Jennifer (name changed) didn't have sex with her ex-husband on their wedding night. "I chalked it up to fatigue," she says. But should it have been a red flag? Well, maybe. Read: 12 Relationship Red Flags

It's not that it didn't happen that one night that was the problem; it's that it was the first of many sexless married nights. As an engaged couple, Jennifer and her fiancé were doing it about three times a week, but once they said their vows, it quickly dwindled to about once a month—sometimes less.

Some experts call marriages that average 10 … Read More

It's been pounded into our heads for eons that a.) sex shouldn't be the basis of a relationship b.) looks fade and c.) sex naturally slows the longer you're coupled up. (After all, our parents don't have sex. Do they? Do they?) So at first blush a sexless (or mainly sexless) marriage for a couple who've seen each naked for 25 years doesn't seem like too much of a stretch, does it? Libidos diminish and whatnot, right? Marriage Rx: The Silent Treatment

Well, The New York Times ran a Q and A with Georgia State … Read More

When all is said and done, there’s not much to like. I mean, really: What is the big deal?

So writes essayist Lauren Slater in this week's Modern Love section of The New York Times. If you suspected Mr. Lauren Slater may not be too pleased that "sex interests me these days about as much as playing checkers," you'd be correct.  The authoress writes that her husband's sex drive far surpasses her own.

The tricky thing about differing sex drives is that assumption, which hangs over the relationship like a storm cloud, that "something's wrong" with … Read More

When all is said and done, there’s not much to like. I mean, really: What is the big deal?

So writes essayist Lauren Slater in this week's Modern Love section of The New York Times. If you suspected Mr. Lauren Slater may not be too pleased that "sex interests me these days about as much as playing checkers," you'd be correct.  The authoress writes that her husband's sex drive far surpasses her own. 

The tricky thing about differing sex drives is that assumption, which hangs over the relationship like a storm cloud, that "something's wrong" with the less … Read More

And just like that, it's back to business as usual. According to The Australian, families in which the wife was far better-educated than the husband are highly prone for divorce. Though the inverse was not true. Which goes to show that women are not into guys that can't tell their Manets from their mayonnaise.

On the subject of getting dumped, Cosmo has an article on why dudes ditch gals even if they're down with 'em. Worth a read if you have a few minutes. Though our homey Liz Tuccillo (He's Just Not That Into You) would … Read More

According to CNN, about 20 percent of American couples are in a “sexless” marriage, which therapists define as having sex approximately less than 10 times a year.

While this shouldn’t be surprising information to us, as Americans recently ranked third to last on the lovemaking frequency scale... it still is.

Problems in the bedroom often mirror those outside of it, but sickness, children or simply low sex drive in both partners could also account for this sort of dry spell. The therapists that CNN interviewed stressed that infrequent lovemaking is only a problem if … Read More

I came across an absolutely befuddling story in London's Daily Mail today. "Sorry, but marriage and sex DON'T go together" is a profile of Carrie Jones, author of the forthcoming memoir Cutting Up Playgirl: A Cheerful Memoir of Sexual Disappointment. Jones is a self-described middle class mother of two who professes not to have had sex with her husband, Hal—"a good man and a great dad"—for the past four years. Moreover, she's pledged to remain celibate until her children are grown—at which point she plans to leave the marriage. … Read More