Keep Your Lust Alive in a Long-Term Relationship

We all know those couples who start out hot and heavy, barely able to keep their hands off each other long enough to watch a movie. But what about after a few years or even a few decades of being together?

The road to lifelong passion is rarely a smooth one. While some couples never seem to tire of each other, other duos seem to lose their sexual momentum over the years. Children, long days and nights at the office, and competing schedules can wreak havoc on a couple's sex life.

There is, in fact, a biological basis for the waning libido, says Ian Kerner, Ph.D., a sex therapist in New York City and author of She Comes First (HarperCollins, 2004) and He Comes Next (HarperCollins, 2006).

"It's actually very natural for people to lose a bit of the spark," he says. "When you first meet, you excrete a lot of dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter that generates a feeling of arousal, excitement and exhilaration. As you move into a long-term relationship, dopamine levels lower and a lot of couples get stuck in the 'desire gap,' which means they now have to work at it, whereas before they didn't."

So how do you keep the passion flowing in a long-term relationship? Take these five tips.

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