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The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple's Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Michele Weiner Davis
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 4936
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 0743227336
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.7
EAN: 9780743227339
ASIN: 0743227336
Publication Date: December 30, 2003
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In contrast to its tabloid title, The Sex-Starved Marriage offers candid and sensible counsel for couples with mismatched libidos. Seasoned sex therapist Michele Weiner-Davis skewers two stereotypes about sex in marriage. First, she jettisons the idea that husbands are hot and wives are not, giving examples of "low-desire" men in her practice. Next, she upends the longstanding model of sexual response and advises readers: "Just do it. Desire is a decision. Once the low-interest partner allows him/herself to be touched and aroused, this will trigger a strong desire to continue being sexual." The strength of her approach to the causes of sexual stalemate lies in her insights about the struggles of both partners. Her suggestions (how to break the ice, how to court your partner, nag busting, and the Hallmark solution) are not gimmicky and are presented as techniques for couples, not individuals. Weakened only by a final chapter--one that discloses too many details about the author's marriage--this perceptive book will inspire couples to add heat and light to their marriage. --Barbara Mackoff
Product Description
Bring the spark back into your bedroom and your relationship with gutsy and effective advice from bestselling author Michele Weiner Davis.It is estimated that one of every three married couples struggles with problems associated with mismatched sexual desire. Do you? If you want to stop fighting about sex and revitalize your intimate connection with your spouse, then you need this book. In The Sex-Starved Marriage, bestselling author Michele Weiner Davis will help you understand why being complacent or bitter about ho-hum sex might cost you your relationship. Full of moving firsthand accounts from couples who have struggled with the erosion of sexual desire and rebuilt their passionate connection, The Sex-Starved Marriage addresses every aspect of the sexual libido problem: - If you're the more highly sexed partner, you'll breathe a sigh of relief. At last someone understands your feelings about the void in your marriage. Discover why your pleas for touch have fallen upon deaf ears and why your approach to the lull in your sexual relationship could be a sexual turnoff. Most important, learn new ways to motivate your spouse to take your needs for more physical closeness to heart.
- If you're the spouse with a lagging libido, you're far from alone. You'll learn about the physiological and psychological factors, including unresolved relationship issues, that may contribute to the chill in your bedroom and what you can do to melt the ice. And if you're a man, you'll be surprised to learn that staggering numbers of men, even men whose sexual machinery works just fine, "get headaches" too!
The Sex-Starved Marriage will give you and your spouse the inspiration, encouragement, and answers you need.
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 Big help to my marriage June 4, 2008
This book can be a little redundant at times but still delivers great information. There are so many examples of things that are probably happening in your relationship right now (if you've been married as long as I have) that you'll find yourself saying, "That's me"! My wife and I are very different from each other regarding physical needs and this book helped open our eyes to the negative issues preventing intimacy. Nobody's perfect and there's still lots of work to do but at least this book got the dialog going in a positive direction.
 STARVED FOR USABLE SEX INFORMATION May 7, 2008
This writer takes a practical view toward sex in marriage. It is ridiculous to expect people who have been married to experience fireworks everytime they make love. It is not only ridiculous, but unrealistic. That's why I appreciated the information in this book. Sex (or desire) is, like love, a choice that we make. If we choose to make love to our husband or wife, the desire will follow. What a marvelous concept! Finally, some usuable information about marital sex. If you want to become even more intimate with your spouse, I would also recommend Was that an earthquake? The Sensuous Couple's (Flip Over) Guide to Seismic Oral Sex. It will make a huge difference in your marital sexual satisfaction.
 Reading February 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent book. This book hit my relationship dead-on!!! I just hope my husband really takes the time to read it....yeah right! lol. Either way, quick delivery, excellent service, oustanding book. Thanks a bunch!
Taught me to listen November 18, 2007
My husband and I went to through a dry patch. He was stressed by our financial situations and kind of put our love life in the back seat. The stories taught me that the higher sexed individual just wanted to get things back to what it used to be but didn't really listen to the spouse. I figured that if I let my husband rest and show him how much I cared, he would come around and we'd be together. It took a while but it worked. Now we're great, relationships are stressful sometimes and just because you're a couple doesn't mean you're the same person. We feel and react to things differently. We should put ourselves in the other person's shoes and be understanding.
I am so grateful that I found this book May 20, 2007
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
This is the best relationship book I have ever read. My wife and I have argued about sex for years. I read about this book in an article somewhere, then I found the author's website and read more about it. It sounded good so I went and bought it. I read it cover to cover in a few hours. I couldn't believe how the author nailed our situation completely. I have been wanting more sex than my wife and she has been totally insensitive to me and my needs. She also hasn't had a clue as to why sex is so important to me. I want to feel closer to her and I want her to want me. She's been clueless. I really wanted her to read this book but I was sure she wouldn't. This isn't a problem for her...it's my problem. But for some reason, she was willing to read this book, at least parts of it and she totally understood where I was coming from. Although I don't expect miracles, she has been a lot more receptive to being physical. It's pretty hard to believe this could happen from reading a book, but it has. I hope it lasts. But in the mean time, I am so grateful I found this book. I highly recommend it to any couple whose sex drives don't match.
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