Husband and wife masturbate

Is masturbation a sin in marriage? I have not had physical relations in eight months with my wife. It is very hard to cope with not being intimate with her. Is your wife interested in having physical relations? In the following passage, God tells a husband to meet the sexual needs of his wife and for a wife to meet the sexual needs of her husband. Let the husband fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

Growing up in a Christian home, sex was presented to me as the Holy Grail that would take on magical, mystical properties once you got married. Religion, media, and your friends may have all set you up for unrealistic expectations about marriage. If you were anything like me, you probably went into it thinking that sex would be fantastic, forever and always, simply because you were in love. In fact, I would assert that regular masturbation is part of a healthy married sex life — and that masturbation can even make married sex better. This is a big one for me, seeing as I was a virgin until I got into a relationship with my now-husband. Masturbation is practice, and practice makes perfect most of the time. Jennifer Gunsaullus , Ph.

Q: I question the answer you recently gave a woman who wrote to your column. She wondered why her husband needed to masturbate after just having had "spectacular, wonderful sex" with her. She also asked you if this was. I find it interesting that you decided to focus your response on the act of masturbation itself and that somehow the man in question "didn't get enough. She was asking, "If sex between us is so great, why does he still feel the need to masturbate?

On Married at First Sight , Cody was trying to smooth-talk his way out of a still-sexless marriage with his wife, Danielle. I think it just helps us get to know each other more, and I think it brings out some type of intimacy. Danielle seemed pleased to have caught him in the act. Married at First Sight airs Thursdays at 9 p. Tell us what you think!