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Lovers and Friends with Shan Boodram

S1 Ep101: A Therapist and Her Husband Chose To Be Childfree. Here's Why feat. Vanessa and Xander Marin

Lovers and Friends with Shan Boodram

LOVERS by shan

Sexuality, Society & Culture, Relationships, Health & Fitness

55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Are you curious why Vanessa and Xander, a happily married couple, chose not to have children? Find out by joining therapist Vanessa and her husband Xander as they share their personal story about why they chose to remain childfree. Tune in to learn more about their unconventional decision and how it has impacted their lives!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

So, tiny bit of a backstory here.

0:02.0

Vanessa Marin, a sex therapist and her husband, Xander Maron,

0:05.0

stopped by to talk about their New York Times best-selling books, sex talks,

0:09.0

five conversations that will transform your love life.

0:11.0

So we started talking about their viral coin term.

0:14.0

The bristle reaction.

0:15.0

And this is the name that we came up with for that feeling you get

0:19.0

when your partner just comes in to touch you or maybe

0:21.5

give you a hug and you feel your whole body recoil.

0:24.9

And you don't fully understand it in the moment.

0:26.9

It's sort of like, God, why is just this simple touch from this person that I'm supposed to

0:31.2

love the most in the world?

0:32.6

Why is it evoking such a strong reaction for me?

0:35.6

So we're having a lovely enough conversation and then I just

0:38.9

throw it out there and ask them, what phase are you guys at in your marriage right now? We are,

0:45.0

so the phase that we're in right now is we very recently kind of finalized the decision that we're

0:50.2

not going to have kids. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations.

0:55.0

Yeah, the first person to say that.

0:57.1

Yeah, I mean, it's a decision that we've been thinking about for like over a decade now

1:02.6

and kind of like kept kicking the can down the road.

1:05.2

Like we'll keep talking about it.

1:07.1

But Zanner just got a vasectomy last month.

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