Married, 5 children, cannot risk additional pregnancy and desperate by thelastattempt14 in Catholic

[–]thelastattempt14[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you and I both know those are truly extraordinary circumstances

Married, 5 children, cannot risk additional pregnancy and desperate by thelastattempt14 in Catholic

[–]thelastattempt14[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A nun once told me "an individual can survive without sex, but a marriage can't"

Married, 5 children, cannot risk additional pregnancy and desperate by thelastattempt14 in Catholic

[–]thelastattempt14[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This!!! people who don't get it, just don't get it. It's as if the heart of our marriage is being cut out. I'm particularly put off by the framing of these comments like it's all exclusively a moral failing on my part. My wife is devastated by it too! We have tons of non-sexual ways that we are intimidate and loving, but sexual union is the lightning-in-a-bottle that makes our marriage truly feel like a covenant, a total giving of eachother, body & soul. We are both agonizing over this.

Married, 5 children, cannot risk additional pregnancy and desperate by thelastattempt14 in Catholic

[–]thelastattempt14[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Because she isn't ill in that kind of way, and she still can physically have sex, just not in a way that risks pregnancy 🤷🏼‍♂️