Katie told her life story. She spoke about how she got married, and she spoke about how her focus was on boxing for years, and about how she was the first woman to bring professional boxing to the Olympics. She's been a pioneer in a lot of areas," he added. "I introduced her to the guys and the girls. So there's about 120 of our students residents there. She spent three hours with us, we had tea, [her] mum Bridget [Taylor] was there.
I'm a 44-year-old man and I've been married to a 45-year-old woman for the past 15 years. About six years ago, she told me that she was basically done with sex. While we have had sex maybe 10 times or so since then, her statement has been essentially true. She was never particularly sexual anyway (she never communicated about likes/dislikes, fantasies, masturbation, etc.) and didn't feel like physical intimacy was important to her.
Not every marriage ends because of big fights or betrayals. Sometimes, it's the slow, creeping boredom that makes couples feel distant. Many good marriages feel boring because couples slip into routines. Work, bills, kids, responsibilities, it all becomes predictable. You wake up, handle duties, talk about logistics, and go to bed. There's no drama, but there's also little play. Over time, comfort can turn into monotony.
My husband and I have been amicably married for 16 years. We enjoy each other's company and are home together a lot. However, over the last year or so, I have had an increasingly hard time hearing what he's saying. He sits in his chair and mumbles to the point where I can't tell if he's talking to me or to himself.
In a 2021 study published in Psychological Reports, researchers explored how intrinsic motivation, the internal drive to act based on interest, personal importance or inner values, affects satisfaction in long-term romantic relationships. Using a sample of 331 adults, including many who were married for over a decade, they found that higher levels of intrinsic motivation were significantly associated with greater emotional closeness, perceived relationship support and marital satisfaction.
1. You rarely come home early. The gap between you two is widening. 2. You turn down your spouse's sexual advances. Soon he/she will get tired. 3. You are always busy. Your spouse is learning not to include you. 4. You don't reply to your spouse's text messages or phone calls. Your spouse will stop bothering 5. You don't involve your spouse in your decisions. Your spouse will let you do you.
The man expressed deep remorse over his infidelity, highlighting that he committed to being a better husband after his wife supported him entirely during his recovery from a stroke.
Mismatched libidos in marriage are common, leading to frustration and resentment, but these differences can deepen connections if handled with compassion and communication.
We got here the day before the election and woke up to lots of texts from our friends with crying emojis, and I was like, 'He got in'. And we're like, 'We're staying here'.
Michelle Obama stated, "There hasn't been one moment in our marriage where I thought about quittin' on my man. And we've had some really hard times."
She looked calm, poised, and strangely familiar like the kind of woman you see once in a wedding magazine and never forget. She wore a plain blue gown and carried a small overnight bag.
"Can't believe I even have to say this but NO, the click bait articles that we are splitting up are not real, y'all. They are AI generated in India or something and don't even make any kind of sense. Y'all are smarter than this."