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The Normal Bar, hitting bookshelves Tuesday, explores what normal is when it comes to relationships between romantic partners. Natalie Morales sat down with one of the authors, Chrisanna Northrup for an upcoming interview airing Friday, February 8th at 10pm/9c on NBC's Rock Center with Brian Williams.
Northrup teamed up with two experts, sociologists Pepper Schwartz and James Witte, and together they launched a massive online relationship survey gathering responses from almost 100,000 people around the world. They asked everything from how much people trust their partners, to what makes them happiest, to their sexual habits.
So what does a modern couple look like? The answers are revealing.
Weigh in after the jump and tune in this Friday to NBC's Rock Center and Today to see where you place with couples from around the world.
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My husband and I were married 38 years. I was crazy about him, and possibly it was love at first sight, but the real love grew over time. He died of a massive heart attack almost 2 years ago. I am very young at heart and told I don't look my age. I do date and have a great sex life, but my heart is hollow. I'm not certain if I will ever love again, but am glad I had so many fulfilling years with a man who was my soul mate. I hope those who still have a love in their life appreciate what they have.
Mom of 5. Sex several times a week? Ya, but what constitutes sex? I took the question as "sexual activity." Sometimes it's quick but it's good to take the moment anyway.
"A little bit of Porn is ok" teaches our kids the wrong values of relationships and how we treat ourselves. "A little Bit" is opening the black hole to the deep and dark. Ask people who have been there, and found the way out.
People are disrespecting themselves when they participate in or observe and endorse pornography in any manner.
Kids are already abused in pornographic manners, and you say this is okay. You are sick.
For the first 10 years of our marriage my wife avoided sex. I gave up and don't care anymore. There's no doubt in my mind that having sex 2-3 times a week instead of 2-3 times a month would have dramatically changed the dynamics of our marriage,,, for the better. Sex has been the most frustrating part of our marriage and possibly the biggest disappointment of my life
I know what you mean. And there are some women out here married to men who don't find sex appealing, leaving their partners frustrated, too. I too have given up and at my age I have had to learn to accept it. So sad.
When my husband and I were introduced, I felt a sudden change in the atmosphere--I felt that I was getting a glimpse of my future. We didn't start dating until years after that moment, but ended up married for twenty one years. He passed away in August of 2011, and I miss him every moment of every day.
I have been married for 40 years to the same man. He stopped having sex with me over 5 years ago, his choice. The only kissing is a peck when he goes to bed after watching tv. We work together, he owns the company. This "poll" doesn't fit all.
I met my husband and liked him immediately. I was married & divorced twice. I had lived on my own for 20 years. His wife passed 5 years before I met him. On our fourth day in a row dating, he cooked dinner for me, and I met his mother and son. It was a whirlwind romance and marriage two years later. We have traveled together. It's not always easy because we each have our little red wagon we pull along that is filled with our past. You don't get to our age without having a past. I believe the woman has to give more into the relationship especially if she gives up her home and moves into his home. In summary, I would do it all over again. I look forward to our lives together and more travel to the places of our shared dreams. Marriage is worth the adventure.