Sexual Intimacy

Trust and loyalty are essential in a marriage. It is so important to create strong boundaries once you are marriage between families, friends, and co-workers. When married, there should not even be an appearance of infidelity. Even if there are no ill intentions behind being with people of the opposite gender, if you feel people are giving you a second look because you are with someone, you should not be with them. The moment you get married, all your friendships with the opposite gender should be broken off. There should not be lunch outings with the opposite sex who isn’t your spouse after you are married. If your spouse doesn’t feel something is right, then it is not right. If your spouse says that you are spending too much time with your opposite gender then, even if you love your spouse with your whole heart and have no feelings towards this other person, you are spending too much time with them. If it makes your spouse feel uncomfortable, then it should feel wrong to you and you should do your best to change that habit. You should never visit someone of the opposite gender by yourself. You should always take your spouse with you. Make it known by everyone that you love your spouse and that you are faithful to them and always will be. This helps to avoid affairs and helps to stay loyal to your spouse.

                Sexual Intimacy is a topic that is avoided by many people, but it is important to be aware of because it has a significant role in a marriage. This builds more trust in a relationship and trust is a crucial thing to have in a marriage. It is special to save yourself for one person who you truly love. It will create a special bond in the marriage. Sexual Intimacy means trusting someone else with your body which is a sacred and precious act. It is so important to make children aware of sex at a young age. We, as adults, should talk to our children about it and inform them of how special and sacred it is. We should also inform them about the safety precautions they should take and help them be aware of the dangers of things that can happen if they become sexually active.

                It is important to be open in talking to your children about this topic so that they will be willing to come to you when they have questions or become curious. They should feel safe and okay talking to you about things they have done or their curiosities with this topic. It is important to know who else is teaching them about the topic, so we can know where else they are getting information and what kind of standards the people teaching them hold. We should make sure that they are getting correct information from other people and clarify with them when we know they may be learning other things from other people.

                Sexual Intimacy is not just about sex. It includes hugging, hand holding, and kissing as well. It means letting a person into your personal space. You are letting yourself be vulnerable with them and are trusting the other person with you and trusting that they won’t take advantage of that. It is important to know each other’s intentions with this. Women want to feel close and warm with the man first, then will do it because she feels a warmth in the relationship. Men do it to feel warm and close. These are different, so it is important to know that, so it does not create contention and know that it is natural for the other to be that way. Sexual intimacy can create a lot of communication, knowledge, love, and openness in a relationship.  Therefore, physical intimacy has the potential to build a lot of trust if we don’t abuse it.