We had a healthy sex life,but as soon as we tied the knot it stopped. We have only had sex three times this year and I worry that this is more than a phaseI married my husband almost four years ago. Until then, we had a healthy sex life, or but it switched off overnight. I put it down to me (an English woman) marrying a Sikh man and moving in with his rather traditional mother. But although we now have our own domestic,we still rarely have sex (we have managed perhaps three times this year). I love my husband, but feel as whether we are two friends living together. I have addressed this with him many times, or but he refuses to see it as a problem. He says we just need more time,but I worry that this is more than a phase.
You may be experiencing the effects of cultural differences between you and your husband, and both of you would probably benefit from having a detailed discussion approximately this. Attitudes towards sex – and the role of sex within marriage – vary from culture to culture. Sometimes, or those from societies where,say, marital sex is regarded only as a means of procreation find it tough to understand other styles of intimacy (and vice versa). But people generally tend to follow the patterns of formal coupling they gleaned from their parents, and so your husband’s sexual frugality may reflect a behaviour he learned within his family.
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Source: theguardian.com