I tolerate my husband's bullshit because I love him, and he's worth it to me. It doesn't matter if we're fucking frequently or never. I can't imagine being with someone for life if that wasn't the case.
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Other way around: There is bullshit on a level that ruins any and all sex. For everything else, there's patience and empathy and therapy
I think the more interesting version of this question is “how long can really good sex keep you from noticing all the bullshit?”.
Everyone has blinders on at the start of a relationship, but once you reach a point where the amazing sex is “your regular sex”, when do you start to have uncomfortable conversations about your future?
Yeah, prolly, I'm not a wordsmith
sex keep you from [...]
If you live it this way, then you are using people, and their sex (or other aspects of a relationship) as a drug, to keep you away from your life.
Please stop abusing people this way. Take care of your own addiction problem.
If that's your own perspective I think you two need to end the relationship
People who cause a lot of bullshit in a relationship are better suited for a one night stand
Don't bring them to yours, and don't let them see your license plate. 🤷🏼♂️
Not very because I love them and want to help them with their bullshit.
Um...
Good sex can keep a relationship going for longer than it should, but it won't be indefinite no matter how orgasmic.
sex
deal with your partner
bullshit
Relationship.
It's called relationship. It's one of the most important parts of human life.
(And btw your own bullshit isn't any better than your partner's)
What did you do?
Lmao nothing, was just watching TV and was curious.
Just felt more like a " How good does the sex need to be to get me out of this shituation I've gotten myself into" type of question
Depends on what type of bullshit.
On one end, if the bullshit is just "my partner wants me to give a fuck about them", and you don't want to have to do that, then decent sex might be enough to make you consider changing your mind, if you're also compatible in other ways.
On the other end, if the bullshit is "my partner has psychotic breaks and chases me around the house with a chainsaw", I don't think any quality of sex would really merit consideration in the bigger picture, given how short your lifespan might become.
So, there's something of a scale there, and it partly comes down to what you personally consider bullshit to be. People won't agree on that, it's a personal thing.
my partner doesn't give me any bullshit, but the sex is pretty good anyway.
I love my boyfriend. We are both autists. Just me with ADHD and them also basicly being asexual haha But i love them and am respecting and taking care of their needs. No sex needed :3 My little human cat partner is the best without exceptions!
For me personally, sex is just yet another thing to have to deal with. I could easily do without - I'd actually even prefer to.
This really isn’t what you’re asking.
My wife and I have been married for 30+ years and we figured out that the key to a long healthy relationship is all about how well you put up with/tolerate each other’s bullshit. We all have our bullshit.
Sex is one part of the tolerance column, as is how well your partner’s company is mentally stimulation, how well you like each other how well you compliment each other on handling the business of life and if you just like the other person. Also there is a lot to be said about knowing boundaries.
I like to game. She likes to read “smutty romance” novels (as she calls them) so that is a good match as I go off to slay demons in the digital world for a few hours a couple times a week she will then read about mandible man with a glistening chest..
So the sex needs to be really good.
Now my answer to your question for when I was a single soldier stationed in Germany. It was all about the HTA offset. If the Hips tits and Ass offset the noodle than I was good.