What do you feel is more important in marriage and why? What is the difference between sex and intimacy in a relationship? Do you feel that intimacy lasts longer then sex or does sex last longer then intimacy..... I want to see input and feedback on this subject... Thanks in advance everyone:) What would you rather have more of in your marriage sex or intimacy?
2007-01-30 04:47:07 · 17 answers · asked by Lady Hewitt 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Intimacy can be a number of different things spread through out the course of the day. Over coffee in the mornings before going to work, the touch of his fingers on my cheek or that long kiss before heading out the door, when he comes in for lunch, his fingers laced with mine as we head off for the kitchen, the looks we exchange with each other during the meal, the long kiss at the door before he leaves, waiting and watching for him in the evening with the warm smells of a home cooked dinner, his arms as he gathers me close, talking about his day as he shaves and showers, cuddling on the couch watching TV or listening to him play his guitar to unwind at the end of the day, going up the stairs arm in arm to lay side by side whispering in the dark telling funny stories to each other and ending with a kiss and maybe a promise of more.
Sex is the finale act of all the intimacy built up through out the day. Some nights it's quick and satisfying while others is full of teasing and daring...and when it over we return to our intimacy wrapped in each others arms to dream of another day.
Intimacy is with us 24/7. Yes we have our differences but we don't let those few times ruin our life together. Sex is the act that cultivates from all the things we do together or for one another.
2007-01-30 05:11:19 · answer #1 · answered by sassywv 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Intimacy is when you are so into that person, you love the way they look at you, touch you...etc. Sex is just hit it and leave it with no emotional attach. Intimacy lasts for few years in marriage, that's what I think. But sex last forever. I rather have intimacy.
2007-01-30 04:55:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have intimacy in our relationship, that's not a problem. I know that he would want more sex. We have it about 3 or 4 times a week. I would like to have it once a day.
2007-01-30 05:09:51 · answer #3 · answered by Jacuzzi Lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, Intimate Sex is what I would want. I get too much sex from my husband as it is, but hardly any intimacy. And almost no intimacy in sex, so I'd choose the former not the latter.
2007-01-30 04:58:26 · answer #4 · answered by akv_8781 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, intimacy and sex are separate. You can sex without intimacy and intimacy without sex.
Both combined is just awesome.
I feel both components are important in any marriage or relationship. However, intimacy to me, is much more important.
2007-01-30 05:11:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intimacy is way more important. If for some reason that you are unable to have sex or not as much such as pregnancy or just feeling really under the weather the intimacy is still there holding the relationship together.
2007-01-30 07:14:25 · answer #6 · answered by JourneyToTheHeart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about both?
Speaking from a swingers perspective there is a big difference between the sex I have with my wife and the sex I have with other women. Sex with my wife if full of intimacy. Sex with other women is just good fun. Sex with my wife is soul-sex. The kind of sex that afterward makes you feel like you can't get close enough to them. Makes you feel needy and vulnerable. Sex with others is like a one-night stand. It's getting-off with someone you physically lust after. Sex with my wife not only is physically satisfying, it's emotionally satisfying. Sex with others is just physically satisfying.
2007-01-30 05:17:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be, sex creates intimacy and intimacy creates sex...they go hand in hand. Without one, you can't have the other. If one ends, so will the other.
2007-01-30 05:28:31 · answer #8 · answered by KL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People want different things out of life. I like sex. But I enjoy intimacy Some like it the other way around because of what they think they might "give away" What is most precious? The body or the soul? It is easy for me to give the body to develop a soul-reunion.
Much more daring the other way around if you ask me.
2007-01-30 05:11:23 · answer #9 · answered by WhyNotMe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intimacy, but you also need sex. I think both go hand in hand. Each is better when the other is "present". I don't know which lasts longer...
2007-01-30 04:54:51 · answer #10 · answered by onecrazypeach 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋