Six things you must do if you want more sex than your partner
Our sex and relationship columnist Dr Pam Spurr regularly brings you must-know info for the bedroom and beyond
It’s that age old dilemma, repeated in homes across the country on ‘takeaway night’. You and your partner love each other, but they want pizza, you want curry.
Or when booking summer hols, they want an activity holiday and you want to relax poolside, cocktail in hand.
Couples usually work these things out by compromise. But what about something as intimate as your sex drives?
The stats are pretty shocking. Because just like couples don’t agree on pizza, mismatched sex drives occur in about three quarters of couples.
With lower sex drive, you panic mildly when your partner has the look of lust in their eyes. With higher drive, you dream of them looking at you like that!
Before I get to some hot tips, these are five main reasons for lower sex drive.
Sort any that trouble you or your partner and it’ll help sort out different your sex drives levels:
- Excess stress or anxiety drains people of energy, nothing’s left for getting jiggy.
- Arguments between you that affects them more – they don’t look at you with desire, they look at you with disdain.
- Health and lifestyle issues. Some medications dampen down sex drive so check with your GP. Lifestyle choices like excess drinking, smoking, late nights, eating junk food are classic culprits destroying sex drive.
- They’ve no/low bedroom confidence masquerading as low sex drive.
- Just because that’s the way you’re/they’re built. You’ve/they’ve never had a high sex drive.
Here are six things you must do to rev up the sizzle:
Push their buttons
What’s the one thing your partner with lower sex drive loves when they are in the mood for sex?
Maybe they can’t resist when you start giving them a sensual massage while cuddling in bed.
Go for it, let your fingers roam all over their body. Try different techniques like swirling fingertips through luscious lubricant.