Here's why This is probably one of the biggest excuses, and whether stress be work or family related it really takes its toll on our sex lives. Brian Willoughby, an assistant from Brigham Young University, told Men's Health: "It's easy to compare in your mind all these previous experiences you've had,". How frequent you have sex and what you enjoy are personal and if you and your partner are happy and enjoying the ways you have sex then that's all that really matters. Every couple experiences dry spells, and sometimes there can be a difference between how often each partner wants to make love. In a study, married men and women were split in to two groups and one of the groups was tasked with doubling how often they romped. Interestingly, it was found that when sex was treated as an assignment, this led to a decline in their happiness. Another study discovered that the more a couple kissed and cuddled, the easier they got over fights or disagreements.

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Busy with his newborn baby, Luke Patrick arrives late to our interview. He and his wife of 12 years, Megan, are a Canadian couple who moved in from Canada to the French Riviera, where they live in a quaint apartment in Old Town, Nice. Luke and Megan spend all of their time with their little girl. They take her to the park with friends, to the gym when they work out, down to the beach when they swim, and even to their ultimate Frisbee practice. They seem like a traditional, nuclear family; however, this couple is much more liberal than they appear.
Some couples see sex — with someone else — as a means of staying together
There's a circular bed under one of the bay windows. Otherwise, it's a pretty normal living room. Couches, a few sparsely populated bookshelves.
Blame the political landscape, shoddy birth control access, limitless free porn on the internet, or the gig economy for the decline in the millennial libido—who can say for sure? Whatever the reason, Americans are boning less. As one of the top five horniest people of all time, this initially seemed concerning to me, but as it turns out, it might not be such a big deal. To be sure, not having any sex or a experiencing a sharp decline could be a sign of an unhappy relationship. Much like washing your hair , you don't need to have sex as often as you think—at least according to a study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science , which suggests any amount over once a week is simply overkill, especially if you're not feeling it.