Does sex really keep your mind sharp?

I suspect that it's all about being happy (mental and physical satisfaction and all) rather than the act per se. I will have a closer read of the article but I'm not sure how it would work otherwise. Seems a bit odd

I just have to remember how to do it!

Hmm, not too sure about that - I can't see what medical benefit it could have? Think I'll stick with my sudoku

I cant imagine having sex once a week will remind me what I am buying for Sunday Lunch whilst shopping in Morrisons

Luckygirl, that did make me laugh

Lucky . If we had sex once a week we wouldn't have to worry about cognitive function - it would kill us both!!

Lucky, gd

Its not working for me!

I guess it exercises the memory trying to remember when was the last time

Good comments folks ?.

Well I suppose I'd have to find someone to do it with first and I'd need new underwear and a spa treatment and new sheets and have to shift all the books around my bed. In fact I don't think I'll bother. Losing my marbles earlier is easier

Well, it's an interesting idea, and I am prepared to give it a go even more often now.....a win win situation.

Looking at comments on here there's nothing wrong with your brains .

We must be at it like rabbits then hula! Well, some of them must be!!

trisher I totally agree with you, there is little point spending so much money when we are more than happy as we are. It takes a lot to beat a good book.

Well I can do the Times crossword in under 5 minutes, answer all the questions on University Challenge and win every pub quiz within ten miles - are you wondering what I've been up to?

? Teetime!! And all this time you told us you were playing golf! My foot! [grim]

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Does thinking about it a lot count (you have to do something when the fish aren't biting!) or does that not have the same effect?

I could only do about 3 clues in the Times crossword today but Dh almost finished it

Does he now Teetime?

That should be know not now!!!

If true, explains much,i was widowed forty years ago !

This is an aside - a doctor friend (retired GP) is writing her memoirs and I'm reading the first draft ... in it she writes about a patient, an 86 year old woman who was still sexually active. I was like

The only way sex kept my mind working was trying to think up new excuses to avoid it!