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At what age do you think most couples stop having sex?

227 replies

feelingstifled · 24/01/2024 22:45

Just that really. My DH and I had a very long dry spell, but with the help of a supplement (for him) we are now at it daily and we are in our 50’s. Would love this to last.

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MadamVastra · 24/01/2024 22:47

Are you flogging this supplement?

Welshphoenix · 24/01/2024 22:48

Crikey my hubby and i are in our mid 60's and can't imagine life without it, so hopefully it will be a long time yet

Loubelou14 · 24/01/2024 22:48

50s isn't old but you've said that as though it is. Not sure it was intended that way. I hope to remain active with my partner until we're very old. Could we into our 80s? Not sure what the norm is though.

feelingstifled · 24/01/2024 22:48

Welshphoenix · 24/01/2024 22:48

Crikey my hubby and i are in our mid 60's and can't imagine life without it, so hopefully it will be a long time yet

Fantastic!!!

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CuriositysCat · 24/01/2024 22:48

I don’t know but have often wondered. I have close friends who are a married couple in their 80s. They are devoted to each other and so much fun. I assume that they don’t have sex. Not sure that it would be possible any more. I wonder if they miss it or whether you sort of ‘grow out of it’.

feelingstifled · 24/01/2024 22:50

Loubelou14 · 24/01/2024 22:48

50s isn't old but you've said that as though it is. Not sure it was intended that way. I hope to remain active with my partner until we're very old. Could we into our 80s? Not sure what the norm is though.

I think I had resigned myself to no sex when my DH had problems. Now thanks to this pill he takes he’s back in the room and I’m so bloody grateful and I don’t want it to stop!

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feelingstifled · 24/01/2024 22:52

I think my Dad put a stop to their love life in his 50’s but he was a fat alcoholic. Feel so sorry for my mum and she was so pretty too!

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Josette77 · 24/01/2024 22:52

CuriositysCat · 24/01/2024 22:48

I don’t know but have often wondered. I have close friends who are a married couple in their 80s. They are devoted to each other and so much fun. I assume that they don’t have sex. Not sure that it would be possible any more. I wonder if they miss it or whether you sort of ‘grow out of it’.

My 75 yo mom is getting married again to an 82 yo man. They have sex. They are kind of like horny teenagers to be honest.

I hope I'm still up for it at that age. I can't imagine my life without it.

puffylovett1 · 24/01/2024 22:53

What’s the pill?! Please share 🙈

GreatAuntMaude · 24/01/2024 22:55

Mid 50s, been with OH 35 years. About three times a fortnight these days...though he would go for more!

TheTimeIsNowMaybeNow · 24/01/2024 22:56

I have no idea , I cba atm and um only 45. I'm not I'm a relationship though so it's more cba with the fwb stuff right now.

MMmomDD · 24/01/2024 22:56

OP - are you getting paid to promote this ‘magical’ pill?
Men in their 50s should generally not need pills to have a libido, if their health is OK.
And if they do have issues - there are GPs - for blood tests to rule out conditions, and to supplement testosterone if needed. Viagra is also now available without prescription.

feelingstifled · 24/01/2024 22:56

puffylovett1 · 24/01/2024 22:53

What’s the pill?! Please share 🙈

Oh yes sorry! It’s Tidalafil 5mg. Absolute game changer. It took about 3 months of him taking it for it to work. It brings sex drive back and cures ED. We’ve gone from having sex about 8 times a year to every day!

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MonsteraMama · 24/01/2024 22:56

I still remember the absolute scandal in my family when it was revealed that my then 92 year old great grandmother had been discovered sneaking off to have sex with her 80-something "gentleman friend" in the care facility she was living in.

I don't think it has an age limit so long as everything still works.

OrlandointheWilderness · 24/01/2024 22:57

Tbh my grandparents made me cringe slightly growing up, but looking back I am so glad they are who they are. They were definitely having sex in their late 70s (my DM, DGM and I were very much women together when we had tea) and are still flirty and clearly, clearly love and adore each other in their late 80s. I suspect their love life is not over and done with but ill health may have dampened it.

feelingstifled · 24/01/2024 23:00

Love stories of older people having sex. No I don’t sell any pills what a weird thing to say. My DH gets them from Numan.

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Myyearmytime · 24/01/2024 23:02

Diabetes in men kills a lot of sex drives off but as you have found Cialis or viagra has cure that
But there are side effects ...

LuluBlakey1 · 24/01/2024 23:04

I heard my grandma say she and my grandad 'had stopped all of that when he had his big operation.' He was 86.

LuluBlakey1 · 24/01/2024 23:06

My friend's grandma was widowed at 88 and had a new 'boyfriend' by 89. He stayed at her house 3 x a week until she died at 93. He was 88 when she died.

MrsOff · 24/01/2024 23:09

Good god, I don't want it every day! Once a fortnight is plenty.

theDudesmummy · 24/01/2024 23:10

My DF told my DH about 15 years ago that he and DM no longer have sex. I find that sad. They were in their mid-sixties then.

I am 60, DH is 53, and we have sex a few times a week. Don't envisage stopping any time. Work around the aches, pains, diminished flexibility etc!

feelingstifled · 24/01/2024 23:11

So happy to hear this!

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CirrusCumulus · 24/01/2024 23:17

I take my hat off to them but don't these older ladies get UTIs due to reducing oestrogen?

ireallycantthinkofaname · 24/01/2024 23:29

feelingstifled · 24/01/2024 22:50

I think I had resigned myself to no sex when my DH had problems. Now thanks to this pill he takes he’s back in the room and I’m so bloody grateful and I don’t want it to stop!

tbf it does come across a bit like you're marketing them though but regardless it's nice to read about a POSITIVE relationship on here for once!!!!

BronwenTheBrave · 24/01/2024 23:34

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