In a relationship how often do you want sex?

Parameters of question, you are in a exclusive long term relationship.

Question 1: Ideally, how often do you want to have sex with your partner?

Question 2: Realistically, how often DO you and your partner have sex?

Question 3: Just how important do you find sex is in your relationship?

Bonus question: GUYS, if you're not in the mood and turn down your girlfriend advances... what are your typical reasons?
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Most Helpful Guys

  • 1. I would say about 4-5 times per week would be perfect.
    2. In my relationship, it depends quite a lot on the "season". As we both study and my girlfriend also works on the side, we don't get a lot of couple-time during the semester. We're usually quite stressed and/or exhausted. So during this time, it's usually 1-2 times a week. We also don't go on dates a lot during the semester. During semester break, we have much more free time and so we spend more time together and naturally feel more sexually aroused. So during the semester break, it's usually around 4-5 times a week. If we go on vacation somewhere, we feel even more relaxed and then we do it every day ;-).
    3. Sex is very important to me but it's not as important anymore as it used to be. I think this has to do with two factors: on the one hand, I've gotten older. It may sound strange but I'm 28 now and I just don't feel as horny anymore as when I was 18. The other factor is the fact that I'm in a very long relationship. My girlfriend and I have now been dating for over six years. As far as I know, it's rather common for couples' sex drives to decrease over time. This is especially the case if you live together as we do. In the beginning, you're horny for your guy/girl every second of every day. But over the years, sex becomes a little less important and the love turns more into a very deep type of emotional bond than a mainly physical obsession.
    Bonus question: If I turn her down, it's usually for two reasons: either because I feel too stressed about deadlines and things like that or because I've already taken care of my sexual urge on my own. This latter part sometimes becomes necessary if my girlfriend is not in the mood and I don't have the patience to wait until she is.

  • Q1: Twice a day would make me not long for it constantly. I think about it a lot. It's a major distraction all day.

    Q2: Recently, like within the last half a year, we've been having sex once every three days or so on average. At most it's twice every three days; but no less than once a week. At out worst, years ago, we only did it once a month. I was seriously miserable.

    Q3: To me, *very* important. One thing we learned about each other is that I need sex to feel close whereas she needs to feel close to want sex. If you don't feel close, what's the point, right? I want a wife, not a roommate. It's potentially problematic, but once we realized this—and it took many years—we are able to meet each other's needs by letting the closeness feed back on itself in a self-sustaining way. This is the secret of a good marriage, in my opinion. At least MY marriage.

    Bonus: This may have happened 3 times, ever. Once I think I was up for about 38 hours straight. Once I had the flu. Once I was really hung over.

Most Helpful Girls

  • Ideally I like to enjoy before sleeping and then again on waking. I am also happy to sometimes have fun in between depending on when, where, my mood...

    At the moment we pretty much reach my ideal at weekends and on vacation time. However, if we have school the next day then boyfriend does not stay over. School days we only enjoy for about an hour after classes.

    It is an important part of our relationship, but we are fine if we have to miss out for a few days.

  • 1. Would like it every couple of days.
    2. Every day when we're together. But now we live a few hours apart and only do it 2 or 3 times every couple of weeks.
    3. Sex is about half as important as emotional stuff in my relationship. It's hard to explain.

    BONUS: my boyfriend usually does it because he's tired or we've already had sex 3 times that day and his dick is tired lol

  • Question 1: Ideally, how often do you want to have sex with your partner?
    Every day.
    Question 2: Realistically, how often DO you and your partner have sex?
    I was never in a relation longer than 4 months, so we had it every day at those times

    Question 3: Just how important do you find sex is in your relationship?
    It's a need for a good relation.

  • Past Experience.
    1) 5 days out of the week...2 were cause he pissed me off and that's averaged
    2) 10, now that is obviously not everyday but usually went 2 to 5 times a day when we did.
    3) I love sex so pretty important but possible to go without real sex if required.

  • 1. I wouldn't mind having sex every other day tbh

    2. My boyfriend is a couple hours away and our time together is limited so we have sex when we see each other.

    3. It's definitely not the most important but it is something we both look forward to and enjoy

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  • 1. At least 3 times a week
    2. On average 3 times a week but it can very depending on what we have on
    3. Very important. It's a big part of how we connect and show love

  • 1. I want him at least once a day, if not more, like morning, evening.
    2. Once a day, average, we never go a day without it.
    3. It's an important expression of the physical side of our relationship.

  • I'll just go down the list, lol

    1) I'd say 4 or 5 times a week, would be perfect.

    2) We are at roughly 3 or 4 times a week, now. Sometimes more, sometimes less.

    3) It's certainly not the most important thing, at all, but it's something we both look forward to. It's important, but not the primary focus of our relationship. Neither one of us want to lose that, but it wouldn't tear us apart, if we couldn't.

    Bonus: Primarily because I'm tired, from a rough day at work. I rarely turn it down, but that would be the most likely reason.

  • Honestly? Like, never.

    • You never want sex?

  • Question 1 - i generally want sex a whole lot more than any girl I have ever been with , honestly I'm a walking erection

    Question 2 - my girl is my best friend and my soulmate but we don't match at all in the sex department ( for a number of reasons ) so it's prob on avg 2 - 3 times a month but that's actual penetrative sex only

    Question 3 - actual penetrative sex , really not that important , foreplay , oral sex and kinks matter a whole lot more

    If I have ever turned down sex of any kind which I don't think I have it's because my cock is in too much pain to cum anymore

  • 1. I mean, it depends on the circumstances and mood.
    2. We have sex 4-5 times a week (usually)
    3. It's not THAT important, we just like it because we feel it makes us closer.

  • ideally, sex would be our go-to recreational activity. Instead of just sitting around watching a movie, we would prefer to sit around and watch a movie with my cock in her mouth. Instead of sleeping in on the weekends, we wake up early and have butt sex, then go back to sleep. We prefer not to do anything that we can't do while having sex.

    realistically, about 6 times per week.

    sex is not just the most important part, but is the whole point of a relationship, in my opinion.

    If i turn down sex, the only thing I can think of is I had a specific thing in mind I want to do, but she's not into it.

    • troll

  • 1. Whenever our chemistry builds up to that point
    2. Whenever our chemistry builds up to that point
    3. Sex itself... not that important in the short term but very important, unparalleled, for the over all growth of the relationship - this is like asking can a Company grow by not hiring new employees...- no sex would just cripple a long term relationship (5+ years) as it is a basic primal instinct embedded in our inner layers in our brains for centuries

  • Ideally 8 or 9 times a week. Realistically 7 or 8 times a week. Eh, I can take it or leave it (jk).

  • 1. About twice a week
    2. I had it once a week with my old girlfriend
    3. It isn't the most important, especially since I'm not married yet
    4. My primary reason is I just am not in the mood.

  • last relationship everyday.

    3 to 4 times where were together

    at 19 to 24, 1 to 17 times a day lol

  • Daily lol

  • Once every couple of weeks.

    • Did you even read the whole question?

    • 2 and 3 don't apply to me. But still once every couple of weeks would be ideal for me. Sex would only be super important to me cause I want lots of kids and of course it would be fun and a great way to bond, but it wouldn't be all that important to me. I'd want to bond in other ways.

  • -Definitely more than once a day.
    -Almost every day unless sonethings wrong.
    -2nd most important thing.
    -i always turn down sex when im REALLY tired and sleepy.

  • Everyday a couple times a day.

    • So I'm not the only girl like this, good to know lol.

    • You're not Lol trust me.

  • 1. once or twice a week is fine.

    2. three to four

    3. I usually do the work and I have been told I'm bad so for me not really important.

    • and 4 I usually dontdeny sex because I can be exsuasted go to sleep for 5 mins and still go. but I would think only if I had something important or on the wrong place like my parents bathroom when I visit. true story

  • 1. at least once a day
    2. a couple of times a week
    3. there are more important things but it's still very important

    typical reasons for not being in the mood would be tired or stressed

  • Every other day. I would need space when I'd have things to take care of.

  • 1. 2 times per week is fine due to my busy schedule
    2. We fuck maybe 3 times a month recently
    3. Fairly important. No problem going without for a while tho.
    4. Busy with work

  • 1. A few times a week

    2. Once a month IF I'm lucky

    3. Very important

    Never have turned down sex

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