Sex helps you feel closer to your partner. It is the most intimate physical act you and your partner can experience. Without it, its easy to lose sight of your connection. Relationships and a healthy sex life take constant work.

At what point in a relationship do most people have sex?

In fact, as noted in Figure 1, recent studies have found that between 30 and 40% of dating and married couples report having sex within one month of the start of their relationship, and the numbers are even higher for currently cohabiting couples.