Scores of researchers have focused their attention on the implication that lack of intimacy has on marriages.
Research done shows that couples who don't get intimate are less happy than couples that do.
Sexless marriages are at a greater risk of ending in divorce, a New York Times article based on a research by the National Health and Social Life Survey contends.
According to the survey, the more intimate a couple gets the happier they are likely to get.
That is not to say that there are no happy sexless marriages; there are marriages of that nature that are happy but they are in the minority.
The National Health and Social Life Survey cited child-birth complications and extra-marital affairs as the prime reasons why married couples are not getting intimate.
It is highly recommended that couples get intimate to inject happiness in their relationships.