Is sex important for a happy marriage?

What does it take to sustain a marriage? ‘Rockstar’ granny tells her granddaughter that if a husband and wife have sexual compatibility, it would keep them together for life; and even if circumstances were to pull them apart, the sex would draw them back to each other. Speaking of the neuroscience behind sex and bonding, Barnwal says, “When you have sex with a person and it’s pleasurable, it floods the brain with dopamine. Barnwal also adds that “that’s why you risk falling in love with a person when you have sex with them, and conversely when you fall out of love with that person, but stay with them for other reasons—financial security, social approval, kids—then you detach from them sexually.” Marriages turn sexless for myriad reasons—the spark may die out after years of sameness and predictability, the individuals may grow apart, there may be abuse or other problems as in Satyaprem Ki Katha. “Every day, I get messages from people who are in sexless marriages, and many of them are on the verge of a mental breakdown or even suicide,” Barnwal says.