Mary Carter

Mary Carter

This Is Killing Intimacy

There is no sex that can save this.

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Mary Carter
May 10, 2026
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My friend said something to me that has been stuck in my head ever since:

He wants me to let go, but I do not even feel safe inside my own body next to him.

And there it was.

We could close the article right here, light a candle for the marriage, and send the priest home.

Because some men think intimacy dies in the bedroom.

It does not.

The bedroom is just wh…

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