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The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy


Title The Newlywed's Guide to Physical Intimacy
Writer Jennie Rosenfeld
Date 2025-07-10 18:14:48
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Desciption

Sexuality is a beautiful part of life – truly a gift from God. As a young couple about to embark on one of life’s most important journeys, may you have only joy and success. An important part of this journey is developing physical intimacy – the unique pleasure of the sexual experience. Your enjoyment as sexual partners is more than just physical; you can feel closeness with another person that no other experience can provide. Your sharing of physical intimacy creates an emotional bond that should include feelings of trust, acceptance, caring, and mutuality. Your intimate relationship is the glue that binds your marriage together.Yet advice about the sexual experience that was once passed from parent to child is no longer, and as a result many couples are left to face this critical area of their lives with little guidance or information. This instructive and easy-to-read guide can help you navigate this new and uncharted area of your lives. For chassan (groom) and kallah (bride), as well as for teachers, rabbis, and anyone with questions about sexuality coming from the Torah observant community. It is user-friendly, with clear and descriptive language, and the information and guidance found in this book is not available anywhere else in the religious world.


Review

As the only reviewer that appears to actually be a newlywed (3 months), I think it's notable that the others reviewed it significantly lower than I did. As someone who has had long-term sexual relationships in the past, you can sometimes forget (or rationalize or view with rose-colored glasses) that initial sexual learning period.Living in a modern orthodox community that is (one of) the intended audience for this book, I see how DESPERATELY it is needed. It is clear, does not use euphemisms, and is incredibly down-to-brass-tacks practical. Right down to the various types of lubricant and a warning not to use too much or add more later. This kind of knowledge is golden for its audience. I didn't expect to learn much, as I was an informal relationship counselor on my college campus, but there were tips I'd never heard. Additionally, I saw it from a new perspective as a newlywed who had not been sexually active for several years. I am especially glad how strongly the authors repeated that your own comfort is the essential ingredient (and that without your own comfort, it's not going to work well physically). My only disappointment was the answer to a female's question about her husband refusing to do more than one position after a year of marriage. Respecting his comfort level is probably not the correct answer in that case. He is certainly not feeling comfortable, but it's probably a more serious issue that should be confronted. As a minor point, it was kind of weird how it changed back and forth from male to female perspective from one sentence to the next. I understand why (and appreciate it), but it was a little hard to keep up which perspective was speaking sometimes.I wish the Kindle edition made it more obvious that the diagrams actually are included; they're not in the table of contents or where I expected them to be. They are at the end of the "parting words" section.

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