We went celibate for 5 years for a better marriage – we had a unique coping method to keep our hands off each other
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CUDDLING up on the sofa and feeling frisky, Sarah Daniels wants nothing more than to move things upstairs to the bedroom. But rather than making a move on her partner Bart Langmans, 54, the 52 year old turns on the TV and searches for a film in a bid to distract herself from her desires.
![[Sarah Daniels says that staying celibate for five years with her partner Bart Langmans was the secret to a better sex life]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fab-exclusive-sarah-daniels-bart-962164830.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
It’s a routine the couple had become accustomed to - watching a movie every night to keep their hands off each other. For five years sex was off limits, despite neither of them being virgins when they met in 2019. Their decision was part of a pact to abstain from sex until marriage - to make it ‘more special.’.
![[Sarah says that the sex she'd had before meeting Bart wasn't up to much]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fab-exclusive-sarah-daniels-bart-962164721.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
Sarah says: "I had sex before with a previous partner but it wasn't great for me. "I didn't really enjoy it. "That's why it was so important for me wait and to find someone special. "I really have found someone and it's perfect.". Sarah and Bart met on a dating app called Afrointroductions and struck up a relationship - despite Sarah being in London, and Bart 232 miles away in Antwerp, Belgium.
![[And while he came armed with condoms on their first meeting he agreed to go celibate with Sarah]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fab-exclusive-sarah-daniels-bart-962164864.jpg?strip=all&w=633)
They continued dating long distance - visiting each other several times a year - and Sarah eventually moved to Belgium to live with Bart in 2020. But the pair still didn't have sex, despite sharing a bed although they admit it wasn't always easy. Sarah says: Obviously we are humans and get those hormones.
![[The couple went from their wedding at the registry office to their apartment to consummate the marriage]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/036ab14f-2476-4917-bde1-98f74e9ef372.jpg?strip=all&w=734)
"But Bart because he never pushed me. "We had this decision together and nothing would change that. "We were both strong and it was worth the wait.". The couple found many ways to “keep busy” that didn’t involve being intimate including walks in the park, cooking together, and watching a film “without fail” every night.
![[They say that the sex was well worth the wait]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/fab-exclusive-sarah-daniels-bart-962164708_974471.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
