Couples That Joke About Their Sex Lives Are More Likely to Be Satisfied with Them, New Study Suggests

If you can laugh about your sex life, that might be a good thing.

Couples who joke about their sex life are more likely to be satisfied with it, according to a study recently published in Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.

Citing “inside jokes/rituals, physical humor [and] smoothing over awkward moments” as an example, research has shown that they offer “increased comfort, fun and closeness” for those in romantic relationships.

The study surveyed 196 participants, whose relationships were at least four months long – and, on average, longer than two years. Most of the participants were heterosexual women, with an average age of about 20 years.

Through online surveys, participants overwhelmingly said that positive jokes about their sex lives led to overall increased satisfaction in their romantic relationships.

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“More frequent use of positive relational humor (by self and partner) was associated with more frequent and more positively valenced sexual humor, while more frequent use of negative relational humor by partners predicted lower relationship and sexual satisfaction,” the study states.

The researchers similarly found that when it comes to sexual satisfaction, “more positively valenced sexual humor predicted sexual satisfaction over and above relationship satisfaction and relational humor.”

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The study also shared tips for those struggling to find a comfort level with their partner during intimate moments.

“Sexual humor can help alleviate discomfort with potentially embarrassing situations and facilitate individual comfort as well as connection with a partner,” the researchers said.

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The study concluded that “relationship and sexual humor are related to both relationship and sexual satisfaction.”

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