As much as I want to believe that having kids shouldn't affect your sex life, I'd be a big fat liar if I said it didn't. And it's not just because I'm much busier now and pretty darn tired, though that certainly does help matters.

Some things -- well, a lot of things -- just aren't as fun as they used to be, and if I had my druthers, I'd probably never do these 7 sexy things ever again.

Talking dirty can be a tantalizing way to spice up your sex life ... if you can get past the idea of the naughty things you're saying. But you don't have to be a sex kitten to learn how to talk dirty to your guy. Hey, you might even discover that you like how talking dirty makes you feel.

Still, plenty of us feel too shy or embarrassed when we're actually in the moment. How to get over that awkward feeling?

Here are some tips and tricks for mastering the art of dirty talk.

We all know there are plenty of ways for women to turn guys on. Heck, all they really need to do is look at a guy or talk to one. Or be in the same room.

Yes, guys like sex. They love it. They think about it 25 hours a day. And despite all our wives' excuses (the headaches, the time of the months, the I'm-just-too-tireds), we'd still go right on knockin' boots.

There are, however, certain things to stop us dead in our tracks. Deflate our balloons, so to speak. What exactly is our libido's kryptonite? Glad you asked! Here's a look at 5 things wives do to really turn off their husbands.

Now that Fifty Shades of Grey has essentially mainstreamed erotica (seriously, I recently saw Anne Rice's early BDSM Sleeping Beauty books repackaged and sold at Fred Meyer with the tagline, "If you loved Fifty Shades, you'll love this!" Which might be true, or it might be kind of a big old surprise for readers who had no idea those stories involve, among other things, pony play), can we talk about the recurring sexual characteristics in these sweat-soaked tales?

See, I was reading Sylvia Day's Crossfire series recently -- I can say this now, right? Since we're all freely admitting we read smut books? It's not like confessing you stuffed a leather whip in your butthole to look like a sexy Appaloosa pony? Okay then! -- and I was thinking about how these types of stories involve the same themes over and over: the rich, dominating, emotionally-resistant-yet-helplessly-falling-in-love man. The clumsy, doesn't-know-her-own-beauty woman.

Bradley Cooper, who's dated many Hollywood starlets from Renee Zellweger to Olivia Wilde and even JLo, has reportedly suffered a breakup with his latest lady love, Zoe Saldana ... for the second time! Seriously, I thought this one was going to stick. They seemed so happy. (Well, who doesn't in the initial stages, and it seems that's about as far as they got ...) According to Page Six, the couple, who had been dating off and on since late last year, split over the holidays. A source reports, "Zoe had planned to spend the holidays with Bradley and his family in Europe. They were all going to Paris, but things didn't work out between them. Zoe spent New Year's Eve with friends in Miami." Bummer ...

I don't get it. The guy seems like such a catch, right? He's drop dead handsome, is trained as a legit, serious actor, and even SPEAKS FLUENT FRENCH! You'd think that would mean he'd have skillz in the relationship department, but I guess not.

For those of you who are sick of all those sweet, adorable engagement announcement videos and wedding flash mob videos, I've got a special treat for you. Introducing: The We've Got to Break Up Video. Yay! Jonathan and Ivory have been dating for five years. But it's time to call it quits. Sad but necessary. To take the sting out of their announcement they decided to sing us a nice song.

They're such a charming couple it's hard to believe they'd want to split up, but the have a darn good reason. Jonathan wants babies. Ivory does NOT.

One of the funniest -- and saddest -- break-up stories I ever heard was the friend who broke up with her boyfriend because he couldn't find her clitoris. I mean, it was there. But no matter how much my friend "guided" him to its whereabouts, he'd just as quickly "forget" where it was. Finally, my friend said she drew him a map. An actual map. Because guys like maps. But alas, this guy was not only bad at finding the clitoris, he was bad at reading maps. My friend ended up dumping him. She felt a little guilty, but she honestly couldn't wrap her head around a guy who claimed to care about her pleasure in bed, but couldn't seem to figure out the female anatomy -- and perhaps had no real desire to.

I'm not saying everyone should be perfect in the sack -- especially when a partner just getting to know what your likes. But then there's just being selfish, or stubbornly clueless, or just plain bad. Here are 11 signs he needs to redo Sex 101.

She's a LIBERAL?!?Quick, what is the one thing that divides us all as a nation? The one thing you simply couldn't tolerate in a future boyfriend or husband? Could it be... POLITICS?!?

After all the bitterness, the angry Facebook fighting, the friendships ruined over the 2012 presidential election it has all come to this: Online dating sites that match you according to your politics. No really -- this is happening. Red State Date and Blue State Date are two new sites that help filter out all those crazy whack jobs from the other side.

C'mon, admit it. These are the online dating websites we deserve.