most women, the goalpost are constantly moving, wouldnt mind a little chase but when its constant, it becomes exhausting after many years of jumping through the hoops for love.
love my wife dearly sadly wont reciprocate the same.

ladies please treasure your man as much as we treasure you.

[paulcordova]

Couples are rarely honest with each other. Hurt feelings are buried deeply. Just feels like my spouse doesn't care anymore. Just want out.

[boarmstrong]

After 7 years of no sex, i am extremely resentful and will cheat at any opportunity. I also will not karry her now. I stay so i can live with my son. I resent the hell out of her

[angelowhite]

Women don't understand men need touching, hugging, cuddling and kissing. We have the same need that a mother has when it comes to her childern. That it reassures her that her child in her care is safe and also creates a deeper connection for love of the child. It increases her need or desire to nurture her child. It's exactly the same with men with women. It's also when the mother heart is open wide to her the thoughts and concerns of her childern. Men are similar in heart. They are in the same position as the mother with their wives. We also have to nurture our wives as women with childern. And need the same from their wives as mothers need from their childern. Example: How would a mother feel if the child refused to allow the mother to touch, hug, cuddle or kiss them. She would be emotionally devastated in the same way men are devastated when their wives will not allow them any physical contact. Without it he will feel hurt. He will not have the physical contact he needs to bring him reasurrace of her safety, feeling a deeper love for her and the desire to nurture her. When a man touches a woman that is when he is in his most vunerable emotional state. That is the time his heart is open wide for her. That is the primary time a woman can and should pour out her heart to him. It is besr if she needs to come to him. it would be best to hug him, take his hand, touching will melt his heart it's like automatic that when a woman touches him he melts and become soft for her. If you ever see a couple really in love you will see they're always touching. You will always see a wife constantly in contact with her husband. Really take a closer look and you will see the truth of that. Touching is the only way a relationship is closely connected.

[namaste]

I'm struggling with this with my wife right now 😭.... We have been married for 15 years. She has been fighting cancer for 6 years..we have 3 children. I love this woman so much but I'm starting to feel the lack of intimacy is giving me insecurities and making me feel as though our marriage is non existent and we have a roommate relationship. I know she's aware of this and over the years I've tried so hard to message her, hold her hand at home and in public (she does it at time) I will touch her shoulder when I walk by her, hug her from being tell her she's beautiful and I love her, look her in the eyes when I talk with her the list goes on...

I do the laundry, clean the house, wash her car for her, pay the bills etc...

I'm just at a loss of what else I can do to gain intimacy, sex is a bonus but I understand her limitations physically..

I just don't know what to do anymore and I'm not saying I'm not happy in our marriage but I'm losing steam in our relationship.

[stevenschlau]

My wife is totally uninterested in sex. We once went 5 years without sex until I finally said something, yes 5 years. I've had conversations with her and it's the same "beating a dead horse" over and over again and when we do have sex which maybe happens once or twice a year, it's unfulfilling and she's just a terrible sex partner. For me, nothing left but to have an affair.

[booldawg]

Depends on the disparity between sex drives. If both partners have low libido and not fussed then I imagine it's a lot more workable than enforced celibacy on a high libido partner.

[malcolmtaylor]

The crucial question in a dead bedroom marriage is, "what happened to desire?"

[phillipmarufu]

Abby thank you for the insight unfortunately I'm in tricky relationship with my wife which has now pushed me so much into emotions as result of not having sex. The main problem now is I'm exhausted with this issue that i have to beg her for apology for every slight mistake that i did to her. unfortunately i realized later that my wife has a personality disorder that has destroyed our relationship .
I've tried to engage our close relatives but at the end I end up feelings discomfort regretting why i engage them in the first place

[clarencehammer]

Yes, it can. That doesn’t mean it will necessarily be a happy relationship but it can certainly endure. You just have to make a commitment and you just have to accept it.

[BadddDoggg-idpo]

What we need is a dating app that has a libido scale where we only pair up with similar drives.