This is how we do it: ‘We were childhood sweethearts – and 28 years later we’re still having sex every day’

Sarah, 45

It took me a while to figure out what turned me on – I was well into my 20s when I first had an orgasm with him

Respecting each other’s boundaries and individuality is one of the reasons we’ve been so happy together for 28 years. Admittedly, things got off to a comically rocky start when I marched up to Scott at an arcade in the late 90s and began drunkenly smothering him with kisses. I spent the next day mortified, but he soon asked me out on a date. Shortly after my 17th birthday I lost my virginity to him by his fireplace. He’s the only partner I’ve had; the only one I ever want to have.

The sex has got better, and more frequent, over the years. Nothing compares to the intimacy you experience when you’re lying there in the afterglow with someone you really trust. But it too