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Which do you think is more important for a happy relationship, sharing the household chores or a good sex life? Why?
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Great question. 60%-40% ; Household chores-Good sex life.
Sex. Couples that disagree about lifestyle stuff can stay together if the bedroom is steamy.
The opposite is not true.
The opposite is not true.
Haha. There will be no sex if the house isn't clean! ;) So perhaps what I am saying in some strange way is that household chores are foreplay. Someone needs to add chores to the Kama Sutra.
No comment; I'm trying to avoid the doghouse right now, not step right in the shit. :-)
Male, 41-50 years, Dating, CA, US | Aug 26, 2011
Male, 41-50 years, Dating, CA, US | Aug 26, 2011
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A combo of both.... I think that if the spouse helps it makes everything go faster then you have more time to enjoy together
Both are important i think, and the most important is to feel loved and to love in return.
"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other." Dalai Lama
"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other." Dalai Lama
Hmmm, this one is tuff... I suppose as long as you're having sex... you're both trying... not sharing the household chores, is a turnoff and can make it hard to want to engage in sex.
Both. Both of these suggest the ability to share the weight of things --both good and bad.
Sex is to a relationship like oil is to an engine. When there's plenty of it, the whole thing just works a lot better.
Both, sharing chores takes some of the stress off the spouse who does the most, which puts that spouse in a much better mood. Trying to keep up with all the chores feels like trying to climb out of a bottomless pit with no climbing equipment.
A good sex life can not only keep you physically healthy it can help couples feel closer.
A good sex life can not only keep you physically healthy it can help couples feel closer.
Doing both at the same time
chores?!? who wants to have sex on a pile of dirty laundry? :)
Female, 36-40 years, Dating, WA, US | Aug 23, 2011
Female, 36-40 years, Dating, WA, US | Aug 23, 2011
I wouldn't mind having dirty sex on a pile of clean laundry...
Male, 36-40 years, Dating, CO, US | Aug 23, 2011
Male, 36-40 years, Dating, CO, US | Aug 23, 2011
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Both are important and both show love in different ways. When our sex life is good, that's like 20% of the relationship, and the other 80% (chores, family life, quality time, etc.)are more important and feed the good feelings that grow our intimacy even more. But when the sex life is lacking, that becomes 80% of the problems in our relationship, making the other 20% much less likely to help without a lot of effort.
Honestly, sharing the household chores. If one of us were to get frustrated having to do everything around the house, it would just turn into us getting frustrated with each other, leading to bad sex/no sex at all (depending on how bad it was.)
both .. and lot more other things
neither, just an understanding of eachother and what makes the other tick, if chores is one of those ticking points than chores if sex is a ticking point then sex. those aren't even opposites...lol
I don't know what to take from the fact we usually seem to fight about household things and then make up with sex.
