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Does anyone else keep a sex diary?

106 replies

Isitjustmethatdoesthis · 03/09/2026 16:29

Is it just me that keeps a sex diary?! Not in a written account of the sordid details way, but I'll put a little x on any days DH and I have had sex on my calendar.

I mentioned it to a friend recently and she thought it was really bizarre! I had to admit actually it is a little pointless!

It stemmed from when I was planning my pregnancy many years ago, but I cant seem to shake the habit now and like to keep track still 😂

Does anyone else do this or do I stand alone?!

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Diddlyumptious · 04/09/2026 18:21

Yes I do it but only because I need to take antibiotics afterwards to stop getting UTI's 😩

Gettingbysomehow · 04/09/2026 18:22

No I don't keep a sex diary because it would be blank.

amber763 · 04/09/2026 18:23

No, that's weird

holkhamhighkicks · 04/09/2026 18:23

Sezza57325 · 03/09/2026 16:58

I keep a spreadsheet and present the monthly graphs on 31st Dec

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

urgentoctapus · 04/09/2026 18:27

I do this as I’m not on contraception apart from condoms so it’s to keep track and prevent panic if my period is late

KittyCorncrake · 04/09/2026 18:28

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 03/09/2026 16:34

Yes, I write position, length (duration before anyone asks) and marks out of ten plus any injuries sustained.

😂😂

KittyCorncrake · 04/09/2026 18:30

Sezza57325 · 03/09/2026 16:58

I keep a spreadsheet and present the monthly graphs on 31st Dec

Just love these!!!!!!
So tempted to do this and project it on to the TV screen as a powerpoint 😂😂

ShitFacedShakespeare · 04/09/2026 18:30

"I'll put a little x on any days DH and I have had sex on my calendar."

Eww, I hope it's laminated.

Error404FucksNotFound · 04/09/2026 18:30

No.

Throwitback · 04/09/2026 18:32

I log it in my period tracking app, mostly so that I can check it re possible pregnancy scares!

GreatUserName · 04/09/2026 18:32

Good old fashioned notches on the bed post

Zippedydoobaah · 04/09/2026 18:35

SeriaMau · 03/09/2026 17:03

A New Year’s Eve PowerPoint presentation! I love it!

Is this presented on a projector when friends and family come over?

Contain4 · 04/09/2026 18:39

This is controlling behaviour.

I’m guessing you struggle when you feel things are out of your control.

I would stop doing it.
Could you start marking it at the end of the week- so you have to think back.
And then at the end of the month - so it’s getting longer between times.

CowTown · 04/09/2026 18:40

Throwitback · 04/09/2026 18:32

I log it in my period tracking app, mostly so that I can check it re possible pregnancy scares!

Same

SuePerblybuilt · 04/09/2026 18:43

Sort of. As a gift, I gave my husband sex every day for a year, no excuses (except force majuere, illness etc.) after idly picking up a book called ‘Just Do It’, written by a woman who did it.
I make a note of when we do it so he gets the full year, 365 days!
it started out as a joke, but has now become a much needed spicy turn of events, and we sometimes have more than once a day; after 30 odd years together, it has helped keep intimacy alive.

MissSold · 04/09/2026 18:51

yeah, I do. It’s a blank notebook 🤣

August1980 · 04/09/2026 18:53

Sezza57325 · 03/09/2026 16:58

I keep a spreadsheet and present the monthly graphs on 31st Dec

you woke the baby by making me snort out loud with laughter you need to come settle her back to sleep! I just can’t stop giggling

pompomtiddly · 04/09/2026 18:57

dh280125 · 03/09/2026 23:33

You're assuming a problem. Some of us just want to track our mojo. Data is a wonderful thing, whatever you end up making of it. I also track weight, exercise, finances etc and keep a daily journal.

Is that you, Bridget?

Notasbigasithink · 04/09/2026 19:09

Isitjustmethatdoesthis · 03/09/2026 16:29

Is it just me that keeps a sex diary?! Not in a written account of the sordid details way, but I'll put a little x on any days DH and I have had sex on my calendar.

I mentioned it to a friend recently and she thought it was really bizarre! I had to admit actually it is a little pointless!

It stemmed from when I was planning my pregnancy many years ago, but I cant seem to shake the habit now and like to keep track still 😂

Does anyone else do this or do I stand alone?!

I use to do this on a period calendar app! We did it 28 times in one month when we first got together.....
Now we have a 2yr old ots not worth plotting atm 🤦‍♀️

Sezza57325 · 04/09/2026 19:12

Zippedydoobaah · 04/09/2026 18:35

Is this presented on a projector when friends and family come over?

Yes I print it onto acetate sheets and then dim the lights 😄. Friends say it’s the highlight of their year but my family has been busy for the last few NYEs…

Garfieldloveslasagnepie · 04/09/2026 19:31

MantleStatue · 03/09/2026 17:07

No, sadly. Never occurred to me but Ive been married 22 years.

We are a childfree house this evening and I did have to say to DH that we might need to be a little 'creative' because he's been working abroad the past 7 months so I never bothered to keep up with my contraception. Cos what's the point, right? I'm 53 mind you, but don't need any little surprise last gasps of fertility taking their A-levels in 16 years.

gave you not not been through menopause yet?

TheSunIsAlwaysThere · 04/09/2026 19:33

Yes.

when I was 17...

Funnily enough, I'm shagging him again and I do keep a note of when we meet up. But not every time is sex. It is frowned an upon I assume in the nice fancy cafe we meet in sometimes.

Gloomydays · 04/09/2026 19:36
  1. No because im not 16.
  2. No because im not living with an abusive cunt anymore.
  3. sorry for the C word.
User55335533 · 04/09/2026 19:38

SuePerblybuilt · 04/09/2026 18:43

Sort of. As a gift, I gave my husband sex every day for a year, no excuses (except force majuere, illness etc.) after idly picking up a book called ‘Just Do It’, written by a woman who did it.
I make a note of when we do it so he gets the full year, 365 days!
it started out as a joke, but has now become a much needed spicy turn of events, and we sometimes have more than once a day; after 30 odd years together, it has helped keep intimacy alive.

If you have sex every day, why do you need to keep a note of when you do it? It’s every day.

Isitjustmethatdoesthis · 04/09/2026 19:56

Perhaps I should have stated "lighthearted" at the start of my thread jees, some posters have got a little prickly!

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