My Husband’s Sexual Requests Make Me Uncomfortable

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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0:00.0	How can I navigate setting a boundary
0:05.0	while honoring both my own healing and my husband's desires?
0:12.0	My own healing is in reference to sexual abuse when I was a child.
0:16.0	My husband even asked me, how come you never went to therapy?
0:19.0	That's a well-meaning question, and I understand what he's asking,
0:22.1	but it's not a helpful question.
0:29.3	Hey, what's going on?
0:30.4	What's going on?
0:31.6	This is John with the Dr. John Deloney show,
0:34.1	taking your calls on what's going on in your life?
0:37.3	What can we do? What's the next right in your life. What can we do?
0:38.2	What's the next right move, right?
0:39.7	What do we do next?
0:42.2	So glad that you're with us.
0:44.0	And Kelly 2.0 is driving today.
0:48.0	Watch out.
0:49.5	It's just so much kinder.
0:52.6	It's awesome.
1:27.7	And I know you are as mean as Kelly 1.0, but you keep it inside. That's so great. I'm still young. I'm still eager, but I'm sure I'll age quickly here. You'll get old and grizzled. No, she's got like 70 years on you. All right, let's go out to Los Cruces, New Mexico. Dude, I know where Los Cruces. I love that place. Let's go out to Denise. Hey, Denise, what's up? Hi, Dr. John. I'm excited to be talking to you. I'm happy to be talking to you. What's going on? So I've got my question and then, you know, as much background as you want. You got it? So I'll just shoot with my question. Let it rip.
1:35.4	So how can I navigate setting a boundary in our sexual life while honoring both my own healing and my husband's desires?
1:38.2	So the sexual boundaries with your husband, right?
1:41.1	Yes.
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