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1. Getting in the mood
   

   Sex can sometimes feel just like another thing on your to-do list. You're both tired. The kids aren’t asleep. You’ve got lots going on at work. You need to do the internet food shop. You haven’t shaved your legs for months. There’s just not the time. We can think of all sorts of excuses for not payi

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2. Seven relationship problems and how to solve them
   

   It is the rare couple that does not, sooner or later, run into a few bumps in the road. If you recognise ahead of time what those relationship problems can be, you will have a much better chance of weathering the storm, experts say. Ideally, a couple should discuss certain basic issues -- such as mo

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3. Loss of libido in men
   

   Men don't like to talk about it, and neither do their partners. However, loss of libido in men or inhibited sexual desire stresses a relationship more than any other sexual dysfunction, according to Barry McCarthy, co-author of Rekindling Desire: A Step by Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Mar

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4. The sexual-response cycle: What happens to our bodies during sex
   

   While most of us are sure that we like to have sex, most of us also haven't spent much time thinking about what happens physiologically while we are engaged in the act. Masters and Johnson (two groundbreaking sex therapists) coined the term "sexual-response cycle" to mean the sequence of events that

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5. Advice for a good relationship
   

   In the UK an estimated one in ten marriages end in divorce. Are the lucky couples who continue to love and lust and live in relative harmony just that - lucky people whom the fates have blessed? Over Cupid's dead body! Love is not a present that is handed to you; it is a special kind of learned beha

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6. Life after divorce: Three survival strategies
   

   16 years and three children into her marriage, Nancy Michaels' husband dealt her the blow of a lifetime. Out of the blue, he told her he wanted a divorce - but he wouldn't tell her or their children why he was leaving. Months later, a sudden and unexpected medical problem found Nancy close to death.

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7. How to stop fighting: Tips for couples
   

   Becky Robbins says she and her husband, Neil - married for eight years - rarely fight. That doesn't mean that there isn't conflict for the couple. It's just that she screams "kind of like the queen in Alice in Wonderland," uttering phrases reminiscent of "off with their heads" - and her husband resp

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8. Seeing green: All about jealousy
   

   So your best friend wears a size zero - and complains that it's too big on her! Your next-door neighbour is driving a Mercedes and your car can barely make it down the road. Your sister's headed for a week-long holiday in the Caribbean and you can't get further than the campsite a short drive away.

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9. Eat, exercise, relax and sleep your way to better sex
   

   Have you thought about leading a healthier lifestyle but haven't got around to doing it? Here's a possible incentive: Experts say people who are mentally and physically fit are more likely to have good sex lives. "If you feel good about yourself, you are in a better position to feel good about relat

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10. Broaching the ‘birds and the bees’
    

    Decades ago, when girls were 12 or so, their mothers would often hand over a little booklet which covered the basics of sex and menstruation. A couple of days later the mother would ask her daughter if she had any questions. Typically, the embarrassed girl would say no, and that was the end of her a

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