SEX IN MARRIAGE

Couples can enjoy good, healthy, fun-loving sex for a lifetime. Fulfilled sexual relationships are the products of time and awareness. They require a major commitment in effort and cooperation. Both partners give priority to pleasuring each other. Normal sexual development in a marriage is all about revealing who you really are.

Lack of intimacy is the underlying problem for sexual boredom. Couples must learn how to let each other know what they like and would like to try. Couples who are afraid of upsetting the relationship get stuck in a rut. They may stay stuck for years in a boring, sexual comfort zone that masks fears of rejection towards trying anything new.

Loving, open communication can reveal sexual desires and develop new strategies to make satisfying improvements. It energizes lovemaking. Be willing to experiment. Find satisfying ways of giving one another pleasure.

When children are in the home, parents who have good sex manage to set and protect times for themselves. They do not spend every waking moment with the children, even very young ones.

Resourceful, imaginative couples enjoy sexual intimacy well into their eighties and nineties. These couples adapt to changes in their sexual organs caused by aging. Men may have difficulty obtaining and keeping an erection. Women may have vaginal dryness, causing discomfort during sex. Mature couples, who are emotionally close and empathetic, can sense one another's changing needs. They give hugs, compliments, and reassurance. Their needs and wants are clearly expressed.

Try these proven ways to put passion back into your marriage:

Prioritize: make sex a high priority; do not put it off until "later." Do not let children or careers get in the way.
Time: make and take the time for lovemaking. Focus on love and lust. Spend quality time to build trust and affection.
Touch: touch communicates love; hold hands, give tender hugs and kisses, take baths and showers together.
Romance: wooing, courting, and seducing enhance romance.
Play: lighten up, play, explore, and be creative with sex.
Talk: share your feelings and needs; give feedback and reinforcement.

Disclaimer: This content is reviewed periodically and is subject to change as new health information becomes available. The information provided is intended to be informative and educational and is not a replacement for professional medical evaluation, advice, diagnosis or treatment by a healthcare professional.

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