SCOUT· 57%53m·2026-10-12·Arts CultureI Want You To Want Me
Couples often struggle with gaps in their sex drives, but what does a couple do when one person has no desire for sex whatsoever? A married couple comes to Esther with this question: one of them has recently discovered that she's asexual, while the other craves sex as a primary form of connection. Is theirs an…
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“This seems like an impossible situation. Some things are just not meant to be, regardless of how badly you think you want it to be.”
“How long can it really be sustained? This solution doesn’t seem feasible long term. One reason is the partner who wants the intimacy will always know deep down that the one who doesn’t is only doing it to make do. She doesn’t DESIRE her whi…”
“The more important question is, why do you wanna be with a spouse that doesn’t want to have sex with you when that’s something you want”
“They can open their marriage and allow the one partner to have the physical intimacy with someone else”
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