Can you live a happy life without sex?

I was reading one of the other answers. I don’t think that one is proving anything by stating that children can be happy without sex so it’s possible to be happy without sex. Obviously when one is a child, one is innocent (usually—although not as much in this day and age, unfortunately). Children are usually caught up in the pleasures of childhood—toys, games, and sports. This is the natural order of things. Babies and children can cuddle with their parents. Then they get to a certain age when they feel uncomfortable doing this or it’s inappropriate for parents to be too physical with their children. So teenagers start to long for physical affection from friends.

Most adults, with the exception of the asexual, want love and sex in their lives. When they don’t have partners, the majority of healthy adults masturbate. Orgasms are good—they relieve a lot of tension. So if we can’t always have sexual love in our lives, we can always have sex or until we get so old that we no longer desire it.

Of course, there are a minority of people who can live happy lives without sex of any kind. I just don’t think this is that common. The sexual instinct is built into us. Another thing that not everyone knows—we’re capable of being aroused when having loving feelings even though the feelings aren’t connected with a sexual partner. A man might feel aroused when feeling close and loving towards a male friend even though he’s heterosexual (the same would go for a woman and a woman friend). A man or a woman might feel aroused when having loving feelings with a child. This doesn’t mean that these people will try inappropriate things with a friend or a child. It just means that the loving feelings brought about a state of arousal in the genital area. It can be disconcerting. People think that maybe they’re abnormal, but this has been known to happen. Yes, even love for God could bring forth a state of arousal.

So what I’m saying is that when we humans have loving feelings, we can feel them all over our bodies. If this doesn’t prove that we need to have a sexual relationship or to indulge in solo sex, I don’t know what does. Our bodies are good—all of the parts. They’re all meant to be used.