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Old 01-08-2016, 10:09 AM
 
Location: Sputnik Planitia
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Say you sense your partner isn't that physically interested in you, however you were physically interested in them.. but they still wanted to marry you due to other factors - your personality, reliability etc. Would you go for it or is mutual physical attraction (as opposed to one-sided) absolutely mandatory for you?
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:12 AM
 
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Mutual attraction is absolutely neccessary. I need to be married to someone that can't keep their hands off of me. If there is no physical attraction, I'd consider that person a friend.
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:12 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:14 AM
 
Location: The Hall of Justice
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Mandatory. No chance would I enjoy sex with that person. What is the spouse going to do for physical fulfullment? Just curious.
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:17 AM
 
Location: Sputnik Planitia
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Mandatory. No chance would I enjoy sex with that person. What is the spouse going to do for physical fulfullment? Just curious.
My question was not about being attracted to that person which would obviously be a deal-breaker for most. If you were attracted to the person would you require it to be reciprocal? If you were attracted to them then you could still enjoy sex with them. They may not be that attracted to you but to keep you happy they may just agree to physical intimacy with you because they overall like you as a partner for non-physical reasons and they are willing to compromise on the physical part because it may not be that important to them.
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:18 AM
 
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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You'd have to be damn crazy to marry someone you have no physical attraction to. You'd have to be damn crazy to even go on a date with someone you have no physical attraction to.
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:19 AM
 
Location: Jupiter
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That marriage is doomed for failure.
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:20 AM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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My question was not about being attracted to that person which would obviously be a deal-breaker for most. If you were attracted to the person would you require it to be reciprocal? If you were attracted to them then you could still enjoy sex with them. They may not be that attracted to you but to keep you happy they may just agree to physical intimacy with you because they overall like you as a partner for non-physical reasons and they are willing to compromise on the physical part because it may not be that important to them.

How could I enjoy sex with someone that wasn't enjoying it with me? By definition it would be bad sex.
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:21 AM
 
Location: So Cal
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There has been arranged marriages since the dawn of man and I can pretty much assume that not all were hot to trot for each other.
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Old 01-08-2016, 10:23 AM
 
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They may not be that attracted to you but to keep you happy they may just agree to physical intimacy with you because they overall like you as a partner for non-physical reasons and they are willing to compromise on the physical part because it may not be that important to them.
Nope, wouldn't fly with me, at all.

I'm not going to be physically intimate with someone who feels that intimacy is a "favor" to me. I want them to WANT it.
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