For the scoffers, an update on my no home internet strategy for porn addiction

seek him

what you're proposing does not work

HE is always at work, and we should definitely be seeking him. if you have no faith he cares or wpuld answer, ask him for help with your unbelief.

no one said anything about you demanding sex. you and your wife shouldn't keep doing what you are. you shohld have a frank talk about what's actually the problem, not looking to something you both acknowledge as sin for the answer.

is she too fatigued? why? is she handling all the housework and childcare, along with a demanding job? is sex with you another chore, because you're not sharing responsibilities and you're approaching her in a selfish way that she finds annoying, considering your other manifestations of selfishness?

or are things balanced well between you two, but she doesn't enjoy being with you because of hygiene/distaste due to past experiences/you're a glazed-eyed self-centered lover who knows nothing of affection?

do you know any of the answers to these questions? are you willing to hear the answers? if you don't already know the underlying issues, make arrangements to have an evening alone with her and find out. you both need to be talking about this in the light of Christ. sex can take several minutes, or it can take languid hours. when you both develop an attitude that honors god's desire for the marriage bed to be holy, and develop an attitude that is concerned with your highly unique ministery to bless each other in this way - a that no one else ever should - then you'll work through whatever the issues are.

you need to be able to control yourself so that you're not thinking about daily entitlement, and you need to address and be praying about her root problems with it. she needs to stop viewing sin as a viable option, and think about why she isn't happy with more frequency, and what she can do to change that, even if she never meets your level. I'm a woman, and i know we have the capacity to receive even if initially we're not in the mood- you're the ones with vital hydrolic issues. if we're not into receiving or letting you try, it's a good idea to find out why. sex should be an expression of affection. if she doesn't feel safe in viewing it as an opportunity to be uniquely affectionate to you in that way, find out why.

god truly cares about this aspect of your marriage. fight to believe this. seek him.

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