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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Laura Potter

Has your relationship become a sexual desert? These tips should help spice things up again

A photograph of an expanse of very dry, cracked earth, with a hazy sun and a blue sky

Know it’s normal

First up, don’t panic! “Every couple goes through dry spells. It doesn’t mean either of you is broken, and is not an indicator that something is ‘wrong’,” says Dr Tammy Nelson, sex and couples therapist, author of Open Monogamy, and host of The Trouble With Sex podcast. Dr Laurie Mintz, sex therapist and author of Becoming Cliterate: Why Orgasm Equality Matters – and How to Get It agrees: “The limerence stage, where you can’t keep your hands off each other, lasts six months to two years, then fades, but people think there’s something wrong with them or the relationship.”

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