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Is It Okay to Withhold Sex in Marriage? Let’s Rethink Sexless Marriages

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 15, 2019 | Libido

Is withholding sex in marriage okay? If you’re not a sexual person, or if you don’t think your spouse deserves sex, is it okay to cut them off from sex? A lot of people who are on this blog are desperate because their spouses have sex with them less than...

Does the Way We Talk about Women’s Libidos Make Women Have No Libido?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 11, 2019 | Libido

Personally, I think women’s libidos is largely in our heads. As in, what we think about libido determines our libido. So what is it that we’re told to think? Well, let’s do a comparison here. Decades ago, boys took a lot of math and did most of the...

Why Your Husband Wants You to Read this Marriage Blog

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 28, 2019 | Libido

This marriage blog was originally for women–married, Christian women, to be exact, although honestly anyone is welcome! It’s about advice for marriage from a Christian perspective, and I deal with everything quite openly–including sex. Most people...

Reader Question: My Husband Wakes me Up for Sex

by Emily Murchison | Oct 21, 2019 | Abuse, Libido, Theology of Marriage and Sex

If your husband wakes you up for sex, or starts sex with you when you’re asleep, is that okay? A reader sent me a link to a post that The Transformed Wife did recently where she was telling a woman that being woken up for sex when she didn’t want to be is...

10 Ways to Get Your Wife in the Mood: Great Tips for Husbands!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 15, 2019 | Libido, Men's Corner

If your wife never wants to sleep with you, and if sex has become rare in your marriage, what can you do to get your wife in the mood? A lot of my readers are actually HUSBANDS (I’m so glad you’re here!), and so every now and then I like to offer up a...

The Stages of Sex: The Exhausted Years with Kids & Jobs

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 9, 2019 | Libido, Parenting Small Children

What happens to sex when little kids come along? When you find yourselves busy and run off your feet? Every Wednesday in October we’re looking at the stages of sex in marriage. Last week we looked at the “figuring things out” stage, when sex is...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.