When it comes to sex, everyone probably asks themselves the same question, but rarely says it out loud: How much sex do you have to have to be enough? What is "normal"?

Many people complain that they don't have enough sex in their married life or even that they have too much sex. But if you ask two people and then their partners, the answer will be almost the same - 2 times a week. For one party, the answer is a bit awkward, because they would really like to do it every day, while the other side points to constant pressure from their partner, so much so that they would like to reduce it to once a month. The truth is, we are SO different.

According to the Kinsey Institute, in a recent study, 18- to 29-year-olds have sex an average of 112 times a year, 30 to 39-year-olds reach an average of 86 times a year, and 40- to 49-year-olds an average of 69 times a year. 13 percent of married couples have sex several times a year, 45 percent a few times a month, 34 percent two to three times a week, and 7 percent four or more times a week.

Almost half of married couples have sex several times a month. Does this surprise you? It seems so. When you go back in time and remember when you had a better sex life... ask yourself: how often did you have sex then?

What happens to us? We all know! Work, children, fatigue, illness, hormonal changes – all these factors threaten our sex life.

However, the institute's specialists tested a group of adults for sexual activity, addressing three basic questions:

How much sex makes you happy?

How much sex makes you feel fulfilled and satisfied?

What is the minimum sex you need, if you know it won't last forever (cases when the partner is sick)?

The responses were surprisingly predictable, although the study focused mostly on married couples with children, so it's a slightly biased result. And more men than women were asked (this needs no explanation). And here's what they said:

Happy from sexual activity: 3 to 5 times sex a week

Satisfied: 1 time a week

Minimum: 1 time per month