It can, but that only becomes the case when both partners are paralyzed entirely. Otherwise one person can always hug and be physically intimate with the other. And as long as the other can feel, they don't necessarily have to move to appreciate physical intimacy.
Even if l my partner were paralyzed, but could still feel and speak, I'd still hug them, service them, and have sex with them (if they wanted to obviously). And I'd hope they did the same with me if I were paralyzed, but still had feeling and could speak.
Physical intimacy is an important aspect in feeling loved.
Of course. There's all kinds of intimacy, not just physical. Communication is a form of intimacy.
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It can if the one partner can sustain from it , but if not , then that relationship won’t last period , but the thing is someone can still love someone without being with that someone. I use to be FWB’s with a girl that claimed she loved her boyfriend , but her boyfriend was in jail and wasn’t getting out anytime soon , she promised him she would wait for him but she didn’t promise him that she would stay loyal to him. So when her and I met each other , she was upfront and honest with me and told me she just wants to find a FWB’s with some strings attached , I agreed to it and was fine with it because I wasn’t looking for a relationship either , considering I just got out of one , So her and I I ended up having sex with each other a bunch of times and we promised each other that it won’t go any further than this and promised if I did end up meeting someone else that I would and the benefits part with her and just remain friends’ up hooking up with her , that we will end the benefits part between us , so I was having fun with her for quite sometime and having sex like crazy , until I eventually met another girl that wanted more than just sex with me , so I immediately ended the benefits with my friend and focused on this new girl that I really liked. on the. Found out when her boyfriend got out of jail she was waiting for him and they ended up getting married , so even though she wasn’t getting sex from him during that time , she still loved him , even though she couldn’t wait to have sex lol she asked me to please never say anything about her and I having sex like we did , So I kept my word and they seem to be happily married now , I still talk to her online from time to time and she will sometimes bring up her and I , and I tell her To stop doing that if she does t want to get busted.
I mean anything is possible. And the things you listed I think your right.. but I also think that you have had to have had the physical intimacy first for me I not only want the physical intimacy but the energy the spiritual sensual intimacy if you gave every truly become one with some one you will never for get it. And everytime you make love or even just fuck when you become one with someone and have an out of body experience everytime it's something beautiful and you never forget how you got there so yes anything and everything is possible
You might be surprised by what you can do when you have no choice in the matter.
Sure it could. Would it be fair though, that's a whole other thing. It all depends what sex and a physical relationship means to each person. Sometimes a woman may have experienced something terrible either before the relationship that causes her to reject the idea of sex or has issues with it for other reasons. You can't blame her. On the flip side though, if sex sits high on the list of top priorities in a relationship then you have every right to find a partner who sees it the same way. Personally, that is a deal breaker for me in regards to a relationship. If that's lacking or we have no chemistry sexually then I will lose interest really fast. I directly related sex to love. For me, if I had nothing else in this world except just me myself and I and wanted to show my love to someone, what would I have to offer? Just myself. Which to some is no big deal but what if to me, I don't have anything else... then in a way I'm actually giving everything I have to that one person. I see it as something very special and its great and beneficial for so many reasons. I don't think it's a fair situation but it's possible.
You mean without fornication?
Of course that love can survive. I t survives even better without it because fornication is only a minute part of a relationship. Actually, copulation takes less than one single percent of an adult's awake time yet people make it the most important one, overruling all other aspects of a relationship.
You can be intimate with cuddling, kissing or simply holding hands. There is no cheating when fornication is left out and thus, this kind of love is much more genuine because the risks for cheating and diseases is totally left out of a relationship that has the potential to become toxic.
Yes but what sort of quality are we talking about? I went through this. She was asexual and had all sorts of hangups from day 1. I "didn't quit", "gave it a chance", tried to do the "right thing". Until I gave up after years. I decided I wasn't gonna settle for that. We only get one chance at life. Why sacrifice my life for someone who won't make any effort? I felt like I was living alone anyway. Why not make it official?
She was a great roommate and mom. I loved her like a friend or a sibling or a roommate. But she was a terrible wife. I refused to settle. I wanted it all.
I'm a LOT more cautious now. And frankly, I have never found what I'm looking for. Nor have any of the guys I know, married or divorced.
So yeah, there can be love. But it's platonic love. I don't need to be married for that.
@Simslover92 A close woman friend told me that she is asexual, and she has been married for a long time, and she and her husband have never fucked, or so she tells me. She is very pretty, has large pointy breasts and a great body... I don't 'understand that at all. He sleeps in his room, and she in her room?
@Simslover92 She told me what they call that kind of marriage, but the name escapes me?
Oh I have no idea what it's called
If it's been a longtime, deep connection, and the couple decide that they can live without such intimacy, it might be worth attempting. But, I would leave the door open on this choice.
At some future date, they might decide, or one or the other of them might decide, that that would not work for them.
Especially if they are a young couple. This could be especially difficult.
I believe so. There are many people whose mate is paralyzed or because of other infirmities cannot have normal sex. But they still love each other. Would you think it unfair that a paralyzed from the neck down cannot receive sex but can still give blow jobs? I mean what does she get out of it? Would the guy really love her if he said, "Sorry babe that you can't feel, but your mouth can feel you giving me a BJ. What kind of cad would that be? 😡
It really depends on the people involved. My late boyfriend's wife was sick for 12 years and he stuck by her side until she passed away. He really loved her!
Then I worked with a young man who had just gotten married. His new bride got into a car accident and needed a lot of stitches. He came to me and told me that he was leaving his wife because she looked like Frankenstein.
My relationships are generally very satisfying for both myself and the women whom I date/serve, despite never being allowed to have intercourse with them. It's actually more important to me that she engages in physical intimacy with someone else than it is that I be allowed to f _ _ k her.
If it’s love with a man? No.
If it’s love with anyone else? Yes.
Also, don’t confuse physical intimacy with sexual intimacy, two separate things there
I didn't want it in the sexual category which is why I used physical intimacy instead.
But sexual intimacy is just touching with the intention of leading it to sex whereas physical intimacy is touch for the sake of touch. Men already can’t tell the difference, I wouldn’t encourage that lol
Lol you're definitely right. I will use sexual intimacy next time.
I found a way to compensate for the lack of intimacy without hurting anyone.
Those who can't- are stuck in their 'traditional' ways, and with themselves.
I don't judge them; but I also don't see the need to be a conformist myself - and/or to imitate their restrictions.
Along with the suggestions you made, older couples, either one or both begins to transition into a sexually dormant phase. I am pretty certain my Grandparents when in their 90’s were not rolling in the proverbial hay. They continued to kiss one another and hold hands but that was it. I am fairly sure because my Grandmother once quipped, “We aren’t the only thing that’s long retired…”. after my Granddad made a funny lewd comment. Her response implying their sex lives were equally long retired.
Not really
But , if you were really old together a long time and one was dieing.
Then sure.
Not if young , you'd just have to move on , intimacy is extremely important physically and phycologically.
Under special circumstances, yes. Under normal circumstances, no. And it's inappropriate and unfair to expect your partner to subscribe to whatever side of the fence you are on. Especially, if the relationship didn't start that way. Relationships are about compromise. Both people have needs and wants. If you're unwilling to meet his needs/wants then don't be surprised if you are served papers or he steps out on you.
How unless you’re asexual, but then your friends the whole time anyway and that’s not a relationship
Well it would be extremely hard if the person is paralyzed but if the person is sick with cancer and dying, then it might not be too much longer for the person to wait on that person as sad and awful as that sounds.
That's very true.
Yes, love can survive, but the healthy partner may seek satisfaction outside the relationship. If I were injured on that way I would encourage my wife to find a partner if she wanted to.
Love can absolutely survive without intimacy. Though as long as they're still able to feel or see or hear then there is a chance for some form of intimacy.
u if you mean sex... I do agree with you
but even kisses would be physical, and intimate... love is love...
No, a relationship like that is not love. Your example are family love but most marriage would end for those.
No…. Even with your examples the other person has needs. Eventually they will go fill those needs with someone else. That’s human nature.
I have friends that I love. Can romantic relationships survive without physical intimacy? For a while, like 6 months, but no they can't grow, in my experience.
I really don't want to test that assumption
This is tough and far more complicated than you can imagine if you haven't lived through it.
Yes, people change overtime. Medical issues come up and maybe it is no longer possible to have sex. Still , the deal is "in sickness and in health.".
It definitely could for me no question. I'm not there to get a damend nut it'd have to be more than that.
Love's resilience adapts to circumstances, finding expression beyond the physical.
I’m sorry, but not for me. My partner and I would have to have sex on a regular basis.
I would always assume that the two go hand in hand, just like the lovers spend time hand in hand.
Sure if you’ve been with the person for a long time and that scenario happened or maybe if you’re both asexual from the beginning
Yes true love is not just a feeling it is also a choice.
Yes but you need it that how we reaffirm those bonds physical intimacy is very important way more important than people think
All of my loves were unrequited... I never had physical intimacy, so it's obviously possible.
Intimacy comes in many ways and it didn't have a set of rules
GLAD YOU LIKED THE PICTURE OF INTEMANCY AND I WILL NEVER EVER TRY TO MAKE THAT SPECIAL THING YOURS.
Based on most women's responses on here I don't think it can with most women.
Some needs such as love, lust, attention and contact are important.
I agree with you
It can especially if the couple is old
Only in Men. Women need that dick or they hate you. They won't take no for an answer and they dont want to be friends.
Many people are a sexual so yeah
I am sure it can for some people.
Yes. For a small few yes.
love is not about physical intimacy, so yes
Not indefinetly
No you’ll turn into a miserable Karen.
You would need true love 💕
It that case, I can
Yes, but intimacy is required
Depends on kind of love
Yes of course why not
i hope so lol
Good answer
I don't think so.
It can
No, it can't
yes.
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