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Archive for Senior Sex Desire

Satisfying Senior Sex Sometimes Means Making a Different Effort

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

It may be difficult to accept you can’t be the sexual giant, or giantess,  you used to be.

Especially if intercourse can no longer be a part of your lovemaking.
But, at our age, your body gets to run the show, not your wishes or hopes.

And, it’s not enough to have Read More→

Low Hormones May be the Cause of Your Loss of Sexual Desire

Friday, June 26th, 2009

If you are a couple for whom sex has lost a priority position, it’s both frustrating and challenging to figure out just how you got into this position.

The standard catch phrase for many couples is some version of “we’ve grown apart.”

Easy to do, and it will take some effort on both your part, and some frank conversations about what you now want your life to be.

But, in many cases, the disconnect some couples experience may have been nudged along by hormones.  Especially Read More→

Take Charge of the Normal Changes of Aging to Support More Satisfying Senior Sex

Friday, June 19th, 2009

The number one change, the one both women and men notice first as they get older, is making love just takes longer.

It takes longer to get the urge. You know, sitting there thinking, hey, might be nice to have a little roll in the hay.

And then it takes longer to go from Read More→

Is Hurt or Anger Destroying Your Satisfying Senior Sex?

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

One of the most common reasons older couples get into sexless marriages is when they’ve let some old hurt, or anger that’s never been resolved run their love life.

One woman actually said some version of “If I forgive him for what he did (many years earlier, he’d not taken her side in a messy extended family eruption) he’ll Read More→

New Loving Skills Make for Great Senior Sex

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Even if you do sometimes have trouble with getting or keeping an erection, it doesn’t have to mean the end of your love life.

And, even if you are still doing just fine in that area, there have probably been some changes that come with age that make intimacy more of a challenge as we get older.

For many folks, when we were younger, Read More→