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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It's interesting to see that women seem to be able to tolerate sexless marriages.  Not that they are happy about it, but if there is love they seem to be able to live with it.  Men, I can't see this being sustainable.  Men's love language is sexual touch, and you can't have love without the sex.[/quote]

What useless generalities.  I'm a DW.  My DH and I are middle aged, have been married 25+ years and haven't had PIV sex in about 4 years.  On a daily basis, my DH shows and tells me how much he loves me. DH has an underlying health condition that has resulted in ED.  Neither of us are happy about the ED but appreciate he is, otherwise, healthy.

It's one thing to say that sex can encourage and reinforce intimacy but to say that you can't have love without sex is just drivel.  Many couples experience health conditions that prevent PIV sex but that doesn't mean their love ends.  Marriages don't end because of lack of sex.  Marriages end because of a lack of intimacy, respect, consideration and communication. [/quote]

This is us as well. DH started having trouble with ED in his 50s. We are in our 60s now and it's probably been 6 years.

But we are still loving and committed. There is no cheating. My DH is also on an anti depressant so I think that helps. I miss our former romantic relationship. It was like a honeymoon for 15 years, then kids came along, including a disability for one. Still good for another 10 years. Then menopause  for me and his health issues.

We are both trying to get our health issues under control and are hoping for a romantic Renaissance in retirement. We also have grinding work weeks and are exhausted a lot of the time.

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