Is love possible when your mate is unable to satisfie you sexually?

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Is love possible when your mate is unable to satisfie you sexually?

SHAY'S SHAY'S
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What is the true meaning of love, can you love a man with a small pennis or a woman who don't or can't ride? Is it true that sex is 90% of a relationship? Is it totally possible to be in love with your partner but the sex is bad?
10/20/2009
Goth Goth
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Originally posted by SHAY'S
What is the true meaning of love, can you love a man with a small pennis or a woman who don't or can't ride? Is it true that sex is 90% of a relationship? Is it totally possible to be in love with your partner but the sex is bad?
I would think so, I mean, what about people in wheelchairs who end up married and such? It depends on the people, some people don't marry to have sex or just want sex, they marry due to companionship, love, and togetherness.
10/20/2009
Saraid Saraid
I'm a firm believer that if someone can't sexually satisfy you, you just need practice and variation. Also, if a person hasn't masturbated, she can't expect others to get her off. Small penises, people with disabilities, etc. can all be worked with and make people get more creative! I think if someone is truly unsatisfied they may not be experimenting and trying enough.
10/20/2009
Red Red
Yes, there are lots of people I have love for who I do not have sex with Thus, it is easy to extrapolate to a loving life partnered relationship that does not include sex. Wouldn't be my dream set up, but it would be ok if that's how it worked out. Relationships, especially life pairings, rarely fit into tidy little predefined boxes
10/20/2009
Sir Sir
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Yes, there are lots of people I have love for who I do not have sex with Thus, it is easy to extrapolate to a loving life partnered relationship that does not include sex. Wouldn't be my dream set up, but it would be ok if that's how it worked ... More
I agree with you, Red.

Sex truly isn't everything. And a people can always make things work, somehow.
10/20/2009
Boink Boink
Love is not dependent on sex and sex is not dependent on love. Emotional bonds and physical intimacy are certainly closely tied, but I don't see why truly loving relationships couldn't exist even with a total lack of sex.
10/20/2009
Misha's Amusements Misha's Amusements
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Originally posted by Goth
I would think so, I mean, what about people in wheelchairs who end up married and such? It depends on the people, some people don't marry to have sex or just want sex, they marry due to companionship, love, and togetherness.
You can have great sex in a wheel chair. I have a friend who wrote a book about it, though it was in 93 and now out of print. Rehabs for spinal cord injury pts even have sex groups that teach technique and discuss weekly. I can point you out to Magee Rehab in Philly which promotes an active sex like for people in chairs.
10/21/2009
Rocky LaFemme Rocky LaFemme
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Originally posted by SHAY'S
What is the true meaning of love, can you love a man with a small pennis or a woman who don't or can't ride? Is it true that sex is 90% of a relationship? Is it totally possible to be in love with your partner but the sex is bad?
I would say yes you can be in love with someone who is bad in bed b/c for me love has nothing to do with sex and I can be in love with someone I have never had sex with. I think emotional bonds and physical intimacy are not needed for each other to exist.
10/21/2009
Adriana Ravenlust Adriana Ravenlust
I say yes you can but I wouldn't do it.
10/21/2009
sweet sally sweet sally
Can you? Of course. Will it last? In my personal case, no. I was married for 10 yrs to a man and we were not "sexually compatable". I knew this going in and did it anyhow. My thought was love and sex are seperate things.

Unfortunately, 10 yrs later I don't agree with that statement. I now believe love, sex and a healthy relationship are all completely intertwined. There certainly are multiple variables to the equation. But, in the end without a certain amount of intimacy to your relationship you only have a roomate, not a companion.
07/15/2010
Tori Rebel Tori Rebel
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Originally posted by Red
Yes, there are lots of people I have love for who I do not have sex with Thus, it is easy to extrapolate to a loving life partnered relationship that does not include sex. Wouldn't be my dream set up, but it would be ok if that's how it worked ... More
Completely agreed. Great sex with love is fantastic, but no one's situation is perfect. Some have minor sexual issues, some are more major. If people are dedicated to making it work, it will! If my boyfriend were to become unable to perform sexually due to some physical or other issue, I'd still be in love with him. Certain logistics of the relationship would most likely change, but I'd still feel the same way I do about him.
07/15/2010
~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
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Originally posted by SHAY'S
What is the true meaning of love, can you love a man with a small pennis or a woman who don't or can't ride? Is it true that sex is 90% of a relationship? Is it totally possible to be in love with your partner but the sex is bad?
I think you kind of answered your own question...true love is loving in spite of difficulty and mismatching. It is a pure and unselfish love. No one is perfect.

Would I enter a relationship without sexual satisfaction? Very doubtful. Safe goes for falling in love. BUT, if my partner were to get his member chopped off today, I wouldn't lose my love for him.
07/15/2010
SarahSarah SarahSarah
I think everyone is different. Some people are satisfied with living forever being with someone who cant function sexually. For me, I need that sexual satisfaction with my partner to feel closer with them. Now say we were married for 10 years and god forbid something happened to his member, I would still stay with him and love him. Its just if its not there when we are dating, its not happening.
09/12/2010
Blinker Blinker
Look at Dana and Christopher Reeve's marriage. No one can say she did not love him dearly. It's a testament to love and what it can overcome.
09/12/2010
Tuesday Tuesday
It depends on how many other things the relationship has going for it. I married my husband knowing there wouldn't be great sex. He has numerous good qualities plus I felt immediately like I'd known him forever since the first instant. (Aside: Harville Hendriks says this happens when two people's upbringings were dysfunctional in the same ways and its true that his parents and mine are incredibly similar.)

Even though sex is very important to me and we never had good sex I would still say we had a good marriage if mental illness hadn't crept into the situation. I still love him and am staying married to him. 24 years so far.
09/12/2010
Persephone's Addiction Persephone's Addiction
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What is the true meaning of love, can you love a man with a small pennis or a woman who don't or can't ride? Is it true that sex is 90% of a relationship? Is it totally possible to be in love with your partner but the sex is bad?
I fell out of love with my ex mostly because of sex.
Because there was no sex, I lost my feeling of connection with him - and I became distant, and then that made matters worse, and the whole thing just slowly died.
No physical intimacy led to no emotional intimacy, and that was the deal breaker.
I'm a very sexual person and I couldn't be with someone who wasn't.
09/13/2010
Airen Wolf Airen Wolf
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Originally posted by SHAY'S
What is the true meaning of love, can you love a man with a small pennis or a woman who don't or can't ride? Is it true that sex is 90% of a relationship? Is it totally possible to be in love with your partner but the sex is bad?
I have known many a strong, vibrant couple who don't report having stellar sex. Yes it's possible and no I don't think sex is 90% of a relationship. Sure it's important but more important is intimacy, real intimacy. That doesn't necessarily require sex. Also important are shared goals and a sense of real partnership. A small penis is not at all a deterrent for a happy, satisfying sex life either. A giant penis won't make a man better in bed, and most women prefer an average sized guy for comfort's sake.
09/13/2010
P'Gell P'Gell
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What is the true meaning of love, can you love a man with a small pennis or a woman who don't or can't ride? Is it true that sex is 90% of a relationship? Is it totally possible to be in love with your partner but the sex is bad?
A man with a small penis can certainly satisfy many women, if he has good skills. There is more to "satisfaction" than length and girth. For ANY man, IMO, oral and manual skills, in addition to being able to use what they have and overall lovemaking know how is important.

My Man is well endowed, but he has mad skills, both orally and manually (as well as otherwise) in the bedroom, that have nothing to do with his penis. Those skills and his enthusiasm for sex is what keeps our love and pleasure going. (Along, of course, with my own enthusiasm and continued work on my own Love Skills.)

I'm not sure what "can't or won't ride" means? Do you mean won't have sex? From my experience, few men will stay in a sexless relationship. So many of My Man's co-workers married young and Virgin and were left with sexless marriages, and there are divorces every month, ALL with the same complaint. "No sex and no emotional connection." It can't be only people we know.

I do think, however, that if a partner is unwilling to have sex, or refuses to experiment and find things that help you find your orgasm and satisfaction, the relationship is probably not going to go well. I know people who claim to have NO sex in their marriage, but I know neither My Man or I could survive in a marriage or relationship like that. I've never quite understood how "sexless" marriages last, (and most of which I know of DO end in divorce or even annulment) so count me out on that.

As for something "happening" to My Man to cause him to not be able to have PIV sex (God forbid) I know we'd find other ways to stay sexual. He's a very ingenious man, and I wouldn't give up until we had tried everything.
09/13/2010
Harlequin Harlequin
of course its possible to love someone even if they cant satisfy you. sex is very important but its not the whole relationship or the reason why you love someone. you just have to work around it.
12/09/2010
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