Although sexless marriages may appear on be on the outside to most people unhappy and unfulfilling - for many couples living this life this is not so.
These couples have learnt how to stay happy/positive in a sexless marriage by finding other ways to be intimate with each other.
Most of the time it is not a subconscious decision - over time couples find that their sex life begins to decline due to varying reasons such as routine, caring for children, working long hours and lost libido.
For these couples their relationship may be totally fulfilling in every other way - but there just is no or very little physical intimacy by the way of sex.
Intimacy between two people does not only come in the physical sense.
There is also emotional intimacy - and this is how many couples manage to stay happy who are in sexless marriages and relationships.
Emotional intimacy between two people can be very powerful and can overcome many obstacles in a marriage - including the issue of no sex.
Although some couples may not experience the physical intimacy of sex - the emotional intimacy for them may be equal to or much deeper than sex.
The sense of closeness and unbreakable bond that develops between a couple who have deep emotional intimacy can make a marriage with no sex not seem a problem.
When a couple has a strong deep connection on an emotional level - all other problems or issues seem to pale in comparison.