Talking About Sex With Your Spouse #687

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Dr Corey and Pam Allan

Sexuality, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianity

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today we explore the importance of learning how to talk with your spouse about sex, highlighting the importance of naming your intention, remembering that you're on the same team, and using soft and tactful language.

We also cover the need to go slow, listen more than you speak, and have an honest discussion about saying no.

Our conversation concludes with a reminder to be compassionate with yourself and your spouse.

Takeaways

When discussing sensitive topics like sex with your spouse, name your intention and approach the conversation with a soft and tactful language.
Remember that you and your spouse are on the same team and work collaboratively to address issues.
Go slow and tackle one aspect at a time when addressing challenges in your sex life.
Listen more than you speak and be compassionate with yourself and your spouse.

On the Xtended Version ...

In the XTD content, is there a difference between having sex and being sexual?

We flesh out this idea as well as give some steps we can take to be more sexual in life and marriage.

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0:00.0	So this is an old Chinese proverb that I just came across again. I've heard it several times, but I think it's a fun way to frame this today in a lot of ways. So a humble farmer and his son had a beautiful
0:15.3	stallion who helped farm their fields. But one day the horse ran away and so trying to be
0:20.8	very consoling the neighbor said,
0:22.8	oh man your horse ran away, what terrible luck?
0:25.6	Which the farmer replied, maybe so, maybe not, we'll see.
0:29.5	A few days later the horse returned, leading a few wild mares back to the farm.
0:33.0	The neighbor shouted out, your horse has returned and brought more horses with him.
0:36.7	What great luck?
0:37.7	The farmer replied, maybe so, maybe not.
0:40.1	We'll see.
0:41.1	Later that week, the farmer's son was rising, one of the new horses and was thrown
0:44.6	to the ground, leaving him with a bruised body and a broken leg.
0:48.4	Farmer's friend came to visit in the same message, I'm so sorry, your son broke his leg.
0:52.8	What terrible luck?
0:54.5	The farmer replied, maybe so, maybe not.
0:56.8	We'll see.
0:58.1	A few weeks later, the Army marched through town, recruiting all the able-bodied boys for the army.
1:03.3	They did not take the farmer's son because he was still recovering from his injury.
1:07.7	To which the farmer's neighbor shouted with joy,
1:09.6	your boy is spared, you're so lucky.
1:12.1	To which the farmer replied, say it with me, maybe so, maybe not,
1:16.2	we'll see. And it's just the idea of how often we want to connect the dots before we're
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