Couples who have sex once a week are happier than those who have sex less often. (Image: Stocksy)
Couples who constantly “Netflix and chill” aren’t necessarily happier. In fact, having sex once a week is just about perfect. That’s the takeaway from a new study, based on surveys of more than 30,000 Americans gathered over 40 years, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Related: The Sexiest Man Alive Isn’t an Actor
After previous research found more wealth wasn’t actually associated with greater happiness, lead author Amy Muise began to wonder if the same was true for sex, “an aspect of life that is thought to be associated with greater happiness,” she says, per Time.
However, researchers found that while couples who have sex once a week are happier than those who have sex less often, “having sex more frequently than once a week was not associated with greater well-being.” The findings held regardless of gender, age, or the length of a relationship.
The study found couples who had sex less than once a month and those who knocked boots once a week reported a difference in life satisfaction that was even greater than that reported by couples who earn $15,000 to $25,000 annually and those who earn $50,000 to $75,000, according to a release.
Muise isn’t sure why having sex once a week seems to be ideal, but it may “be the frequency that people feel is enough to maintain their intimate connection,” she says. The “big problem” one researcher not involved found with the study is that it identifies correlation, not causation.
“People are basically having as much sex as they want, and for some reason … [those who do it] about once a week seem to be happier,” George Loewenstein tells the Guardian (see his sex research here). As for single people, Muise says researchers found no link between sexual frequency and happiness among that group. (It turns out men and women want sex at different times of the day.)
By Arden Dier
More From Newser:
This article originally appeared on Newser: Here’s How Often Happy Couples Have Sex
end quote from:
https://www.yahoo.com/health/here-39-s-how-often-happy-1302800057794614.html
I think that people need to know if they are sexually compatible
before they get married because otherwise this can create friction that causes a lot of problems. So, learning what each other like before marriage will often stop a divorce in their future. And believe me, divorces are very expensive or can be if things aren't going right when everything ends.
However, mostly divorces or breakups are about money not sex: who has it, who spends it or doesn't spend it and how or not having enough.
Note: If you click the word button at the very top of the page you can get a clearer copy of the article. Often when combining different softwares of Blogger.com, Google Chrome or Firefox with different news sources (who could be compiling with literally anything) you are going to get this kind of problem. So, at the very top of the page is a word button in the upper left in a strange place I noticed to go directly to this article at yahoo.
Also, you will be able to get to any article you want as soon as I load another article for you to read.
2nd note: It's true that men and women want to have sex at different times of the day often. One reason for this is men who work every day. They prefer nights because if they do this in the morning before work often they are exhausted all day at work (especially after ages 30 or 40). But, if they have a night to recover then they are okay and it is sort of a sleep aid too. However, women seem to prefer mornings to nights. (This is just an observation over the years).
So, it's sort of like there has to be some compromise for anything to take place at all.
Note: If you click the word button at the very top of the page you can get a clearer copy of the article. Often when combining different softwares of Blogger.com, Google Chrome or Firefox with different news sources (who could be compiling with literally anything) you are going to get this kind of problem. So, at the very top of the page is a word button in the upper left in a strange place I noticed to go directly to this article at yahoo.
Also, you will be able to get to any article you want as soon as I load another article for you to read.
2nd note: It's true that men and women want to have sex at different times of the day often. One reason for this is men who work every day. They prefer nights because if they do this in the morning before work often they are exhausted all day at work (especially after ages 30 or 40). But, if they have a night to recover then they are okay and it is sort of a sleep aid too. However, women seem to prefer mornings to nights. (This is just an observation over the years).
So, it's sort of like there has to be some compromise for anything to take place at all.
No comments:
Post a Comment