What Are Sexless Couples Avoiding When They Don’t Have Sex?

I work with a lot of monogamous couples in sexless marriages. And when I say sexless, I mean couples who have not had intercourse or any other sexual/erotic activity for 5, 10, 15, or 20 years. It is not uncommon for me to see a couple who has not had any type of sexual or erotic touch between them for 25 or 30 years. I am talking no orgasms, no sex of any kind.
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Some of these couples report zero touch between them, while other couples report giving and receiving other forms of affectionate touch to each other, like holding hands, hugging, long kisses, holding and caressing each other naked, even showering together. Couples’ behaviors run the gamut and what they do and don’t do are unique to each couple.

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