"Exploring the Happiness of Sexless Marriages"

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"Exploring the Happiness of Sexless Marriages"
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The conventional wisdom that sex is essential to relationships is being challenged by experts and couples, including Will and Rose, who have been married for seven years and go months without sex but maintain intimacy through cuddling and never refusing a hug. Rose feels that the familiar calm of their relationship shuts her down sexually, but they have accepted this as their sex life and focus on smaller opportunities to connect, such as taking online yoga classes together during the pandemic.

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