Married Sex Gets Better, Eventually

First, the news: after interviewing 1,656 married Americans ages 57 to 85, sociologists at Louisiana State University, Florida State University and Baylor University have determined that for many married couples, sex gets better. Did someone ask “When”?  That’s the tricky part. As Jan Hoffman reports in the New York Times, the uptick–no not an unheaval- was found in couples who had been together for at least 50 years. Yes, five decades. And as the researchers put it: “an individual married for 50 years will have somewhat less sex than an individual married for 65 years.” The Times quotes Samuel Stroope, the lead author and an assistant professor of sociology at L.S.U. say this: “Sexual frequency doesn’t return to two to three times a month, but it moves in that direction.” Could be worse news.