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Becoming One Flesh: Navigating Sexual Differences in Marriage · Doing Marriage Well

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  Doing Marriage Well for August 21, 2026 Becoming One Flesh Navigating Sexual
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  Differences in Marriage Sex is literally the two becoming one flesh.
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  While sex is neither the only nor even the primary thing God meant by becoming
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  one flesh, it's certainly part of it.
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  And all too often, it's a frustrating part.
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  In today's world, most folks reach puberty and sexual awakening a decade or more before they marry.
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  This generally comes with some experience. Even in the church,
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  most men and women were sexual with someone, or multiple someones,
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  before they met the person they married.
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  Beyond that, there is experience from porn in mainstream media.
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  And all this creates sexual preferences and a sexual personality.
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  Unfortunately, a newlywed couple's sexual preferences are often at odds.
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  And as couples get married later in life, this is more common and the differences are greater.
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  Few newlywed couples have what it would take to engage in a deep,
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  calm discussion of sexual preferences.
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  This makes early sex frustrating or difficult for one or both spouses.
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  It may also leave one or both unsatisfied.
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  Generally, one spouse, typically the wife, lets go of most of their preferences to make sex work.
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  Of course, it doesn't really make it work. Perhaps their spouse is okay with it, but they are not.
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  This can be a big part of a wife struggling with desire, arousal, and orgasm.
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  She's not getting what she needs for sex to be good for her,
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  and what she is getting doesn't work well, if at all, for her.
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  Often, the person who has set down most of their preferences will push to exclude
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  a couple of their spouses, which spreads the frustration around.
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  Because of all this, many couples spend their whole marriage having sex that
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  is barely okay for one of them and less than that for the other.
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  If you want better sex, getting there depends on your gender.
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  For the men, it's never too late to make a change. But to do that,
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  you have to be ready to let go of some of what you want and try new things.
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  As sex is more difficult for women, the wise husband is quick to focus on what she prefers.
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  Most men thoroughly enjoy their wife's pleasure, so making it better for her
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  is making it better for yourself. For the women.
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  It's never too late to make a change But to do that, you have to be ready to
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  be a bit more selfish about what happens in bed Your hubby is easily aroused
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  and can climax far more easily than you,
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  His preferences make sex a bit better for him Your preferences can be the difference
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  between pleasure and frustration,
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  Be bold about your pleasure and know his pleasure will naturally follow yours,
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  And as always, if you need help, get help By the way, one place you can get
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  some help is the Marriage Bed Forms There's a link in the show notes This is
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  Paul, and doing sex well takes effort.