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Lust

22 replies

welshboris · 15/01/2006 20:00

Can a realtionship last if lust is the main factor?
Is it the be all and end all of a realtionship?

Looking back have the best realtionships you have had been based on lust?
Nothing to do with my present state of affairs, just something thats been on my mind recently

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ggglimpopo · 15/01/2006 20:02

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Charlee · 15/01/2006 20:06

i had a relationship a while ago, we were never a 'couple' just to good friends who were majorly in LUST with each other, but i think you need more to have an exclusive long term thing. i really liked this boy (were still friends) but it was always i like you in the fact i could jump your bones, not i like you in a way i could spend my life with you. DOnt get me wrong i loved him as a good friend and vice versa but the time we tried the couple thing we both decided it wasnt working after a week and we just stayed great friends.

WigWamBam · 15/01/2006 20:09

Lust is actually pretty healthy, but only when balanced against other aspects of a relationship. I don't think that there's much chance of a relationship lasting if lust is the only factor involved - it wouldn't make a particularly balanced relationship and I would guess that both partners would bore of it pretty quickly as the initial excitement wore off.

welshboris · 15/01/2006 20:09

Lust is really strong though isnt it? Hard to say no to

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Charlee · 15/01/2006 20:10

very very strong!

munz · 15/01/2006 20:11

nup I don't think lust can sustain a relationship. it's good to begin wiht but can't be the main focus of things.

munz · 15/01/2006 20:12

it's the temptation that goes with the lust sometimes I think. esp if it's naughty! lol. but as a long term thing then nope. unless lust turns to love of course!

harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 20:15

it depends how important sex is to you I suppose
loads of people I know don't rate sex very highly in a relationship

expatinscotland · 15/01/2006 20:16

No. Ian McEwan said it best: '. . . love which (does) not build a foundation on good sense (is) doomed.'

Charlee · 15/01/2006 20:16

i think Lust is difficult especially when it is with a close friend, when you spend alot of time with someone and theres all this sexaul tension and energy bouncing between you, the slightest thing can set it off.

welshboris · 15/01/2006 20:17

Yes thats another aspect of it, how important is sex in a long term realtionship? Yes others things matter, but surely sex is very important aswell?

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harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 20:17

Charlee
i think you need to tell us more

welshboris · 15/01/2006 20:19

Yeah, im just thinking aloud here, Charlee obviously has some goss......

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Charlee · 15/01/2006 20:27

harpsichordcarrier lol wouldnt you all like to know

welshboris · 15/01/2006 20:28

Yes please Charlee

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harpsichordcarrier · 15/01/2006 20:29

yes charlee
i most certainly would
such tantalising detail....

Charlee · 15/01/2006 20:31

LOL it was like a mills and boon novel!

welshboris · 15/01/2006 20:35

Come on!!!!! The darts have finished, my work clothes are ironed, entertain meeeeeeeeeeeeee

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Charlee · 15/01/2006 20:41

OK i will give you a sneaky titbit but thats all i have to go and see to ds.

Oh and before i say this let me stress this is nothing compared to what me an dp have, thats the late night special lol

Ok so we met and the tension was there imedietly all this sexual energy charging everytime we were near one another, it seemed whatever we did we managed to end up in each others company. We would bump into each other on the street, we would be the ladt ones awake at parties. We resisted all temptation for ages. It was hard, he would slip his arm round me in a friendly manner and i would melt! .Then one day out of the blue there was several of us at a friends house having a gathering it was all quiet and he stands us and says.

'i cant take this anymore its driving me mad!'

He storms across the room towards me, everything is quiet everyone is staring. The he yanks me up onto my feet and snogs the face off me then................. walks out!

It went from there the rest i can't tell you. it went on for about a year then i moved away fell in love and had ds. he has a specail part in my mind because as i say we were good friends.

But i dont regret not taking it further into an exclusive relationship, if i had i may not have had ds and met dp. thats all your getting!

welshboris · 15/01/2006 20:53

Very sweet story for a Sunday evening.
By the way, my previous post which said that I iron and watch darts was a misprint.

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Charlee · 15/01/2006 20:56

Well one day if i get very drunk i may tell you the juicy bits!

QueenMab · 15/01/2006 21:17

Sex can be what differentiates a really good friend from a long term partner

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