Should we open our relationship?

Name: Should we open our relationship?
Uploaded: 2024-08-12T10:01:00+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Vanessa Marin
Description: Vanessa and Xander Marin discuss opening a relationship after shared trauma. Sex isn't just physical, it's tied to emotional connection. A partner who…

12 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Vanessa and Xander Marin discuss opening a relationship after shared trauma. Sex isn't just physical, it's tied to emotional connection. A partner who feels shut out may feel even worse if their partner pursues sex elsewhere without addressing what's broken between them.

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Sex is not just sex. It's not just a physical act. I promise you that. Your husband, if he just went out and had sex with somebody else, that would not solve anything for him.
He'd feel. I think he would feel worse.
He's wanting to feel connected to you, emotionally intimate with you. Like, the two of you have been through hell. I totally want to validate that and, like, send so much sympathy and compassion. Like, of course. Course you're not feeling open to sex. Of course. It feels like it makes you want to gag right now. Like, you have gone through so much and so has your husband.
Yeah. You've gone through this together. And I. I imagine he's feeling locked out.
Yeah.
Locked out of what's going on. And he's like, hey, I. I just went through hell with my wife, and I. And I want to, like, I want to be able to be there with her.