ABSTRACT

Enduring sexual desire, quality, and optimal satisfaction require flexible attitudes, behaviors, and feelings. Adopting an attitude of flexibility will help you relish the exceptional sexual times, embrace the honest reality that things don’t always go as we wish, that sex day-to-day varies in quality, and that your overall feelings as a couple are more important than any given sexual experience. Accept that your sexual feelings are variable, that they fluctuate from occasion to occasion, and that they are sometimes confusing. Regulate your feelings so they do not undermine flexibility or push you to negative behaviors. Sometimes you cooperate to celebrate joys in your bedroom, and at another time you cooperate to “make the best of it” when things don’t go well.