Is Romance Needed? // Hump Day Q&A

The Naked Marriage with Dave & Ashley Willis

XO Marriage

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Welcome back; it's our favorite time of the week; it's HUMP DAY Q&A TIME! Today's question: My husband and I are great friends & have a good sex life as well, but romance is not very present. Should I change what I'm taking in to help with this desire? --- Order your copy of Married Into The Family Today: https://store.xomarriage.com/products/married-into-the-family For all links mentioned in the episode & more XO content, visit https://linktr.ee/nakedmarriage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what time it is sweetie? It's Hump Day Q&A time. Hump Day Q&A time.
0:10.0	Hump Day Q&A. Hump Day Q&A. Hum
0:15.0	Hump Day Q&A. Welcome to the Naked Marriage Podcast Hump Day Q&A.
0:19.0	We love answering your questions.
0:21.0	So every Wednesday we're dropping a special podcast episode
0:24.0	focused on one of your questions. You can submit your own marriage related
0:27.8	question online at naked marriage podcast.com or by sending us a message on Instagram at Dave and Ashley Willis.
0:35.0	We've got a great question today, so let's dive in.
0:38.0	Today's question says, my husband and I have a strong friendship and a healthy sex life, but romance has never been very
0:45.4	prominent in our relationship. When I read a book or movie that has a tenderness between
0:49.9	characters that resonates with me and I will sometimes fixate on it for days
0:53.6	afterwards when I've expressed the need for a deeper connection to my husband he
0:57.0	usually says something like I just don't have anything to open up about.
1:00.3	Should I cut out all romance movies and books to keep me from having this
1:03.9	expectation? Man that's a great question. That is and I just sense that I mean it's so
1:09.7	sweet like the way she writes about it it's not coming from like this resentful place.
1:14.7	I really commend you on having self-reflection about this. You know her first
1:19.8	inclination is maybe I'm watching too many things that are making me have unrealistic expectations.
1:24.4	So I love the kind of standpoint you're coming from.
1:29.0	You know, I get, you know, we hear from a lot of people in the same dynamic,
1:33.6	wouldn't you say, sweetie, I mean, where it's like,
1:35.3	the husband really does, yes, it's very common.
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