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How many over 65 still have sex?

134 replies

Mancity08 · 08/05/2026 18:49

As title says really just out of interest

how old are you and how old is your OH

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Ilikeanicecupofteainthemorning · 13/05/2026 18:36

I mean, does it somehow make you feel better to think that anyone over 40 must be having crap sex? Interesting.

BettyButterBum · 13/05/2026 18:41

We are 60 and 64 and enjoy long, lazy, comfortable sex 2 or 3 times a week. Love it!

bumptybum · 13/05/2026 18:46

Musicaltheatremum · 08/05/2026 22:12

I was widowed at 48 and for years hadn't been interested in sex as husband was very ill. Came off antidepressants 5 years after his death and libido soared. Met new husband in 2018 and things just took off. Last few years I don't always feel like it but it makes me feel good when it does happen so I tend to relax and enjoy the moment.

Ah so it’s a fresh relationship. That makes a huge difference!!

bumptybum · 13/05/2026 18:49

Babyboomer50 · 09/05/2026 23:51

75 & 76 and usually every few nights . No pills . Would be every night if we didn't have other things on .

May I ask how long these sessions are. And how active? Are you extraordinarily fit septuagenarians?

EvieBB · 13/05/2026 21:28

Musicaltheatremum · 08/05/2026 18:58

62 me 67 husband 2-3 times a week. Everything working very well!

Wow
.... you're so.lucky that you both still have a good libido at that age.....I'm v envious and 10 yrs younger.....(I'm on SRI's so that kills your libido unfortunately:( but at least it stops me having unmanageable brain fog since becoming pre/menopausal)

Gettingbysomehow · 14/05/2026 10:28

I dreamt I had sex last night and was so completely repulsed by it 😂

Lessstressedhemum · 14/05/2026 10:33

I do not like that i know this but my dad's partner has absolutely no filter. Dad is 82, she is 79 and "everything is working fine in that department " apparently.

ValleyoftheShadow · 14/05/2026 11:01

I know my parents don't in their 70s. I'm early 50s and I think we might have done it once this year, but I can't remember if that was really early this year or end of last year. I don't really care. The only thing I care about is the nagging feeling we 'should' be having sex, but why let society tell me how I should feel or be? We have a happy companionship. That's enough for me right now.

RaraRachael · 14/05/2026 11:29

@ValleyoftheShadow That's exactly how I feel too. I don't miss it one bit. I find it odd that some people think you can't have a nice loving relationship without sex.

You can and we do.

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