Practical Love

Sometimes we struggle through our relationships because we feel we are owed something. We withhold love; we withhold affection. We use our love as currency that can only be withdrawn when someone makes a deposit. We wonder why those around us do not give us more of what we want. The ones we love the most, we treat like dirt because...well..."they know what we like, what we need and they don't give it to us." So we don't give them what they need. Growing up, I learned that sex was for marriage. So naturally, getting married meant I could have all the sex I wanted. You marry your spouse and that is "supposed" to be the last and only person you have sex with. TV, movies, etc. teach us that we are not "normal" unless we are having sex at least every day. There is a sexual entitlement that comes with marriage, I think, especially if you are male. If you are not getting what you are entitled to get, then someone is withholding. A man's virilit