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# 1 Bad Habit That Could Ruin Your Marriage...
Married Life / 4:34 PM - Tuesday June 12, 2007

# 1 Bad Habit That Could Ruin Your Marriage...

#1 Bad Habit That Could Ruin Your Marriage

Not having sex
A sexless marriage is a common bad habit that too many married couples fall into. But the importance of sex cannot be minimized. Sex serves as one of the best ways to develop and maintain intimacy, but when you go without sex for so long you get so used to it that your mind begins to not want it anymore.

Many issues can contribute to a sexless marriage, like pregnancy, stress, fatigue or resentment. But here’s how to save your marriage from this bad habit: have sex! Even if you don’t feel like it, do it. Don’t turn down your partner unless there’s a very good reason. Luckily, once you just do it, you’ll probably actually enjoy yourself.

- Asked by kdtxchic30, A Thinker, Female, 36-45, Dallas, Who Cares?

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- Response by daglinch, A Creative, Male, 36-45, Teaching

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very good advice!

- Response by luckyinkentucky, A Cool Mom, Female, 26-28, Alternative Medicine

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This is so true. Thank you for posting. This is why they say that sex in a good marriage/relationship only accounts for 10-20% but up to 80% in a "bad" marriage/relationship. It really does start to affect the other parts of your relationship -- like a cancer.

- Response by carinabay, A Cool Mom, Female, 36-45, Lawyer

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I'd have to agree with that. It seems that the primary complaint that I hear from married men is that, once married, their wives lost interest in sex. I think it's important to make the time and effort to maintain a healthy level of intimacy.

- Response by cheshire72, An Engaged Girl, Female, 36-45, Other Profession

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It's actually been proven that mens brains don't work as efficiently if they go without sex for long periods.

- Response by niolk, A Creative, Male, 26-28, Dublin, Artist / Musician / Writer

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i agree. a sexless marriage becomes stale and boring, you lose touch of what brought you together in the first place!! it can lead to great temptation to stray for both parties and that consequence is often deadly to a marriage. God knew this and that's why the bible says "forsake not the coming of yourselves together, except for a short time, and by mutual consent, lest you fall into temptation". The bible condones and blesses sex in marriage, so INDULGE WITHOUT GUILT!! we do and we thoroughly enjoy each other (we've been married 7 years now... so we know the times of exhaustion, lack of sleep, lack of energy and too many commitments, kids etc, but we keep a "date night" or manage to schedule some time, its a MUST!!)

- Response by smhoneylamb, A Thinker, Female, 46-55, Self-Employed

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