Charlotte and Chris, it seems, aren’t the only ones whose sex life has dwindled to nothing.A recent survey estimated that 15 to 20 per cent of couples have sexless relationships - defined by experts as making love fewer than ten times a year - while around 5 per cent go without altogether.The Pulitzer board also was surely impressed by how effectively the powerful score helps tell the story.The more than 30 numbers range from the jarring dissonance of “You Don’t Know” — which reflects a woman’s inner turmoil — to “I Dreamed a Dance,” which has the lullaby sweetness of a baby’s music box.You don’t need a degree in psychology to work out why Charlotte, a social media consultant from Great Wyrley, Staffordshire - who in the early years of her marriage made love to her husband three times a week - may have problems surrounding sex.
Again, if there is going to be hope, and eventually healing, each partner will have to be committed to first focusing on themselves and then, when each is at a safe place and most likely with the guidance of a therapist, they can begin to take steps to restore their relationship. The preceding article was solely written by the author named above.Woods Hole Theater Company’s production of this beautiful, but often wrenching, show may not leave you exactly happy, but it’s human and honest and certainly provides much food for thought.In 2010, “Next to Normal” became only the eighth musical in history to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama — no doubt in part because lyricist Brian Yorkey and composer Tom Kitt broke new ground by tackling the still-stigmatized subject of mental illness through the rock musical genre.The results suggest large gender differences in how men and women experience opposite-sex friendships.Men were much more attracted to their female friends than vice versa.