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Old 05-31-2012, 08:51 PM
 
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Can you?

I occasionally find myself feeling emotionally attracted to women I don't find physically too much of a turn off. They're a bit cute, have a great personality, give me the butterflies, but I couldn't imagine getting revved up for them...as it stands...as I got to know them, and maybe if I began a sexual relationship with them, that might change. But it's just perceptions.

Of course as a man (or a human being) I as most often just feel lust without any emotions attached. I assume for some though it doesn't work that way. The physical follows the emotional. It seems for men it tends to be the emotional follows the physical, but of course people are people.

I've never had sex inside a relationship (I'd prefer not to discuss that sentence any further, lol ) but I can imagine having a FWB type relationship, although it wouldn't be totally fulfilling.

Maybe I THINK I can separate it because I speak from no experience, but maybe they're more connected for ME than even I think.

Like I think the um, climax, is more an emotional thing - kind of like cocaine or something - so ultimately the physical experience of sex and the emotional thrill of love culminate and meet in the act of climax.

How is it for you?
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Old 06-01-2012, 10:21 AM
 
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I suppose if I wanted just sex I could go out and buy it.....and I know I could never be in love with someone who didn't enjoy it....when you have the two together...man...the sparks can fly
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Old 06-01-2012, 10:26 AM
 
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Can you?

I occasionally find myself feeling emotionally attracted to women I don't find physically too much of a turn off. They're a bit cute, have a great personality, give me the butterflies, but I couldn't imagine getting revved up for them...as it stands...as I got to know them, and maybe if I began a sexual relationship with them, that might change. But it's just perceptions.

Of course as a man (or a human being) I as most often just feel lust without any emotions attached. I assume for some though it doesn't work that way. The physical follows the emotional. It seems for men it tends to be the emotional follows the physical, but of course people are people.

I've never had sex inside a relationship (I'd prefer not to discuss that sentence any further, lol ) but I can imagine having a FWB type relationship, although it wouldn't be totally fulfilling.

Maybe I THINK I can separate it because I speak from no experience, but maybe they're more connected for ME than even I think.

Like I think the um, climax, is more an emotional thing - kind of like cocaine or something - so ultimately the physical experience of sex and the emotional thrill of love culminate and meet in the act of climax.

How is it for you?
That's true for both genders. It's due to oxytocin release. Men feel more bonded to their partners after sex. I just did a quick google search. There's more out there to confirm this.

Women have more oxytocin in their systems so it's even more true of women .

"Unlike caffeine, nicotine, or cocaine, these chemicals are the rewards our bodies treat us to when we are doing something good for ourselves: exercising, laughing, having sex, falling in love. And, they are the reason why exercise can bring us out of a funk, laughing can become contagious, sex can seem can be better than chocolate, and we go back to love even after our hearts are broken. The endorphin fix is hard to shake, because they are not only addictive but they make us happy, energized, feeling strong and alive." Couples Committed To Love
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Old 06-01-2012, 12:03 PM
 
Location: NY
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Can you?

I occasionally find myself feeling emotionally attracted to women I don't find physically too much of a turn off. They're a bit cute, have a great personality, give me the butterflies, but I couldn't imagine getting revved up for them...as it stands...as I got to know them, and maybe if I began a sexual relationship with them, that might change. But it's just perceptions.
The greatest, most fulfilling thing for me in making love with my wife has nothing to do with a lustful, physical attraction or the satisfaction of my own climax. It is her emotions, her actions, her reactions, her satisfaction that is so emotionally fulfilling, and stimulating.

In a way, the close, emotional connection and bond revs us up, and takes being revved up beyond the norm into another, greater level.

So yes, I can seperate the two.
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Old 06-01-2012, 12:27 PM
 
Location: NYC
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Keep love out of the picture when ya know there is no future. There is the danger of developing feelings for a repeat booty call though. When ya that might be coming on it's time to end the fling.
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Old 06-01-2012, 03:24 PM
 
Location: USA
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Keep love out of the picture when ya know there is no future. There is the danger of developing feelings for a repeat booty call though. When ya that might be coming on it's time to end the fling.
That would be the infamous Love Hangover!
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Old 06-01-2012, 03:28 PM
 
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I have been known to disconnected sex and love on more than one occasion.
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Old 06-01-2012, 03:57 PM
 
Location: Way up high
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Sorry but for me love and sex is like night and day..
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Old 06-01-2012, 04:19 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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I can separate it somewhat... I have in the past... but if I like the girl at all..... it's hard to not "like" her.....you know what I mean....
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Old 06-01-2012, 04:32 PM
 
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I don't seperate it; I can't have one without the other......
To me, the two go hand in hand
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