21 Ways To Initiate Sex With Your Spouse

There seems to be endless information available about how to have great sex with your spouse. But for many couples, the hardest part is knowing how to initiate sex.

21 Ways To Initiate Sex With Your Spouse

You might often feel too tired, preoccupied, or even too busy to initiate sex regularly. Some marriages can even face serious rough patches if one (or both) of the spouses does not know how to initiate.

If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. According to a recent poll, 87% of the ONE Family has struggled to initiate sex with their spouse at some point in their marriage.

Ultimately, sex is part of a healthy marriage. For many husbands and wives, it makes them feel more desired, more loved, more confident, and less stressed.

So the next time you are ready to initiate sex, try a new approach and see what happens! We’ve compiled some of the top ideas below:

21 Ways to Initiate Sex with Your Spouse

21. The next time you feel frisky, try something new for foreplay. It could be passionate kissing, petting, hugging, or oral sex.

20. Speaking of oral sex, do not be afraid of it! Be sure to give and receive.

19. Put on your favorite lingerie or sexy underwear. 

18. Send your spouse a spicy text that tells them just how much you want them. 

17. Whenever your spouse starts to hint, say YES, enthusiastically. 

16. Give your spouse a full-body massage.

15. Try out a new code to let the other know when you are in the mood.

14. Greet your spouse in the nude when they come to bed.

13. Undress your spouse slowly.

12. Suggest trying something new together, such as edging, role-play, or a new sex position.

11. Show a bit of public affection to build anticipation.

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10. Go on a romantic date, all leading up to a special night.

9. Reminisce about that one time you both had a great time (sexually) together.

8. Pull out your favorite sex toy. 

7. Kiss your spouse’s back to wake them up.

6. Write your spouse a sexy love note.

5. Give subtle hints to your spouse throughout the day

4. Take a steamy shower or bath and wash each other’s bodies.

3. Whisper a bit of dirty talk into their ear. 

2. Send them a picture of what you are wearing under your clothes. 

1. Just tell them! Let your spouse know when you are horny without beating around the bush. 

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Strengthening your sexual intimacy is a learned skill. With these ideas, you can try something new and begin creating the extraordinary marriage you desire and deserve.

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