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Psychological Benefits
A man and a woman, when they marry, have to forge a new identity
as a couple. Natural family planning can contribute to this
process of bonding through:
mutual decision-making - in choosing method, in choosing number
of children, in choosing when;
mutual sharing in the responsibility for mutual fertility;
mutual support during those times when abstinence may be
difficult - although one might stress that abstinence is not
usually difficult;
abstinence as a life skill - necessary for (1) times apart, (2)
illness, fatigue, (3) lack of time, (4) sensitivity to the
other's emotional receptivity;
diversification of relationship - times of abstinence ensure
that the relationship will not narrow down to a purely sexual
base - throws the couple back on elements that drew them
together in the first place - stimulates couples to express
their relationship in non-sexual terms, in broader intellectual,
spiritual, cultural, recreational ways - these ways, normally,
in the hurly-burly of family life, can get neglected unless
recognized and planned for - a period of abstinence can
stimulate attention to this area;
renewal of sexual relationship - through sexual rest, and
through the anticipation and longing that abstinence can
stimulate. This is becoming more important now that sexual
boredom is becoming a malaise of modern times.
The Natural Family
Planning Association - Ontario is affiliated with
the World Organization Ovulation Method Billings
(WOOMB) Canada and WOOMB International.
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