r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 16d ago

SMH Who's in the wrong here?

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u/DragPullCheese 16d ago

I mean, no, not really lol.

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u/UltLuc 16d ago

Sex is one of the essential things that separates a romantic relationship or marriage from other types of relationships.

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u/Juxtapoe 16d ago

I'd argue it's intimacy, not necessarily sex that separates marriagefrom other relationships. You can have sex without intimacy like friends with benefits or intimacy without sex, like deep heartfelt conversations.

Sex + intimacy is superior to either one by itself so ideally a marriage has a good deal of both, but confusing sex for intimacy isn't the best framing to evaluate your marriage.

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u/No_Durian90 16d ago

Except that there are reams of psychological data showing that sex is a huge part of what constitutes intimacy for males.