[babygene]

“Abtinence was the opposite of what my parents needed to survive this life - but because Mom was a loyal Catholic other methods were out of the question.’

It’s not clear to me if you are talking about your own parents or not, but clearly they were not listening to the Church. Withholding sex by a partner for what ever reason is a sin against marriage and will earn you an annulment...

[married21]

“for whatever reason”?

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I don’t think it’s that cut and dried. When people do Natural Family Planning to space their children for appropriate reasons, this entails mutual witholding of intercourse for certain days. It is not something that leads to an annulment.