What Is Your Relationship/marriage Without Sex and Money?

My relationship started when we were both between jobs (no money) and we're friends for a few years (so no sex). 🤔
I'd say companionship, identical life goals, similar belief systems, is what ours is without money or sex. And we don't have money anyway so all I got extra is sex 🤣
I'm also stumped on what this means for poorer religious people who would wait for sex and not have money. 🤔

This is interesting and I actually did this. My FH and I didn’t have sex until we were engaged and we are completely broke college students. I can tell you that without sex and money, he is my best friend and laughs, memories and inside jokes are much more valuable than sex and money. Thank you for this post because it really solidified the fact that this man really is the one for me and we are amazing together. 😁

I 100% disagree. My fiancé and I fell in love with no money and before we'd had sex.

I would much rather be poor and in love than rich and unhappy. I knew when we'd only been dating for a month that I would marry Ethan, and at that point we were both quite broke. We are definitely not rich by ANY stretch or meaning of the word, but we are able to make ends meet on our own now.

As for not being able to offer anything other than sex, I disagree with that too. I can't speak for every woman, but my FH has always respected my boundaries and is always very thoughtful. He knows that I bring much more than just sex into the relationship. Apart from being his best friend, I am his confidant, help keep the apartment clean, help with meals, help with reminders, and am overall more than a sex toy. He is, of course, the same to me. I would still 100% marry him even if it meant never having sex. Sex is a part of marriage of course, but it's not the end all be all of marriage.

Wow, totally sexist comment on his part! If all you have to give is sex, and all you want is money, that is the oldest profession, not a marriage.

View Quoted Comment I agree and your wording made me laugh!
Clearly you bring humor to your marriage!

View Quoted Comment You always push my thinking. I love it.

View Quoted Comment "Without sex and money, he is my best friend" melted my heart 🤗

View Quoted Comment So what would you say your relationship is without sex and money?

View Quoted Comment I agree his comment is completely sexist. What is your marriage without sex and money?

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Our relationship is about long-term commitment. We've had some rough times, some of them without money, sex, or both. But we didn't promise to stay together just as long as it was immediately exciting, we promised to stay together for life.

View Quoted Comment My relationship is still a relationship. It’s love, it’s friendship, it’s trust, respect, so many things besides a place for sex.

View Quoted Comment I love this.

View Quoted Comment 😍 This is beautiful.

Still loving. He supports me in other ways and I show him affection in other ways.
We play board games together, watch Tv/movies, host events, go to the Maryland Renaissance Festival as well as concerts. Snuggle up in bed and watch tv as our kittens snuggle with us.....

BUT- sex is a HUGE part of the relationship!! And money is too, as it helps me take care of my disabled mom and 21yo Aspergers/Agoraphobic Son.

View Quoted Comment This 1000% I love how you stated this.

I think the lack of those two things can make for a really strong relationship. My FH and I are not having sex until we get married and for us that made our relationship super strong because we feel like we have such a strong foundation and our relationship is still interesting, fun and exciting even without sex. So God forbid something happens to one of us where we couldn’t have sex our relationship has a pretty good chance of surviving. These last two months my FH has had to be out of work and away in another country to take care of a family emergency and it has been rough but we have truly become closer. I’ve had to handle the financial part of our relationship during that time and I’ve been overwhelmed at times but I think it kind of showed us that we could be there for each other and step up when one couldn’t.

View Quoted Comment ♥️ "still loving".

View Quoted Comment Thank you for sharing your experience.

This is hard. I've always been driven but I mostly go off my own drive for money not his so i would be fine if he didn't make money because I know I do/would. Sex we're pretty well paired however I'd say I'm more needy than him and have had to adjust since being together for 4 years. I think everything is manageable because I handle my own expectations and responsible for myself.