Every sexual act is a journey into yourself and your partner. It’s a continual exploration of sensations, eroticism, and love. Each relationship is a vessel that embodies both security and adventure in a commitment that offers life’s greatest luxuries: time. Marriage is not the end of romance. It’s the beginning! You get years to deepen your connection, experiment, and even to fail and start over. The chapters of eroticism in a relationship is a story with many chapters that both partners are writing together, continuously unfolding. There’s always a road we haven’t traveled, always something about our partners that still needs to be discovered. Modern relationships are the melting pot…

Can you guess? Yikes! A sexual dry spell. It happens to the best of us. I mean, I’ve been in a consistent relationship for YEARS, and we still go through dry spells, even though we sleep in the same bed every night. Whether you’re single and playing the field or you’ve been married for decades, sexual dry spells can happen to anyone. Sometimes, you don’t even realize until it’s too late that it’s been months since you’ve rolled around in the sheets with someone new. Want to know how to fix a dry spell? Why do couples have them and what can they do with all of that sexless time on their hands?  Superdrug conducted a…

How important is sex in middle age? It depends on who you talk to. During the past seven years while doing research for my book on middle age men, I’ve talked to dozens of guys about this topic. Generally, the answers given by married men were pretty consistent. It’s us, the guys, they said. It’s much lower on their wives’ priority lists, they said. “Definitely me,” said a buddy of mine. “I never turn it down.” Much to my surprise, when I talked to divorced or widowed men out on the middle age dating scene, I often got a different answer. It’s the women, they say. They said many middle…

1) She Takes Care of Her Hair We’re obviously not suggesting you get a blowout every time you’re expecting to get some. But spending some extra time on your hair really does improve your confidence in the bedroom. A recent study found that one in three women would actually cancel a date if they were having a bad hair day. Lackluster locks should never get in the way of your love life. Dr. Laura Berman, a relationship therapist, sex educator, and a spokesperson for Viviscal New Gorgeous Growth Densifying Hair Care, admits there is a biological inclination as to why women put such a priority on making sure they’re happy with their hair. “As a society, what…

Getting on the same page with your partner can be tough. From deciding on pizza toppings (still can’t get my boyfriend on board with pineapple), to getting each other’s schedules right, being in sync is not the easiest thing for even the strongest of couples. And, as you settle into a long-term relationship, it can be hard to get one very important thing on track: your sex drives. Everyone’s body is different so you can share so many things in common with your partner but still be on different pages sexually. And while you may be boning nonstop when you first get together because of your exciting new connection, that…

When I first told my husband that we were going to have only quickies for an entire month, he was pretty intrigued. We’ve been married for seven years and have 3-year-old twins, which is not exactly the recipe for hot sex, but the truth is that we actually have a pretty great sex life. And that’s mostly because for the first eight years of our now-12-year-long relationship, sex was kind of a nightmare. For years, I suffered from a condition called vulvodynia, or chronic vulvar pain, which made sex super painful and totally miserable. Eventually, that turned into an even worse disorder called vaginismus, which made sex literally impossible. It…

In July, NFL quarterback Russell Wilson said in an interview that he had not had sex with girlfriend Ciara in the three months they’d been dating. “If you can love somebody without [sex],” Wilson said, “then you can really love somebody.” The interview sparked a new conversation about abstinence: Can quitting sex be good for a relationship even if you’re not virgins? It’s one thing to swear off chocolate pudding if you’ve never had it. It’s a lot harder to try chocolate pudding and then say, “You know what? This is great, but I’m going to keep this out of my life.” Curious if abstinence could still enhance a relationship if you’ve (1) already had sex together and (2)…