Is sex is the core of any romantic relationship?

[Anonymous]

Many people says sex leads to love is it true?

[Screenwriter]

The two can be quite mutually exclusive. Sex often just leads to more sex. No one is obligated to have emotional investment in another person simply because of having sex with them. Sex is a physical release. ANd it can be ONLY that.

And love doesn't necessarily lead to sex, either. Some people don't have very strong sex drives and sex isn't important to them. So they can take it or leave. Or just leave it.

But regular folk usually like the two paired: emotional investment and down the line a bit, sexual involvement.

But, don't be fooled. Sex doesn't lead to love any more than love leads to sex.

It can when both people are on the same page and want the same relationship outcome. Otherwise, one or the other person may be spinning their wheels, wasting time and being disappointed by love AND sex.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I don't think so. You can have a romantic relationship even without sex since love is what brings you together. Some people see sex as a way to express more love and affection towards their partner though.

[hahahmm]

Here's an analogy... let's think about boats. Sex is like the fuel for the motor on a boat. But being with the right person... and having good shared goals, respect, loyalty, and so on make the boat more sea worthy... cause what's the point in having a boat if it's going to sink within a week or a month? Some of y'all have tiny boats full of holes that you are riding at high speed away from shore cause you get off on running that loud engine. Some of us have what amounts to a huge cruise ship that's going to be floating for 50+ years.

[OlderAndWiser]

Sex does not lead to love but it can be an expression of love.

The most obvious difference for me between having a platonic female friend and having a female romantic partner is the sexual relationship I have with a love interest. Having sex certainly does make me feel closer to my partner but I don't think it makes me fall in love.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

For me love and sex are impossible without one another.

[pervertedjester]

Guys love women from before the start. Women love Men as they leave. Romance is a trick to speed up the disconnect.

[TenderFantasy]

"Guys love women from before the start."

What makes them stop loving them if I may ask?

" Women love Men as they leave"

Nah, I don't think it's really dependent on gender. I've been able to break up with someone and never look back. I don't think it's a gender thing but what someone has been through, their age/how old they are, how much they VALUE the relationship/the person, etc.

[RebelinSteel]

No, yes it plays a part, however there are other factors such as emotional connections, that feeling of belonging to each other. Friendship is one of the big ones, the other person needs to be your friend, and a friend you love. Personally communication is one of the core parts of a romantic relationship, both vocal and non vocal communications.

[Dargil]

Sexual attraction and desire are the forces energizing new and fresh relationships. Romantic feelings are the product of them. A romantic relationship without some "wet eroticism" is unlikely not to last long. The hope and potential of it will keep a dry relationship going but only for a while. It is in male DNA, and it won't be denied long.

[Lynnzee]

Love should be the core of any romantic relationship. Sex itself can be good but it may not keep and person. I deep connection is what will keep them and will make the sex better, but don't force the connection it should be natural.

[Joshydavid25]

No, a lot of people have sex without it leading to love.. Is it the core of any romantic relationship.. No, I would say intimacy and slowly seeing into each other's souls is the core.. Sex is an important piece to consummate that romance though..

[systemsareyo]

It certainly helps relieve the biological release needs, if anyone catches my drift 🌊💦 goes for men, goes for women. After all, how much "bonding" can actually be achieved romantically if there's no physical aspect, handshakes don't count lol thats professional platonic. Lol. 😋👀😋

[systemsareyo]

Note I didn't say yes or no, blank lol 😞😆

[RingOfFire]

I wouldn't describe it as the core. I would describe it as the most intimate mechanism of bonding in a romantic relationship. Core suggests that the relationship revolves around it. I don't think that is the case where there is real love involved. It is an expression of the love, not the core of it.

[Demonatrix]

No it's only one aspect you also need to have respect, friendship and attraction. An interest in the other person.

[FreyaRed]

Love is connected with emotional and psychological transaction in a relationship, entire intimacy is just a part of it. However sex is the glue that fills gaps and cracks which always appear, sooner or later.

[Raaj4you]

Yes I think so. For some sex leads to love and for some love leads to sex. Both love and sex are the core of a romantic relationship. You can't love and live with a person without having sex. You might fall in love with a person but you can't stay away for too long from the that person.

[sawno]

I consider a relationship like a chair, if its stable you can rely on it but it has different pillars to be held up. Sex is one of the pillars, but to me truly loving each other for who you are is the biggest one.

[Hardshell1234]

I think it’s often the first part and is important but over time probably takes a back seat to friendship and companionship. I think it should always be important though as a means to connect and express love.

[MikeTheBartender]

Abso-fucking-lutely. To me, it is the thing that separates you from a platonic friend, from a family member, from your co-worker you really get along with, is the sex that truly makes the love and the bonding of the two.

[ConfusedGinger21]

You have to be compatible, so definitely. It’s part of an earlier base of the relationship than used to be the norm.

[slatyb]

It's not. Familiarity leads to true love.

Is sex the core of any romantic relationship? It's one thing many people want in their primary relationship.

[CoachJ]

While physically the only thing that separates platonic from not is sex, I'd offer intimacy is equal on the emotional side. Some are hurt more when their partner forms an emotional connection outside the relationship more/equal to a physical betrayal.

[sheikalana]

Sex is a great way to connect with your partner on so many levels physically and emotionally. It's essential on a healthy relationship in my opinion.

[IslaTheWitch]

I wouldn't say it's a core, but for me, it would be impossible to keep a romantic relationship without physical closeness.

[aceleon]

if you are not an asexual or old and unable to, then yes, it is it's spine, without it, it will collapse.