Where is everybody when it comes to 1 Corinthians 7:3-5?

[IanHulett]

Well, of course, if both of you don't agree to sex then it is rape.

I know that I already responded to this but while I was in the shower I was thinking how glad I am that my husband and I don't have a 72 hour rule. After I gave birth to my last child, I went through an odd few months were I felt as if I was touched out. All day long, it seemed like I was nursing or caring for children and I was too exhausted to want sex. The situation corrected itself once I stopped nursing but my husband never complained. Later, when he started school while working full time, sex became sporadic. I didn't complain either. Both times, our sex live eventually returned to normal. I think that we both would have felt resentful and used if we had a rule that we had to have sex. If one person doesn't want sex, then we don't have sex. As far as him giving me a quickie, I really don't want obligatory or pity sex from my husband. If I need release that badly I can take care of myself.

Randy, I read somewhere that Catholics believe masturbation is a sin. Is that true?

Even though I'm not randy, I have been a catholic before converting (or attempting) to united methodism, but before finalizing my conversion, I deconverted. So, I can say, as, technically, a recovering catholic, yes. In fact, when I would go to confession, there was a booklet listing "sins" that I would have to confess if I'm guilty of any of them, and masturbation is listed on there. It's considered "Spilling seed" for men, not sure what it is considered for women though.