Love and Sex - are two different things

[VeronicaL]

I want to hear from women who understand that love and sex are different and it is possible to have one without the other, because I seem to be on my own on this one.

 

Discuss...!

[lofi_tokyo]

I know many women - myself included - that do not equate sex to love.

 

In fact I know more women that think as I do than those that think sex = love.

[Arasae]

Sex doesn't equal love, but love does equal sex in my book.

 

As someone who has had a couple casual relationships without falling for the guy or needing something more, yeah, I can attest to that. Society and romance novels give grandiose ideas about sex, but.. it doesn't always work that way, and doesn't have to.

 

However, for me, romantic love does equal sex. If I'm in love with someone, yeah, I want to do the dirty with them. And as someone who struggled to love someone who wasn't doing the sexing for years.. well, sex is essential, for this girl at least, to maintain a healthy relationship. So.. there's my two-cents. I'm weird, though. =)

[make me believe]

Sex doesn't equal love, but love does equal sex in my book.

 

I agree with this. I've had plenty of sex without love, but I couldn't be in love without having sex with my partner. I also prefer to have sex in a mutual loving relationship because it's so much more satisfying for me, both physically & emotionally.

[Lizzie60]

I have many many lovers.. and I'm not in love with any of them..

[Eeyore79]

I understand that love and sex are different and separable, but personally I don't like to separate them. I only want to have sex with someone I'm in love with. That's a conscious personal choice though, and I don't judge anyone else who chooses to separate love and sex.