We’re Not In the Mood (Married with Children, No Sex)

Newsweek ^ | 6-30 (issue) | Kathleen Deveny

[wardaddy]

LATELY, IT SEEMS, we’re just not in the mood. We’re overworked, anxious about the economy—and we have to drive our kids to way too many T-Ball games. Or maybe it’s all those libido-dimming antidepressants we’re taking. We resent spouses who never pick up the groceries or their dirty socks. And if we actually find we have 20 minutes at the end of the day—after bath time and story time and juice-box time and e-mail time—who wouldn’t rather zone out to Leno than have sex? Sure, passion ebbs and flows in even the healthiest of relationships, but judging from the conversation of the young moms at the next table at Starbucks, it sounds like we’re in the midst of a long dry spell.

[wardaddy]

Is this true?

[My2Cents]

Ouch!

[ken5050]

My suggestion..watch the Senate on C-span 2...you can have sex during the quorum calls..they happen often, last a long time, and the music they play is great..

[annyokie]

TG this isn't a problem at OUR little rancho! ; )

[ken5050]

My suggestion..watch the Senate on C-span 2...you can have sex during the quorum calls..they happen often, last a long time, and the music they play is great..

[wardaddy]

I heard Beck's stand-in talking about this article this morning. I wondered what FReepers thought. Having wee-ones is an energy and emotion strain but hardly a deal-killer....for me anyhow.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Researchers have discovered that certain foods depress the female sex drive.
The most prominent of these is Wedding Cake.

[annyokie]

Ouch! You guys are so full of sound and fury.

[nravoter]

My suggestion..watch the Senate on C-span 2...you can have sex during the quorum calls..they happen often, last a long time, and the music they play is great..

I thought it was just me!

[wardaddy]

Why am I not suprised?..lol

;>)

I have heard some couples ...actually girl talk from my wife that originated from her friends disclosing that some women do get a bit tired of being chased after a day of either work or dealing with babies....the latter being a lot harder in my view.

Burned out men?....when I'm dead.

[Non-Sequitur]

Hell yes.

[squidly]

Why do you think I'm still single?

[rrrod]

oh sooooooooooooooooo true!!!!!!

[FourPeas]

Listening to my female friends, yes it is true. And, here's why:

For Maddie Weinreich, sex had always been a joy. It helped her recharge her batteries and reconnect with her husband, Roger. But teaching yoga, raising two kids and starting up a business—not to mention cooking, cleaning and renovating the house—left her exhausted.

The stupid woman is trying to do too much. Way too much. She's a married woman, a mother, her priorities need to be with her family not her yoga, not her business, not renovating the house. N.O.W. has done their job, yet again. Women are spending less time doing those things that are truly important and more doing those things that aren't.

Notice that intimacy with her husband had been a way to recharge her batteries, yet she somehow doesn't understand that all those things taking her away from it are discharging them unnecessarily.

[annyokie]

Same here! LOL Hubby will be 62 in September and we are very active.

[ken5050]

OTOH...when "Sheets" is giving a spiel, I find myself unable to "concentrate"...Debbie Stabenow has the same effect...

[TomSmedley]

• No children -- meet in the hall, go directly to bed.
• One child -- meet in the hall, check on baby, go to bed
• Two kids -- meet in the hall, check on baby, give toddler a video to watch, and hope you're still in the mood when you get to bed.
• Three kids -- say "____ you" to each other as your rush past each other in the hall.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Some Senators do it during quorum calls too.

[wardaddy]

I found this little nugget a bit of a suprise:

Wives say they were the driving force in 56.2 percent of divorces, according to Hacker, while men say they were the ones who wanted out only 23.3 percent of the time.

[rrrod]

lol....shud up already!!!!!! geeeeeeeeeeeeeez single guys have feelings ya know ,,,lol ..all the best to ya!