He told me that sex has never been important to him and it has always affected his past relationships (granted he told me this after 4 years of
fighting about sex).
We fought about money;
we fought about sex — because sex didn't work.
You might cringe when your partner touches you, or postpone going to bed because you can't stand having «
that fight about sex» one more time.
In EFT therapy, we would look at how John and Steve are acting towards each other in
this fight about sex, how attachment is being disrupted between them, and how fear, sadness, loneliness and anger are expressed by each partner.
In fact, couples fight about money twice as much as
they fight about sex, according to a «Money Magazine» survey.
According to a Money Magazine survey, couples fight about money twice as much as
they fight about sex.
Not exact matches
Child soldier rescue,
fighting sex trafficking — some justice issues sound more «exciting» than others, but what
about the unsung work?
Since then, their Christian - Hindu interfaith adventure has included a
sex - free Indian ashram honeymoon, austere religious pilgrimages, dietary compromises, deciding when and where to worship, and
fights about prayer.
He writes, correctly I think, that «gay - marriage proponents succeeded so quickly because they showed the public that what they were
fighting for was consonant with what most post-1960s Americans already believed
about the meaning of
sex and marriage.»
In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over
sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been
fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions
about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.
And while she writes that, it's revolutionary to be «
fighting for marriage to be
about love and companionship — and not
about a strictly gendered economic or social power construct,» she misses the point that same -
sex couples already had love and companionship — what they wanted, and needed, were the legal and financial perks and protections marriage grants them.
Research shows that money is consistently one of the top two topics married couples
fight about most (
sex is the other).
Most couples
fight about money,
sex, chores and children, but weight often factors into those issues.
And before I started to look at this issue, I'd actually been a breastfeeding mother for seven years, believe it or not and when I started to read
about this and talk to other mothers and look at the literature, I was stunned by how ignorant I had been of all the influences on me as a breastfeeding mother and all the messages that are being sent to us
about the purpose of our breasts and the idea of the primary purpose of our breasts being
about Sex Attraction and you know I didn't realize I'd been
fighting a struggle against all these messages as a breastfeeding mother.
An immediate suspension of alcohol sales and consumption at Vineyard 48 in Cutchogue was ordered by the state Liquor Authority after police received complaints from neighbors
about public
sex,
fights and intoxicated patrons on or near the premises.
In a New York Post op - ed over the weekend, Benjamin argues that the
fight for marriage equality for gay residents of the Empire State should not be compared to the civil rights battles waged by African Americans: «The same -
sex - marriage movement is not nobly
about obtaining a long - denied civil right.
Sex scenes between Sean and Nathan are beautifully handled, and the film's final chapter is a sensitive reminder of what the political
fighting is all
about: living your own way.
Albeit, like Memento and
Fight Club, a trick movie that reflects the post-modern equivalence of simulation and reality that Chuck Klosterman, apparently ripping off one of my college Film Theory papers writes
about in
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa - Puffs.
Daniel Radcliffe stars as Rockstar Games co-founder Sam Houser in the docudrama
about the
fight over «Grand Theft Auto» and
sex and violence in video games.
Thinking
about same -
sex marriage and how individuals
fought, and are still
fighting for those rights today, the film reckons to make us believe that one day soon, we will look back and wonder how prehistoric our thinking used to be.
In 1998, when the other superhero movies starred known entities like Batman, New Line Cinema made a film
about a leather - clad, kung - fu vampire, played by Wesley Snipes, who
fought other vampires at underground raves, and barely concealed
sex dungeons.
Lionsgate is releasing Peter Sollett's «Freeheld» (October 2); the film co-starring Julianne Moore is based on HBO's 2008 Oscar - winning documentary short
about same -
sex partners
fighting against discrimination.
No doubt parallels abound between Boccaccio's plague - ridden Renaissance and our own apocalyptic present, so surely the time is ripe for this adaptation of a story from The Decameron,
about vulgar nuns
fighting the patriarchy the only way they can:
sex, alcohol and witchcraft.
Comic highlights include «Bush Slumps to New Low in Polls,» in which Lloyd Burko, the aging and desperate Paris correspondent, fabricates a story
about a shift in France's policy in Gaza to save his job, and «The
Sex Lives of Islamic Extremists,» starring Winston Cheung, a feckless one - time primatologist
fighting a losing battle for the position of Cairo stringer.
7) A nasty
fight will break out over censorship (or at least over non-sales) of at least one of the following: e-books
about sex with imaginary creatures and / or dinosaurs, opposition to Islamism, opposition to Christianity / western traditions in general, erotica not labeled on the cover in 35 count font EROTICA!!!!! 8) Someone will find a cat cuter than Tarder Sauce and «Lil Bub and will break the «net.
Suggesting this is merely
about whether or not a student at TWU can have
sex trivializes same -
sex relationships in a way that is tediously familiar to anyone who is aware of the history of homophobia and the
fight against it.
Isn't that the bias that we
fought about on racial terms, or on terms of
sex, or on terms of religion, etc.?
About Blog The Remnant has been
fighting against the revolution in the Church for over forty years, just as it has been
fighting against the errors that infect the modern state — Liberalism, Socialism, Communism, the New World Order, a degenerate youth culture, the abortion epidemic, euthanasia,
sex education, etc..
This explains why
sex is such a hot - button issue that couples
fight about in heterosexual marriages.
The No. 1 thing couples
fight about is not money or in - laws or
sex.
We all
fight about money,
sex, lies, minor annoyances and irritations (e.g., your partner's driving habits), and which set of parents to spend the holidays with.
For example, a person may pick a
fight about household chores, money or
sex to let out anger that really stems from another issue.
We cover topics such as how to get out of negative relationship patterns that leave you feeling hurt and alone, how to have open and intimate conversations, how to talk
about your past hurts without getting into a
fight, and helping you understand how emotional intimacy is connected to having a fulfilling
sex life.
You may be
fighting over parenting, money, infidelity, or
sex; but deep down those arguments are
about your emotional connection to your partner.
At this point, the entire relationship feels threatened and marked by resentment, caution, and distance (this is where the
fight no longer is
about the dishes or
sex, but it is now
about «you are never there for me» or «you don't appreciate me.»)
I'm incredibly relieved that we took the plunge to learn how to
fight without hurting each other, how to view each other's differences with wonder and curiosity rather than resentment, how to talk
about money &
sex.
Consider all of the challenges occurring during this time, from child rearing to child launching, to helping elderly parents, to worries
about money and being able to plan for retirement, to
fighting over the same issues without resolution, to
sex drive differences or other physical changes, to just plain growing apart.
«It breaks the trust in the relationship, and sometimes the breach is not fixable,» says Tina B. Tessina, PhD, psychotherapist and author of Money,
Sex and Kids: Stop
Fighting about the Three Things That Can Ruin Your Marriage.
Whether it's an affair or infidelity, communication problems and understanding one another, not feeling like a priority or
fighting about money,
sex or children, a few sessions can make a difference.