But now scientists have suggested that if you spend your entire life on frantic love-making, it might actually make you unhappy.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University instructed 32 married couples to double the amount of sex they were having, while a control group of 32 other couples kept having sex at their normal frequencies.
When questioned afterwards, the couples who had sex more weren’t happier – saying that the increase in frequency led to them feeling less desire for each other.
The couples also enjoyed having sex less when they were ‘doing it’ more.
‘The desire to have sex decreases much more quickly than the enjoyment of sex once it’s been initiated,’ said Tamar Krishnamurti of Carnegie Mellon University.
