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My life in sex

Every week, a Guardian reader tells us what really goes on beneath the sheets

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    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
  • Illustration of man's pink face with black circle and arrow round it

    My life in sex: ‘Despite cottaging and cruising, I’ve never felt fully gay’

    The conflicted man
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    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’
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    My life in sex: the man who wears a chastity device

    ‘Rather than feeling sexually repressed, it’s given me a kind of freedom’
  • Woman illustration

    My life in sex: ‘Sex with my husband bores me stiff’

    The woman longing for a celibate marriage
  • Female

    My life in sex: ‘The Bible doesn’t speak of polygamy for women, but it works wonders for me’

    The Christian polyandrist
  • Woman

    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
  • Female, medium skin tone Female Skin2

    My life in sex: ‘I both long for romance and dread it’

    The 46-year-old virgin
  • Male, light skin tone

    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    ‘My inner Sid James has been replaced by a benign old gentleman’
  • Female

    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?
  • Illustration of the woman sign

    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
  • Male, medium skin tone

    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
  • My life in sex

    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
  • Male medium skin tone

    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
  • Illustration of dark-skinned man's face with circle and arrow around his head

    My life in sex: the insatiable husband

    I fantasise about my wife every day, and dread the onset of her period
  • Female, light skin tone

    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
  • Male, light skin tone

    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
  • Illustration of man's face with arrow round it

    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
  • Male illustration

    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
  • Female illustration

    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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