ABSTRACT
Sex does not exist in a vacuum. You and your partner intentionally want to create the type of environment that ensures your relationship and sexual quality amid the moving parts of your busy lives. Careers and jobs, family, community activities, religious communities, and social networks are important features of the environment for your sexual relationship. Balancing these facets of your lives impacts sexual quality. Focusing on the deficits in this balancing act is self-defeating. Thinking of unavoidable stresses as “problems,” disagreements as “power struggles,” or responsibilities as “burdens” will misdirect you into gloom and unhappiness.
