Last year, they saw a therapist. The article also reported that though there are no official figures on non-consummated marriages, KK's Dr V. Atputharajah estimated that 1 in every 200 couples has a sexual problem. Yam Keng Mun, a clinical psychologist in private practice at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, reckons that couples are not enjoying sex because they're inexperience or too impatient. They represent a small group taking the dry road. Most are conservative with traditional attitudes.
Religion is one reason.
Elizabeth Choo, a counsellor with the Singapore Planned Parenthood Association, thinks sex has been romanticised by the media to the point that when couples actually do it, they find it falls short of expectations. For newlyweds, there is also the wedding night to worry about. There is a feeling that sex on the wedding night has to be wonderful. One of the more common problems of first-time sex is vaginismus. If the woman is not lubricated enough, the vaginal muscles involuntarily tighten, so penetration is painful.