Vanessa Marin explores whether a partner's refusal of oral sex should end a relationship. She weighs whether the missing act matters enough to your sexual identity to outweigh other good things in the partnership, and affirms it's valid to leave if you can't express yourself sexually.
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In every relationship, there are going to be ways that you're incompatible. There are going to be things that you're curious about or would like to do that maybe your partner isn't into. Is it big enough for you that it's a deal breaker? Is it like, you know, I really love oral. I'm super sad to say goodbye to that. But my partner is so amazing in so many other ways. So it's like, is it a, hey, I'm really sad to say goodbye to this, but it, it's worth it to me because of all the other things or there are certain aspects of sex where it's like, that's so central to my expression of, like, who I am and what I want to experience and what pleasure and joy and connection mean to me. I think it's totally valid and understandable to walk away from a relationship because you can't express yourself fully.