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What happens in a long-term marriage when one spouse decides it is time for sexual relations to stop, and the other spouse still feels the need for sexual expression? What happens when you find yourself alone in your ThirdAge and without sex for the first time?

Do we really need sex in a loving relationship to enable two people to bond and grow together? What can we do to sublimate our sexual urges and needs, and should we sublimate them? Phew!!! So many questions. Do you have any answers?

--ChaCha

Hey all, My husband and I have been happily married for 30 years. But sometimes I wonder if we're not as close as we once were. It's not that we fight -- we almost never do. And we talk a lot, and have sex regularly. But we don't seem very interested in spending much "quality time" together. For instance, we used to take at least two vacations a year, but we haven't traveled at all the last five years. And we never go out on "dates" anymore. The scary part is that neither of us seems to mind. It's like we're satisfied just sharing the house. Am I being silly? Is it enough just to love each other?

--CA