Karamo discusses why sexual intimacy matters in relationships. He argues that "bed death"—when sexual activity stops—is unhealthy at any age, and that communication and trust are what actually build a stronger intimate connection. When one partner suddenly wants celibacy after already being intimate, it signals deeper problems that won't fix themselves.
I want you to look at each other and I want you one by one to say, I will work on being able to talk to you and know that I can trust you. I will work on being able to talk to you and knowing that I can trust you. As a young couple, if the intimacy goes at this stage, you might as well just go ahead and co-parent.
But I've been asking, you know, to be celibate with each other until we got married.
You've been asking to be celibate till you got married. But that was after the fact that we had already been doing it. How can you expect me to feel when we've been doing it all this time and all of a sudden now you just want to stop, right? So you notice the first reason, I didn't say intimacy first. You notice I said communication and trust first? Because I feel that if there's better communication and trust, then it will allow both of you to feel more connected that will allow the intimacy to come more easier. Yes, sir. And a disconnected intimate relationship is a relationship that is bound to be doomed. Yes, sir. I'm telling you, bed death at 23 or 63 is never healthy in a relationship.