After devouring the entire book in one sitting, I have to agree. What appealed most to me was not blow-by-blow (or suck-by-suck) descriptions of sexual experiences, but the feelings surrounding sex that are caused by the night-time drama being played out in bedrooms everywhere.
It was a refreshing look into the truth that generally, men want sex more than women do - and what happens when discrepancies in sexual drive take centre-stage in a relationship.
On the other side of the coin there are revelations from men who feel duped, disappointed, and in despair at finding themselves spending their lives begging for sex from their loved partners. Forty-one year old Andrew wrote:
Sex isn't all doom and gloom. I love the way Ivan expressed his thoughts about making love:
Indeed.
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Sex Diaries: Sexual Fears
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Sex Diaries: Sex Tips for Her
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Sex Diaries: Sexual Boredom
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Sex Diaries: Painful Sex
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Sex Diaries: Vaginal Piercings
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Sex Diaries: My Wife Rejects Me
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Sex Diaries: Unfulfilling Sex
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Sex Diaries: Better Sex
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Sex Diaries: On Being Bisexual
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Sex Diaries: The Best Sex We Ever Had
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Sex Diaries: Talking Dirty
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Sex Diaries: Low Sex Drive
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Sex Diaries: Diary of a Sex Addict
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Sex Diaries: Sex with Older Women
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Sex Diaries: Bored with Sex
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Sex Diaries: I Lost my Libido
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Sex Diaries: Masturbation is a Gift
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Sex Diaries: My Boyfriend has a Sex Addiction
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Sex Diaries: Tantra
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Sex Diaries: Sexy Massage Fantasy
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Sex Diaries: Phone Sex
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Sex Diaries: I'm Having an Affair
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Sex Diaries: How to Seduce a Woman
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Sex Diaries: Huge Sex Drive
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Sex Diaries: Addicted to Sex?
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Sex Diaries: Lost Sex Drive
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Sex Drive: Single and Missing Sex
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Sex Diaries: I have a Sex Phobia
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Sex Diaries: Masturbation is better than Intercourse
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Sex Diaries: Compatible Libido
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Sex Diaries: Make-up Sex
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Sex Diaries: My Wife is Boring in Bed
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Sex Diaries: Celebrity Fantasies
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Sex Diaries: Low Libido
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Sex Diaries: I Only Orgasm in Dreams
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Sex Diaries: My Husband Likes to Play Rough
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Sex Diaries: How can I get more Romance?
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Sex Diaries: Losing my Self-Confidence
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