How Close Is Your Marriage, Really? (And No, I Don’t Just Mean Sex)

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🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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0:35.3	the times.com.
0:38.7	Okay?
0:44.4	How intimate is your marriage and it ain't all about sex?
0:49.1	Frankly, if the intimacy on all the other important levels is good,
0:59.0	the sex generally follows through unless there's some medical, serious issue going on. So let me talk about it.
1:07.2	Couples get married. They get familiar with each other. Everybody falls into a routine.
1:12.4	They call kinds of administrative things with the cars with the plumbing that you have to take care of. There's stress at work. There's parenting. Romance falls off the table.
1:23.9	Intimacy is not just about sex. Intimacy, that I've said, don't use sex.
1:29.1	I mean, it can be, but that's not how you define it,
1:31.7	because you can go into a bar any time, day or night,
1:34.7	pick up somebody and have sex.
1:36.3	Don't tell me that's intimate.
1:39.2	But you can't go to a bar and pick up somebody
1:41.5	and have them really care about you. That's different.
1:47.5	Connection, emotional safety, touch, playfulness. I consider that one of the most important
1:55.2	aspects of a good relationship. Playfulness. Communication. Too many of you suck at communication. Why is that?
2:06.7	Because you don't want to look vulnerable. You want the other person to love you and care about you
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