Missy's Husband Says He's Too Ticklish For Sex

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🗓️ 18 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Missy has to decide if being married to a nice man who treats her well is worth the trade-off of a sexless marriage. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.6	Missy, welcome to the program. Hi there. I was calling Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call. Longtime listener. Just want to think you can give me some input, feedback.
0:24.2	I'm married to a great man celebrating 24 years.
0:27.5	Before you go on, tell me what makes him a great man.
0:33.9	He's a good person.
0:35.3	He's loyal.
0:36.9	He's hardworking. Very nice to me.
0:40.3	Mm-hmm.
0:42.3	But we...
0:45.3	Well, that makes him a nice man, a great man. I don't think that qualifies, but okay, he's a great dude.
0:53.3	We'll put it that way.
0:54.5	All right.
0:55.0	So what's the problem with this great dude?
0:57.1	So the problem is he says, I'm ticklish every time you touch me.
1:02.6	I can't touch him.
1:04.1	And we haven't had intimacy for 10 years.
1:07.9	And I'm so tired of him saying, I'm tick every time you touch me I'm ticklish I try to
1:14.7	flirt and it just doesn't work and I'm just like tired of this I don't know what to do we're
1:23.1	empty nesters it's not like we have what do you think what do are the... I'm sorry, what did you just say about home?
1:30.7	We are empty nesters. Okay. What do you think the options are? Let's talk about what you believe your
1:38.7	options are. Just let it go for, I have for 10 years so why not longer um okay um it's something
1:50.2	maybe I want so that we feel connected but it doesn't seem like it's something she
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