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Date: January 24, 2013 01:44PM
Are there dangers-short or long term-to the kind of sexual repression commonly practiced and encouraged in the Church (sexual abstinence throughout youth and early adulthood, including avoiding masturbating etc.)?
What impact does this have on sexual development?
I am encountering my own questions and am conflicted about further repression (I am married-therefore, any experimentation of the kind in which I am interested is extremely unlikely). My choices are, essentially, additional repression or potentially pushing my spouse away. They seem irreconcilable but both are unappealing in many respects.
I need to communicate with my spouse about this (and will certainly do so before I make any kind of decisions), but I am interested in your collective experiences etc.
Have any of you had positive or negative experiences with the same kind of conflicts? What about positive or negative experiences with threesomes, open relationships, or swinging? Did they make you happy or unhappy? Did you regret experimenting with them? Do you regret not experimenting with them?
Thank you.