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By Cory Silverberg, About.com Guide to Sexuality since 2005

Sex Tips for the Rest of Us: Mess with your sex life, part 1

Wednesday August 23, 2006

Most people who have been in long term monogamous relationships experience a feeling of being stuck at one point or another. For some it’s a decline in sexual activity, for others it’s a feeling a boredom after doing the same thing over and over again. One of the theories about why this happens is that humans naturally learn and habituate their sexual behaviors and sexual response, so once we find something that works for us we simply do it over and over again. Not surprisingly, we can end up feeling like we’re in a sexual rut, as if this is our one and only way of having sex, or getting sexual satisfaction.

This sex tip has had many variations over the years, but the central theme is about disrupting your regular sexual patterns. If that doesn’t sound like that much fun, stick with me, regardless of the outcome, trying this one out usually brings interesting (and sometimes hilarious) results.

Read the complete Sex Tip for the Rest of Us: Mess with your Sex Life, part 1

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