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Can I cheat if in a sexless marriage?

A sexless marriage is not a good excuse for cheating. But it can be a valid reason to suggest that you and your partner have an open relationship or break up. Some may not like to hear this but I will say it anyway: the lack of sex in a relationship does not give anyone the right to cheat.

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Some people who are unhappy in their marriage justify their lack of sexual desire with the age-old loop “children-career-housework-stress”. Many of us talk ourselves into more stress than we actually experience with a harmful internal mantra. Self-suggestion can be very harmful. I completely understand that many genuinely believe in the “stress mantra” and are also able to make their partners believe in it. However, I have come to realise through personal experience that we should not always believe our own thoughts. Our thoughts are not necessarily true. Especially if you are under stress and feeling anxious. When in panic (like in a painful sexless marriage!), our monkey brain feeds us a narrative that emphasises how useless we and our partners are. You should not listen to that voice for one second. It’s only when our stress has subsided and the cortex has some air to breathe that we should tune in to our inner commentary. If our own thoughts do not add to the wellbeing of ourselves or those around us, we should spend a moment looking into those thoughts and adjust our perspective. If the lack of sex is really down to nothing more than your clashing schedules, this is a time management issue that can be solved. Time and stress management skills are basic skills for everyone living in the modern world. Skills can be learnt and practiced on live and online courses. You and your partner can choose any time to work on developing these skills instead of reluctantly continuing on the journey of celibacy. Sexless marriage against your will: In a couple, neither can walk away from a relationship problem even if only one of you is unhappy A sexless relationship is not the problem of the partner who suffers from the lack of sex. Even if only one of you is suffering from the lack of sex or the quality of that sex it is a problem for you to solve together. Neither of you can walk away from a problem even if only one of you is suffering from it. If you desert your partner even once at the wrong time or the wrong place, it may be the beginning of the end of your relationship. Many consider breaking up for years before it happens without being able to come to a decision. Instead, they choose cheating or celibacy. Neither of these options is a solution to the real problem in the sexless marriage. Both are just escapism, or band aids covering up the problem.

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Breaking up can be scary, although there seldom are real reasons for that fear, if you think about things rationally. Fear is an emotion and emotions are real. However, there is no need to exhaust or torture yourself to death because of emotions.

How to survive a sexless marriage? Can you end celibacy with willpower? Can you improve a sexless relationship with positive thinking?

The power of the mind is immense. Our minds are so strong that we can make ourselves ill or well with our minds alone – you have probably heard of the placebo and nocebo effects. The real problem will not, however, disappear if you just don’t talk about it or think positive. Willpower and positive thinking can be counterproductive, too. Positive thinking does not make the pain of a sexless relationship disappear. It is pointless to try and hide that pain and sadness. You must be able to talk about that pain and sadness at least inside your own head, but preferably also to a friend or a life coach. The best option would be to talk about it to the person with whom you still would love to have sex with. Some people can be naturally asexual. But asexuality is an extremely rare cause for the lack of sex in a long relationship. In all likelihood, there is some other reasons for a sexless marriage. So if your partner wanted to have sex when you were dating and before you had children – before getting too busy and stressed – the lack of sex in your relationship is not due to the sudden asexuality that your partner has developed. Usually the root cause is in the fundamental structures of the relationship and the partners’ mental and emotional management skills. Practicing our mental skills can also help improve our sex lives both in quality and quantity – it is after all about the ability to throw yourself into the moment and relax. Peer support for tolerating celibacy, improving your marriage or leaving a sexless relationship

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Those of you who live in a sexless relationship or want to leave one can find peer support from this blog and The (R)evolution for Love book, which has (too) many real life stories to share on this topic. My aim with my book is to help you reach a clear decision: to improve your relationship in practical and concrete terms or to move on to a happy and successful break up for sake of the wellbeing of you both. My goal is also help you secure a balanced and happy childhood for your children. Pull your partner closer to you and deal with your shared challenge together. You are in the relationship together. Therefore, you should deal with everything that concerns the relationship or either one of you as individuals together. You should not need to feel alone in your relationship, and if you need to make some changes, you will always have peer support. From me, if not from anyone else. Be in touch if you are worried about your sexless relationship or anything else. I’m here for you. Thanks for reading this article on what must be one of the most difficult themes to talk about. If you feel anxious about your sexless marriage and are looking for ways to improve your relationship permanently and profoundly, or for the courage to leave a relationship, read the following blogs and grab the book The (R)evolution for Love, which offers 374 pages of thorough, solution-centred discussion on relationships – without forgetting sex 🙂 Thanks for reading this article! Don’t forget to share these postings with your friends on social media, spread happiness and help others in their relationships!

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