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'Honey, You Repel Me': Advice For Couples in a Sexless Marriage
Wall Street Journal ^ | Thursday, May 15, 2003 | SUE SHELLENBARGER

Posted on 05/15/2003 12:50:59 PM PDT by WaveThatFlag

Edited on 04/22/2004 11:48:54 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A few times in my 12 years writing this column, I've stumbled on a topic so unsettling to readers that it demanded a follow-up. Last month was one of those times, when my story on the problems of dual-income, no-sex marriages drew a torrent of e-mail that read as if I'd jabbed an open wound.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: catholiclist; sex
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To: RandallFlagg

How did you dig up this thread?


1,161 posted on 12/05/2005 11:50:09 PM PST by BurbankKarl (NRA EPL)
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To: BurbankKarl
This thread reminded me of it.
1,162 posted on 12/05/2005 11:51:38 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: RandallFlagg

Those 5 points should be self evident!


1,163 posted on 12/05/2005 11:56:14 PM PST by BurbankKarl (NRA EPL)
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To: BurbankKarl

They're not universal, though. For example, my Wife has many friends, I have none. I prefer to spend my time with her and our Sons.


1,164 posted on 12/06/2005 12:00:22 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: small_l_libertarian

The post you reference is intriguing. Have you considered the possibility the woman being discussed may be a "traffic cop," and the husband's belligerence is due to an aversion to bringing the marriage to a crisis point?

It's easy and satisfying to chalk up sexual dysfunction to male pride, but female vanity is easily as prevalent.


1,165 posted on 12/06/2005 12:20:09 AM PST by papertyger
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Old joke....

A Husband hands his Wife two asprin.
She looks confused and asks, "What're these for? I don't have a headache."
The Husband smiles. Success at last!


1,166 posted on 12/06/2005 12:42:26 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: laurav

"without being asked, to change diapers"

I loved changing diapers accept for one disaster during a commercial.

Training pants are another matter. The second boy tends to enjoy pooping in his drawers and saving it for later.

Changing newborns is the ultimate in bonding experiences.


1,167 posted on 12/06/2005 12:50:34 AM PST by beaver fever
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To: beaver fever

LOL! Agreed!
Our first Son "Washed" the wall once. We were laughing so hard that HE even started giggling. I currently hold the speed record in diaper changing: six seconds.


1,168 posted on 12/06/2005 12:56:42 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: RandallFlagg
Darn! You really dredged up the past! Tomorrow I'm going to read the whole thing. (Never hurts to get some insight!)

How'd I miss this thread??

1,169 posted on 12/06/2005 12:57:26 AM PST by Marie (Support the Troops. Slap a hippy.)
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To: Marie

I'm amazed that there's been so many replies on a Monday night/Tuesday morning.

Guess I'm not the only one who can't sleep.


1,170 posted on 12/06/2005 1:02:03 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: RandallFlagg
I prided myself on a diaper change. Two rooms from the TV in two minutes flat.

New diaper on the right, wet cloth on the left. Undue the tabs pull out the bad diaper and load the good. Close the tabs in time for the end of the commercial break.

Unfortunately it was a solid.

Rule number one on diaper changes; if you check the front also check the back for insurance.

When I pulled the diaper I sent poo all over the bed up the wall and over the ceiling. It even ended up in the kitchen on the dinner dishes.

My time saving cost me two hours of cleaning with a step ladder. Needless to say I didn't get to see the rest of the show.

Meanwhile the little guy slept like a log.
1,171 posted on 12/06/2005 1:19:58 AM PST by beaver fever
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To: beaver fever

We had one nightmare with that. I don't know what he ate, but he simply couldn't get it out. It was TOO big. He was crying in pain and we were panicking -frantically looking up on the web what to do. We finally found a remedy and tried it.

Put him in a bathtub with a little warm water with baking soda in it. Out it came.

Our poor little guy got LOTS of hugs and kisses that night. We were all so relieved.

Don't ask me how it worked, but it did.
Thank God.
And Arm and Hammer.


1,172 posted on 12/06/2005 1:30:18 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: RandallFlagg

My guy never had any problem with constipation, which like cholic can be a real drag for the little ones. They don't understand pain and just want it to go away.

My first son had an attack of cholic while the wife was out for the evening. He screamed in my ear for three hours. When he finally calmed down I was crying harder than he was.

Gotta feel for the little guys but when they are up to snuff they are a bag full of fun.


1,173 posted on 12/06/2005 1:38:21 AM PST by beaver fever
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To: TheBigB

That was really funny. LOL. I knew a gal who thought loading up with K-Y jelly was foreplay. Amen.


1,174 posted on 12/06/2005 1:53:01 AM PST by gakrak ("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
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