But if you are both happy being snuggled in slankets, lounging in loungewear, sharing close emotional intimacy rather than re-enacting the Kama Sutra in another room, you’re all good. That said, sometimes when you both do want to heat things up, switching gear from cosy intimacy to erotic intimacy can feel almost task-like. It may be counterintuitive, but it’s been my experience as a therapist that increased emotional intimacy is often accompanied by decreased sexual desire. Similar research in Turkey and Italy around the same time showed how sexual desire plummeted the longer we were locked up together. Turning off phones, TVs, taking the time to connect.”This does not mean you automatically have physical sex, it just means making time for sexual intimacy.

Source: Irish Examiner January 16, 2026 01:00 UTC