Does sexual orientation matter? Do potential spouses care to know?

[Simtropico]

Originally Posted by McDweller

Forgive me if this sounds n00bish, but I am just wondering if knowing your potential spouse's sexual orientation really matters. Do you care if your opposite-sex partner is non-heterosexual? Would your opposite-sex partner mind if you were non-heterosexual? What if you have a working non-sexual relationship together? Would that working non-sexual relationship overcome the lack of sexual attraction in a mixed-orientation partnership?

I guess you might be asking if the sexual orientation would change to hetero if the relationship were good.

Or if both of you could find alternate ways of pleasing each other.

The human mind or psyche is complex.

I would think yes is possible to either answer.

Talk it over with your potential spouse.

[Perfect Stranger]

It's still not clear to me whether the OP is referring to a bisexual person or a sexless person.

[SuperDave72]

Originally Posted by McDweller

Forgive me if this sounds n00bish, but I am just wondering if knowing your potential spouse's sexual orientation really matters. Do you care if your opposite-sex partner is non-heterosexual? Would your opposite-sex partner mind if you were non-heterosexual? What if you have a working non-sexual relationship together? Would that working non-sexual relationship overcome the lack of sexual attraction in a mixed-orientation partnership?

What would be the point, then?

[rohirette]

I think that the number of people who want an emotionally healthy marriage but do not want sex (for any reason) is very small.

I want to hear more about a person who is "baffled" by the notion of sexuality/sexual orientation. Does this mean they are never sexually aroused?

[TabulaRasa]

I really think that if someone is truly asexual and wants to be in a marriage, their only fair option is to marry someone else who is asexual, or otherwise has zero expectation of sex.

[cephalopede]

N/m, realize I already replied!