Therapists agree that there’s no such thing as a “normal” amount of sex for couples to have (though for reference, some research has found that only 26% of partners “do it” once a week).

But the moderators of the Reddit forum r/DeadBedrooms say their page is designed as a “Support group for Redditors who are in a relationship with sex ten times a year or less and one or both partners are unhappy with it”.

A “dead” bedroom is one in which sex is basically absent. Members of the online group talk of “ constant rejection ,” “ frustration ,” and even “ feeling like a husk of a man ”.

Some couples are happy with a sexless relationship, and putting a number on the “ideal” amount of sex partners should have can be problematic.

So, we thought we’d ask sex and relationship therapist

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