How long can you go without sex? (With a partner)

I'm not sure about this one. If it was something medical that they couldn't have sex for awhile, then I'd wait however long it took for them to get better. If it was permanent, then I would REALLY have to love the hell out of them or I'd consider getting something on the side or ending things. If there's absolutely nothing wrong with them and they're just tired or something, then I'm gonna jump their bones anyway, even if I have to do all the work.

This question is difficult to answer with no context.

If it was a medical problem, like they just got surgery, I would wait however long I needed to. If the person was no longer interested in having sex with me, I would leave pretty fast.

If it was medical... I think it would be a long time. Unless it was something that affected the personality as well. I get a lot of joy just being near a person that I love, so if it was like that person was actually gone, I think I would find myself wanting to look for someone else. If the person just stopped wanting to have sex I'd have issues with that.

It depends. I usually can't go more than 3-4 days, after a week (I haven't gone that long, unless I have a UTI for years) I start to really freak out, get really irritable and nasty.

If it's a "medical thing." Well, it depends on what it was. My Man had a case of balentitis (a swelling and pain of the skin of the penis, cause by a severe yeast infection) a few months ago, and we couldn't have intercourse and he couldn't receive oral sex for more than a week while he treated the infection. However, he was still able to give me oral sex and play with toys with me. Same with him; I've had UTIs and yeast infections where I was not able to receive sex, but could give him oral etc.

If it was something serious, it would be different. But, I'd probably have to take care of myself after a few days.

Also, we're married and we have kids. We've been together so long, I can't imagine our relationship being different.

We both have really high sex drives, so we always try to help the other, even if we're not able to get any ourselves.

Also, when it comes to "medical things" you can get really imaginative.

When our last baby was born, I had been on bedrest for nearly 6 months. We weren't "supposed to" have sex, but WHO can go that long? We were very gentle, and didn't have sex nearly as often as we usually do. I was religious about the rest of my bedrest, I stayed off my feet completely, so the baby was only 4 wks early (when I had started contracting at 12 wks.) But, even though we were worried about the baby and the pregnancy, it was a tense time for us without as much loving as we were used to.

After she was born, I had to sleep on an air mattress on the floor, because I couldn't get into our waterbed after the C Section. My incision hurt, my nipples were sore (the baby wasn't latching well) and I had a bunch of skin ripped off when they removed the sterile adhesive after the surgery. I was loaded up on Vicodin, but still in a lot of pain.

Our second or third night home, my husband was in bed and looked SO sad and lonely. He was half asleep, just lying there all by himself on that big bed. I felt so bad for him. I finished nursing the baby, put her in her baby basket, and told my husband, "Somebody looks like they need a blow job." He looked at me in disbelief and jumped on that air mattress so fast, he almost popped it. That was 13 years ago, and he still says it was one of the sweetest and selfless things I ever did, and he loves me even more for it. And BOY did he appreciate that blow job.

If it was for medical reasons and I really loved the person I could go without for them. If it was just a refusal I would look into why. I would say 1 month max.

Ooopsss, I need to change my answer. I just read the question in the topic instead of the full question above the poll.

I'd try to figure something out with them.