No Time for Sex: Finding the Time You Need for Getting the Love You Want [Paperback]

David Arp (Author), Claudia Arp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2004

Today most married couples live in a perpetual frenzy of criss-crossing schedules, meals on the run, continual drop-offs and pick-ups, feedings, meetings, and events. Something has to give, and often it is sex. But according to marriage experts David and Claudia Arp, it does not have to be this way. They offer help for energy-zapped, sleep-challenged, and sex-deprived couples longing to put interest back in intimacy, readiness back in romance, and sizzle back in marital sex. Using an easy, fun, but realistic and biblically based approach, the Arps share five secrets to help time-deprived lovers recapture a five-star love life, including tips for boosting energy and finding time away from the kids. Intimate, frank, and down-to-earth practical, this book is a must for today's harried marrieds.

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About the Author

Claudia and David Arp, MSW, cofounders of Marriage Alive, are educators, popular speakers, columnist, and award-winning authors of numerous books, including the 10 Great Dates series, The Second Half of Marriage, Answering the 8 Cries of a Spirited Child, and Loving Your Relatives. They have appeared as marriage experts on NBC Today, CBS This Morning, Focus on the Family, and PBS television stations. They have been married forty years and live in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Product Details

• Paperback: 217 pages
• Publisher: Howard Books; Original edition (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582294003
• ISBN-13: 978-1582294001
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #975,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the Read, November 27, 2005

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A. JAMIESON (Maricopa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Time for Sex: Finding the Time You Need for Getting the Love You Want (Paperback)

I was shocked to read the review on this book.. I don't think that reader gave it some serious thought. If you are not MAKING time for sex I am sure you are making time to do other things such as reading.

This book was helpful to give you some ideas about how to keep your love life fresh. It was good to remind you of how to keep the emotions and fire burning even without the physical contact we all USED to have time for before children. I think taking a couple of hours to read this book was well worth the cost and time spent.

I especially loved the tips on how to make sure your mate knows you still care. Who doesn't need to hear that sometimes?

2 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A strange mix of priorities and time management, November 25, 2004

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jean luc "jean luc" (London - for now) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Time for Sex: Finding the Time You Need for Getting the Love You Want (Paperback)

So, let me get this straight here. If I am one of those people who have no time for sex, I am going to have time to read a book about it? This is perhaps the most serious flaw here. I can see a book with cool pictures, but why would anyone in their right mind rather read this book about not having sex, than just go and do it already? If you are one of these people I suspect there are more issues than "time" keeping you from getting some action.

If I had the time to read this book, I could surely get some serious "relations" going right? Even if I spent an average of 10 minutes "hooking up" (this would include of course time spent actually getting undressed) then in the time it takes to read this book I could become somewhat of an expert in various positions. This book doesn't really help me there.

So, the book has some good ideas, but the best idea is this: put down the book, grab your spouse and get busy. In fact, I suggest leaving this book out on your coffee table, it will shame your spouse into one or two encounters at least just by the title. Now that makes it a worthwhile buy.