Why Women Lose Interest in Sex
Why women lose their interest in sex ... and what can be done about it!


Updated on October 7, 2010, 12:05 pm ET
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Disinterested

Oh the beginning ... just the touch of his hand makes you want to go at it on every surface in your apartment. But soon enough, things settle down and you're content enough to keep it contained to the bedroom. And then, even your pillow-top, memory foam Tempropedic isn't seeing any action. If you're like many women, your relationship is pressing on, but your sex drive seems to be left in the dust. Why does this happen? Are women falling out of love? Or just out of sex? The following are the top three reasons women stop wanting sex, and what you can do to regain your libido.

Problem #1: It was "the spark" that lit your fire.
According to Tammy Nelson, psychotherapist and author of Getting The Sex You Want, as we're falling in love, "we feel an attraction to someone that is primarily directed by brain chemistry. The spike in hormones and an intense release of dopamine, serotonin and adrenalin gives us that in love sensation that's characterized by compulsive thoughts and sexual attraction." In laymen's terms, all those feelings of euphoria and the excitement of a new guy makes you want it - bad. Then, as the initial excitement wears off, and you become more used to the relationship, there's not as much spark to ignite your sex drive.

Solution: While there may be no way to recreate the initial excitement of a new relationship (it's just not the same once you've farted in front of each other), you can recreate the newly dating sex. Have sex in a new place, in a new way, with a new toy, while watching a hot video, or while wearing something sexy. Nelson also suggests sharing your fantasies with each other and veering away from ordinary sex.

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Ann13
#1. Ann13 on 08/27/2009 - 10:14 am (EDT)
Wonderful .. I definitely lost a little drive there, so these solutions are great! :)
blondeelicious
#2. blondeelicious on 08/27/2009 - 12:53 pm (EDT)
The hardest for me was reason #1... I don't have a lot of relationship experience (I was single for 4 years before I met my honey) and I was used to dating and always had that spark of newness flowing steadily. It was hard for me to settle into an actual relationship and understand that it's not because I'm falling out of love or he's not the one for me. We have both agreed that sex is really important for us and that sometimes we just aren't going to feel like it, and that's ok. But we also make a conscious effort to turn eachother on, fantasize, and take risks (like doing it ontop of the mountain after a hike!). Yummy :)
ursulamajor
#3. ursulamajor on 08/27/2009 - 5:45 pm (EDT)
I have had a ton of married women agreeing with me on this point. Every time their husband touches them (hugs, kisses, etc.) here comes the groping, grinding, tongue down your throat, let's get it on baybee. So the women avoid even the smallest touch, so the husbands grab again at every chance and viscious circle begins! If only men would know the power of the casual hug, the kiss on the forehead, looking your wife in the eye and saying you love her, then walking away. Let her know that every encounter doesn't have to lead to sex for you. Be sweet and loving. Leave her in the morning knowing that you care about HER not her ability to satisfy you and your chances of some lovin' that evening will increase greatly.
LookitsCynthia
#4. LookitsCynthia on 08/27/2009 - 8:46 pm (EDT)
this is very insightful! I have a lot of girlfriends who've ended relationships because the sex got boring/bad. I'll be forwarding this to them!!
SookieStackhouse
#5. SookieStackhouse on 08/29/2009 - 1:35 pm (EDT)
I agree with ursula somewhat, but I also think that men stop trying. Since (apparently) most of them are only interested in the actual intercourse/sex part, they forget that women both need and want to be 'warmed up'a bit. Foreplay can be a conversation on the phone, a love note, a gesture, a single flower - it doesn't have to be a lot of hugging and kissing (although that works too). We women can take that small gesture or love note and work ourselves up all day long thinking of now nice it was and how we'd love to get it on afterwards. Men need to work at it a little bit more, the same way we might make his favorite dinner or sit and watch the ballgame with him. They need to THINK. They know how - they did it BEFORE you were married (or got settled into a relationship)
Munna
#6. Munna on 09/07/2009 - 8:57 am (EDT)
maza aya
chocolate4538
#7. chocolate4538 on 09/12/2009 - 5:54 pm (EDT)
you are rite on the money Ursulamajor
clari_ortiz1987
#8. clari_ortiz1987 on 09/19/2009 - 9:34 am (EDT)
artical is great defenitly answered my questions and concerns
Jack
#9. Jack on 10/30/2009 - 4:19 am (EDT)
Despite me being romantic, caring, tender, and communicating my g/f has almost no interest in sex. I've tried everything and all in a non-pressured way.

To all of the women who read this article, take notice of the danger that comes with shrugging off intimacies. Ignore your man or allow your sex life to become routine and you will have killed off something that should have been wonderful between the two of you.
lisa_b
#10. lisa_b on 10/30/2009 - 11:42 pm (EDT)
I once thought, much like many of you, that a decrease in sexual interest toward our partner was just a natural part of every long relationship. Sure, things are hot for a while(if they are hot to begin with!), but things just get old. NOT TRUE!! Two things have shown me the light: 1. Sex meditation--look it up, it works. 2. I met God's gift to women, Beau D. Can you say 'multiple, polygasmic orgasms'? I can, and have for years now! Sorry bitches, his winky is mine now, so go meditate!!!

 


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