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Does sexual compatibility simply mean wanting the same things?

Imagine a couple. One wants sex more often, the other less often. One loves morning sex, while the other can only really imagine it at night. One enjoys experimenting; the other prefers repeating what they already know works.


On paper, the match does not look particularly impressive.

But they can talk about these differences calmly, take turns initiating, do not treat rejection as a catastrophe, and find plenty of things they genuinely both enjoy.

Now imagine another couple: similar frequency, similar preferences, apparently similar temperaments — yet every conversation about sex ends in hurt feelings, anxiety or conflict.

Which couple is more compatible?

That is exactly why sexual compatibility is difficult to reduce to a simple test of whether two people happen to want the same things.

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