Psst. Can I ask you something? On average, how many times a week do you and your spouse do it?
If you're married, chances are you've either been asked this question by another mom (or dad), or you've asked it yourself. My inside sources tell me that it's all women seem to talk about when they get together. Guys talk about having sex, while women talk about the number of times they have to have it.
Studies vary all over the place, but on average it seems married couples have sex one or two times per week. Obviously, age comes into play too. Twentysomething newlyweds are going to be bopping non-stop like jack rabbits, while Grandma Doris and Grandpa Earl might be to afraid to even kiss each other for fear of breaking a hip.
But the real question isn't, "How much sex are married couples having weekly?" Nope. Instead, it's really, "How much sex should married couples have weekly?"
Chances are you'll get a very different answer from men than from women. Guys will respond with a simple, "Yes, please" (meaning as much as is humanly possible). Most women, on the other hand, will say once or twice a month. Heck, some women may even offer up negative numbers.
Clearly there needs to be a compromise. With 24 hours in a day, there's plenty of time to sleep, eat, and get some errands done. That easily leaves room for three or four romps in the sack a day. Roll that out over six days and you're looking at roughly 20 times a week.
Hold the phone. Back up the truck. Say what? Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Six days, not seven? Oh, that's not what you're thinking. Well, regardless, there's I reason I suggest six days of sexapalooza, rather than seven.
With distance, the heart grows fonder. It's true. Or to put it more simply, if we take one day off to rest up, we'll be hornier than a triceratops, ready to go for six days straight. It'll also give us a day to relax and recharge. Just make sure to stock up on plenty of Gatorade.
How many times a week do you have sex with your spouse?
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it's about 2-3 days a week we'll have sex mostly on weekends, if it's friday, saturday or sunday my husband thinks it's time to get it on!(:
I try to do at least 2-3 times a week, sometimes more, if he is really good and helps me out around the house and with the kids!!
This is insane. My husband and I are like once every 2 weeks kinda people...........Maybe. It used to be more, but times and kids have changed things. Love that man, but I HIGHLY doubt we would ever do it that much
This was fun to read how often other people have sex, and the reaction people have to how often, or unoften other people are having having, or not having it. I can in all honesty say before our back injuries that my man and I had sex at least once a day, sometimes as much as 2-3 times a day, so to the young girl who wondered if sex got boring when you had it that much, that's a big NO lol, it doesn't! Finding time if you have children to have it that much, yes, it would be hard, but my man and I don't have children in the house, so we can obviously do it whenever, wherever we choose. The biggest obstacle we have found to having less sex following our injuries has been maintaining that feeling of physical intimacy which we both feel helps maintain emotional intimacy in our relationship. I think though in this day and age where we can all peek into our neighbors bedrooms (metaphorically) via the Internet, it's important to remember that we don't need to keep up with the jones's so to speak, but to do what is right for ourselves, and our own relationships :) and there is no magic number and no "right" answer to the question "How many times a week should you be having sex".
While I'm not married any longer, when I was it went in spurts. Sometimes it would be a couple times a day, other times we would go a few weeks without any, most of the time it was at least 3x a week.
My husband is gone all week and home on weekends. So I have to make up for lost time when he is home. But the plus side is I have all week to sleep in the middle of the bed! lol.