The Jayson Gaddis Podcast

SC 105 - Partner Not Meeting Your Sexual Needs


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Is it okay to go outside the marriage to get your sexual needs met? While this may seem like a straightforward answer, it's amazing to me how many folks ask this question who are having affairs. When is this okay and when is it not okay? Listen in for my opinions on the matter.

Question:
I’m finally reading Mating in Captivity and it appears that I have a successful life partnership with my husband who I love deeply and care about, but enjoy a better sexual match with another man. The other man is not gender specific in our intimacy, which I am happy with, and is very emotionally available, whereas my husband is not.  I’m feeling unhappy about the infidelity (sounds better than ‘cheating’) that the affair causes, but at the same time, don’t want it to end or my marriage to finish.  
As selfish as this is, I’m ok with it.  What does it mean when we go outside the cultural confines to get our non-negotiable needs met?

  • Are you justifying an affair with bullshit? [4:00]
  • The definition of a successful life partnership [6:00]
  • Learning to be our neurotic, weird, true selves in relationship [9:00]
  • If you’re not getting your sexual needs met, here’s what to do [11:00]
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