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My life in sex
Every week, a Guardian reader tells us what really goes on beneath the sheets
5 March 2021
My life in sex: the woman who lost her virginity twice
How did the second time compare with losing my “first” virginity? It was certainly more memorable
22 January 2021
My life in sex: ‘Despite cottaging and cruising, I’ve never felt fully gay’
The conflicted man
15 January 2021
My life in sex: the 32 year-old man who only fancies older women
‘To me, young women all look the same; but older women are distinctive and uniquely beautiful – they have become the people they are meant to be’
1 January 2021
My life in sex: the man who wears a chastity device
‘Rather than feeling sexually repressed, it’s given me a kind of freedom’
4 December 2020
My life in sex: ‘Sex with my husband bores me stiff’
The woman longing for a celibate marriage
6 November 2020
My life in sex: ‘The Bible doesn’t speak of polygamy for women, but it works wonders for me’
The Christian polyandrist
23 October 2020
My life in sex: the woman who found yoga helped with orgasms
I was aware of every muscle in my body and began to understand the interplay with my breathing
2 October 2020
My life in sex: ‘I both long for romance and dread it’
The 46-year-old virgin
18 September 2020
My life in sex: I'm taking testosterone blockers - and my sex life is over
‘My inner Sid James has been replaced by a benign old gentleman’
11 September 2020
My life in sex: the ethical non-monogamist
I’m happily dating four people, who are aware of each other. How can we expect one partner to meet all our desires?
28 August 2020
My life in sex: the queer woman who’s scared of vaginas
I’m not sure where the fear comes from exactly, even after months of therapy
21 August 2020
My life in sex: the man with a shoe fetish
I have no interest in wearing heels, or any women’s clothing. But I like to handle them
14 August 2020
My life in sex: the 'monogamish' woman
When my husband first suggested swinging, it took me 10 years to agree – and then I was instantly hooked
7 August 2020
My life in sex: the man who finally opened up about his erectile dysfunction
Because I kept buying her flowers and putting off being intimate, she thought I might be having an affair
31 July 2020
My life in sex: the insatiable husband
I fantasise about my wife every day, and dread the onset of her period
24 July 2020
My life in sex: the woman whose husband has given up
We have occasional hugs and brief kisses, but that’s it. He doesn’t seem to care
10 July 2020
My life in sex: the man in a 12-year menage a trois
He visits my wife and I once a month or more. It’s an arrangement that has saved our marriage
26 June 2020
My life in sex: the man who runs his wife's OnlyFans account
It became an erotic fantasy: I liked my wife being on the internet, knowing only I could have what her subscribers wanted
19 June 2020
My life in sex: 'I want to give a woman the orgasm of her life, but I don’t want to disobey the gospel'
The Mormon waiting for the right woman
29 May 2020
My life in sex: the woman in recovery from sexual abuse
All my attempts at intimacy have been fraught with shame and secrecy
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