A little while ago I offered a few practical pointers on marriage and these were drawn from a day I spent leading an event for young married couples. I had been asked to be the voice of experience that, after teaching Scripture truths, would offer some practical pointers. That first batch of tips focused on the relationship between a husband and wife, but I was also asked to offer some tips on intimacy. So, thinking about those early years of marriage, here are the tips I thought might prove helpful in the early years and the many years to follow.
Learn to talk about your sexual relationship. While the sexual relationship is physical, it is far more than physical. A successful sexual relationship depends upon communication. And yet sex is one of the most difficult things to talk about—at least to talk about productively. A husband and wife need to learn to communicate, to speak often and well, about intimacy. You need to learn to communicate on the level of what you enjoy and what you don’t enjoy. You need to be able to talk about what has gone well and what has gone wrong. You need to
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