Even pastors and their wives deal with marriage messes. Beth Steffaniak, as a pastor’s wife, is honest about her messes in marriage. She writes about it at her appropriately titled blog, “Messy Marriage.” While she addresses a broad topic of marriage issues, she’s recently started a series on “Rekindling and Reclaiming Sex in Marriage.” I had the privilege of addressing her readers about Ways to Align Mismatched Sex Drives.
Here’s a bit of what I had to say….
“Mismatched sex drives in marriage is a term used when one spouse desires to engage in the bedroom more often than the other spouse. Over time, if a couple doesn’t address this discrepancy, tension and conflict can overtake your relationship.
Recently, I enjoyed a walking Food Tour of downtown Knoxville with 6 other people. I was reminded that the slowest walker controls the pace of the entire group. When it comes to sex, the spouse with the lower need for sex, determines how many stops the love bus makes. It’s important to understand this because it means, in a mismatched marriage, one spouse has more control over something that is really important to the other spouse.
If this is something that exists in your marriage, here are some things to consider in order to align your mismatched sex drives…”
Follow me over to Messy Marriage and read the rest.
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As a way to connect with you better, our podcast team has started a closed group. This group will be a safe place for Christian wives to discuss sexual intimacy and sexuality. Click on the image to go to the Facebook group. We’d love for you to join us at the kitchen table.
