Image:Winter sex. It’s like normal sex… on ice. (via Titanic)
When it’s bone-chillingly cold and blustery outside, the thought of getting hot and heavy becomes quite appealing.
Anyone who’s done an outdoor survival course knows body heat is the ultimate way to stay warm, especially the skin-on-skin kind. Plus, any excuse to have sex is great.
Except… having sex during winter isn’t actually that enjoyable. Case in point…
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1. You don’t actually want to get naked.
Layering up is essential to fighting the chill, so it seems very counter-intuitive to remove said layers for a prolonged period of time. How can you possibly feel hot when you feel so cold?
Plus, winter un-dressing is incredibly time-consuming. Boots, socks, jeans, maybe stockings under jeans, T-shirt, jumper, jacket, possibly another coat on top, scarf, beanie, undies... and that's just one of you. By the time you're both done, it's basically spring again.
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2. You also don't really want your lover to physically touch you.
Nothing kills the urge to have sex like frozen fingers running down your back. Three months of abstinence is beginning to sound appealing...
3. The cold toes/bed socks conundrum.
The body's extremities tend to suffer the wrath of cold weather. Particularly for those of us with poor circulation, this presents a conundrum: do I wear bed socks during sex, a behaviour widely lauded as 'unsexy'; or do I risk my phelanges getting even colder, and coming into contact with my beloved's vulnerable skin?