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Couple explain why they have sex less than once a week as severe warning highlighted in study

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Published 17:28 10 Jun 2025 GMT+1

Couple explain why they have sex less than once a week as severe warning highlighted in study

A new study revealed how much you should be having sex a week, according to a sample size of 500 women

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

A husband has revealed a pretty good reason why he and his wife might go without sex for a month, after a study has warned against doing just that.

While sex drive varies from person to person, participants of the 2025 study claim there is a direct correlation between happiness and how much sex you're having.

So the results, which came as a bit of a shock, have been published in the International Journal of Sexual Health in September 2024.

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And it turns out that 85 percent of the 500 sampled women said they were 'satisfied' by having sex every week.

A new study has linked sex to happiness (Getty Stock Images)
A new study has linked sex to happiness (Getty Stock Images)

But a far less 66 percent were pleased from having intercourse once a month.

Then the group of women who were having sex less than once a month had a satisfaction level of just 17 percent.

Alexandra Janssen, a researcher at the University of Manchester, is the author of the study titled 'The Satisfaction of Women’s Orgasms: The Relationship Between Women’s Orgasmic Pleasure and Sexual Relationship Satisfaction in Aotearoa/New Zealand'.

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Janssen did note that 'while more frequent sex is linked to higher relationship satisfaction, this could just as likely be because those in more satisfying relationships tend to have sex more often, not that increasing frequency alone will necessarily boost happiness'.

The less sex women were having, the more unhappy there were, according to the study (Getty Stock Images)
The less sex women were having, the more unhappy there were, according to the study (Getty Stock Images)

It comes after one husband on Reddit certainly echoed those thoughts after sharing how happy he was with the spontaneous nature of his marriage.

"After getting older and being super busy, the time I spend with my wife has become less about sexual intercourse and more about intimacy with time and communication," the anonymous person said in response to a thread titled 'Are there couples here who have sex once a week or less'.

A husband opened up about his healthy sex life on Reddit (Getty Stock Images)
A husband opened up about his healthy sex life on Reddit (Getty Stock Images)

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"I love her more than I ever have and I know that I am loved deeply. Intercourse just comes when we are in the mood and that is also relative from person to person."

On how often they have sex, he added: "Sometimes we make it happen a couple times a week and sometimes we go a month to a couple without it.

"She is my best friend so I love whatever I do with her.

"Comparing is good to set a standard for most things in life but comparison can be the theft of joy."

Signing off with a brilliant piece of advice, he said: "If you are happy don't think about it.

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"If you aren't happy then discuss with your spouse on your desires."

If what he says is true, his missus is a lucky woman.

Featured Image Credit: Getty/Witthaya Prasongsin

Topics: Sex and Relationships, Reddit, Dating trends

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish is a Journalist at LADbible Group and is a GG2 Young Journalist of the Year 2025. He has a Master's degree in Multimedia Journalism and a Bachelor's degree in International Business Management. Apart from that, his life revolves around the ‘Four F’s’ - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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