Inquiring minds

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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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I don't think it works as a logical statement. It may be true that people who don't openly communicate about areas of conflict (which is what I hope they mean by fight) are more likely to have less sex, because, well they aren't good at openly communicating about sex and desire either.

When I've been with people whom I didn't feel I could have honest disagreements with, or express my thoughts and opinions to, I didn't feel like having sex with them. For me, it's something along the lines of "if you'll pull away if I say I don't like x type of music, or that I want to go to y, I don't feel like I can tell you what I like in bed."