Inquiring minds

[firecat]

via klwalton, an article called "Why Marriages Fail" (http://www.shrinktalk.net/archives/why_marriages_fail_1.phtml) contains the following quote:

couples that don't ever fight eventually don't have sex either. Why? They are both forms of passion. If you give up one form of intensity you'll ultimately leave the other as well.

Is this true in your experience?

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[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Um. I don't fight much. But I suppose that if you viewed it instead as "if she can't frustrate the hell out of me once in a while, I don't care enough about her to really want sex with her," then I'd view it as true enough.

More generally, I think it works as a warning, an area for investigation. If you go to the doctor and say "X is happening" the doctor might investigate and say "nope, that's perfectly normal." But it was a good idea to think about it, and maybe let an expert look at it if there are other complaints.

But a low-stress, mellow couple might not have anything worth fighting over.

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