Research acknowledges having a pleasurable sex life is important for relationship satisfaction (Michael, et al, 1994). Find out how and why couples engage in emotional work to bring their actual sexual feelings in line with how they think they should be feeling about sex.
My grandmother was troubled by the possibility that I might live with a boyfriend before marriage. She was convinced that I would never get married if I did this. Although she thought that cohabitation (living together without being married) was an undesirable replacement for marriage, new evidence suggests that cohabitation is now a commonly expected step between dating and getting married.
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