Michelle Duggar maintains a blog, where she regularly dispatches advice or answers letters from fans. In her newest post, the matriarch of the Duggar clan did both of these things.

Her advice, however, is turning some heads.

Michelle started by saying how important sexual intimacy is for the health of a marriage:

“Anyone can iron Jim Bob’s shirt, anybody can make lunch for him,” she wrote.

“But you are the only one who can meet that special need that he has in his life for intimacy. You’re it. You’re the only one. So don’t forget that, that he needs you.”

Duggar suggested that sexual intimacy should trump exhaustion, particularly in a new marriage:

“So when you are exhausted at the end of the day, maybe from dealing with little ones, and you fall into bed so exhausted at night, don’t forget about him because you and he are the only ones who can have that time together.

No one else in the world can meet that need.”

She also suggested that wives should make themselves available for their husbands, even while pregnant:

“Be available, and not just available, but be joyfully available for him.

Smile and be willing to say, ‘Yes, sweetie I am here for you,’ no matter what, even though you may be exhausted and big pregnant and you may not feel like he feels.”

She ended with a reminder that, in any marriage, it is not just the married couple making decisions.

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