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Welcome to Sex Chat for Christian Wives. I'm Chris Taylor of Honeycomb and Spice. I'm Gay Christmas

of Calm, Healthy, Sexy. I'm Jay Parker of Hot, Holy, and Humorous. And I'm Bonnie Burns of Strong Wives.

Pull up your chair to our virtual kitchen table and let's chat.

Welcome back to Sex Chat for Christian Wives.

For women, sexual interest tends to be affected by many different factors, and of particular

significance is the status of our marital relationship.

When things are going great in your overall relationship

with your husband, sex can feel like an easy and natural extension of that relationship. But what

about when things aren't going so great? It's normal to have ups and downs throughout the life

of your marriage, but how does this affect your sex life? And what can you do about it? Before we dig

into this today, we want to be absolutely clear. We are talking about normal ups and downs when you and

your husband have had an argument, when one of you has mildly hurt feelings, or even when life gets

busy and you barely have time for a conversation,

much less sex. We are not talking about a marriage that is on the verge of divorce, nor are we

talking about a situation in which your husband has been an unrepentant sin against you

through pornography or abuse. Let's start our conversation today by talking about how you can tell whether the problem is a

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