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How much of a successful marriage is dependent on sexual compatibility with your partner?

Just how important is sexual compatibility between two people in a successful marriage/long term relationship?

Public Comments

1. a whole lot............otherwise one spouse will cheat on the other.
2. Extremely important.
3. people say that sex is not everything - maybe not everything but sex is very important! I mean let's face it - if you wont be satisfied, you will be irritated and frustrated... K
4. 90% especially for the men
5. It is as important as the two people in the marriage want to make it. It really depends on the people involved as there are some people that don't really want to have sex all of the time (or any time) and some at the other end of the spectrum that want it all the time. I would suggest that people discuss this along with other things BEFORE marriage in order to make sure you are compatible.
6. It's important of course but by no means the most important thing. I wouldn't like to have a sexless marriage but if I had to choose between sex and my wife I'd choose her, she's worth more to me, I don't respect people who mess up their marriages because of selfish lust, Seth.
7. My first wife wouldn't give me sex every time I asked for it so we ended up fighting about it until we ended the marriage. Now I have been married for 12 years to a woman who will let me have sex with her even if she doesn't really want it. Since I am a guy I believe sex is the #1 priority to a happy marriage.
8. Probably 75% of the time. As far as the other 25%, I can't say.
9. I guess it depends on how important sex it to you and your husband. Every couple feels differently about this subject? For me 50% of my marriage I would say is based on our sex life. I am the kinda person that has to constantly feel that connection in order for my marriage to work. I feel like, through hard times, that is something I rely on to take me away someplace else, if even for a little while, just to forget about everything else going on in our lives at that very moment.
10. Speaking from someone thats husband just left for another women. Extremely important. We have not have sex for the last 9 months because I was mad at him. It drove him to find someone else instead of talking to me and working out our problems.
11. You need to rephrase your question, you mean "how important is healthy communication about sex between you and your partner". Its all about communication and how willing and open each partner is to please each other. And the answer to that question is VERY important!
12. If they are basing the marriage on the quality of the sex, then in my opinion they are married for the wrong reason.
13. i prefer to use the word physical passion for one another that is extremely important and doesn't always have to be sex aka intercourse i believe sex persay is overated and takes away the passion between two people it sounds so belittling to call love-making SEX its as if saying we need to wash dishes or some other chore if its not passionate with you partner you could be in trouble and passion comes in many ways than intercourse SEX... i am just one persons opinion passion leads to the love-making...thanks for allowing me to comment