yes. You can love many people without having sex with them! For romantic love, I say yes, but when you do share the sex (I prefer to call it lovemaking) it can take that love to a much deeper level.
Yeah it is.
I would know from experience. And yeah, even though the desire is there, it doesn't mean you have to act on it, and not acting on it doesn't kill the love... not unless you yourself allow it to.
Love involves far more than sex and if sex is absent love doesn't suffer a great loss. One loves a sister or a brother or best friend or neighbor and it is real and does not involve sex being attached to it. The same is true of a loving couple because of myriad reasons why one or both partners can no longer have or enjoy sex. Sex can certainly be a part of marital bliss and love but it's not the foundation upon which that bliss and love is built and stands.
Sex without love is possible so why shouldn't love without sex?
What if your partner got ill? Lost their drive or the feeling?
There is so much more to living than sex. Companionship, humor, compassion. If your partner couldn't have sex any more would you give them up if you loved them?
Yes. So many things happen that keep people from having sex and that doesn't deter love. People fall in love before they ever have sex. Or they should. If the relationship is based on sex then it is not a very stable relationship. You have to like each other first. IMHO. How many people have fallen in love online or as pen pals?
Since this question keeps popping up in my shared questions, in the Greek language, there are 4 words for love. Eros, Agape, Philia and Storge. Only one involves any degree of wetness, unless you're changing your baby's pissy diapers.
yes it is! i truly believe that two people can love each other with no sex involved. love is a strong connection that one has for another. maybe family maybe friends maybe a stranger? :) :) :)
Yes. I'm not trying to say that sex isn't important in marriage. It is. Just saying that love can transcend the problem of not having certain needs met. Is it easy? No. (Not very fun either) But the commitment to love goes beyond all that.
Absolutely. As men and woman age the sex drive fades for various reasons but love doesn't wane. Lovemaking is a beautiful aspect of marriage but it isn't the foundation for it.
I totally agree.......Sex with out love is just that....SEX.....There is a big difference in just having sex and making love......SEX is the most wonderful thing between man and woman if LOVE is there.....yet it can leave a very empty and guilty feeling when it's absent....or it certainly does with me anyway......
Yes. Depending upon life and the trials we might be "blessed with", that can be a part of an otherwise vibrant relationship. There are other ways to have an intimate relationship besides penis/vaginal intercourse. Hopefully an intimate relationship will include all types of physical intimacy, but we don't stay 20 years old forever. My wife took a course on "Aging and Sex" as part of her 2nd Masters (in Gerontology). There was a panel discussion where couples would talk about, discuss, and answer questions about how aging affects intimacy. One gentleman half of a couple, in their early 80's, described it as trying to shove a rope into a piggy bank. His wife patted him on the arm and said, "And it is so worth it". Another example was my wife's grandparents. One Thanksgiving, when they were in their late 70's, my wife's grandmother was quiet and occasionally wincing and letting out a soft intake of breath. My wife asked what the matter was and her grandmother said, "Well.... Your grandfather was a bit frisky the other night and the doctor said I have a couple of cracked ribs, but I'll be ok my darling. Your grandfather just didn't realize...."
It sure is...love should be established before sex anyways...i have been in love with someone for years and we don't need physical intimacy to have an amazing bond
You can love many people without sex being involved. I love my family, my kids my friends the human race all without sex being involved. However, when it comes to my soul-mate sex is very important to us because it allows us the opportunity to bond with one another to be one body, one mind, one soul during those precious intimate moments. Love without sex is very real but love with your partner including the element of sex is monumental.
I believe so. My parents have gotten up in years and my mom has told me sex is pretty much non-existent (TMI). Needless to say, I have realized that as we age, it just might go away and all you have is the love because your body is just too broke down for the sex part.
I am still wondering why they call old age the golden years!
If you have a lover, then sex is the reason why you have a lover. No sex, no lover. That is what a lover is. Nothing more, nothing less. Lover equals sex.
Pablo
100% yes! I didn't really know what real love was until I left sex out of the equation for awhile. You develop a friendship that is deeper than you'll ever experience. And this is very important. If you ever get to the point where sex cannot be in a relationship, or you both just are not interested, you best have something else to keep you together!
I would know from experience. And yeah, even though the desire is there, it doesn't mean you have to act on it, and not acting on it doesn't kill the love... not unless you yourself allow it to.
Sex without love is possible so why shouldn't love without sex?
What if your partner got ill? Lost their drive or the feeling?
There is so much more to living than sex. Companionship, humor, compassion. If your partner couldn't have sex any more would you give them up if you loved them?
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I am still wondering why they call old age the golden years!
Pablo
I mean...i do consider sex to be a very important part of a relationship...but it's not mandatory.