The Art of the Quickie
How to get the most out of sex on the run
Do you want to tickle your fancy with your partner, but you don’t feel like you have enough time to do the deed properly? Although many couples may think sex needs to be a whole, long production to be enjoyable, according to marriage and family psychotherapist Sharon Gilchrest O’Neill, author of A Short Guide to a Happy Marriage: The Essentials for Long-Lasting Togetherness*, you can still get your itch scratched quickly if you’re short on time. I spoke to her to find out why quickies can be just as satisfying as longer lovemaking sessions and how we can get the most out of our quickies.
How would you define a quickie? How short does a sex session have to be to qualify as a quickie?
Most simply defined, a quickie is a brief moment, a shortened act of sexual intercourse. For some couples that might mean five minutes, for others 15 — it is completely dependent on myriad variables within that couple’s normal sexual life.
“A quickie may, on the surface, seem unlovingly performed and hastily accomplished.”
When should people have quickies?
Quickies are great when a couple wants to connect sexually, but finds that time and kids and work are getting in the way…
