F Buddy - sex and Coronavirus

The effect of lockdown on sexual desire

EdBennett — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:07:57 +0000

Lockdown in the UK has brought with is a host of changes. The high streets are quiet, the restaurants are empty, the pubs are like ghost towns. Boris Johnson has recently announced an easing of the lockdown across the whole of the UK. England and Wales will start to open up and Scotland and Ireland will likely follow. The vaccination program in England in particular has been very successful, and we have a lot of the population vaccinated. When things open up things should get better. Till then, things are still mostly closed and our lives are far from being normal. Socialising is at an all-time low. The question for today’s article is: how has this affected our sex lives?

Many people think that lockdown has seen an increase in the amount of sex that people have been having in the last year. There is a logic to this. With nothing else to do but have sex, it makes sense that people are having more of it. With a lot of people also working from home, opportunities to have sex during the day also open up. Those with a fuck buddy have access to sex on tap all the time to have it. More friends-with-benefits relationships have blossomed in the recent year that in previous ones. Turning to a friend for some comfort in this time is natural, and good for you. Sex releases happy hormones that improve mental health and well being, it really is good for everyone! But what do the scientists think?

The Science

Studies have been done over the last year into how much people are having sex and sexual desire. A study conducted and posted by the Journal of Sex Research looked into sexual desire during COVID-19 and the effect it had on 500+ British people ages 18-32 years old. The study came out with some surprising results. It seems that whilst sexual desire from men remained consistent, sexual desire in women actually reduced rather than increased. There seemed to be a strong connection as well between those in serious relationships vs adult or casual relationships. Those in steady relationships displayed an increase in sexual activity, whilst those in casual relationships saw a significant drop in sexual activity. This does seem somewhat against accepted logic. However, the study did not distinguish between those in casual relationships who had an existing fuck buddy, or friends with benefits, against those without, and I think that this may also have played a factor.

So with the easing of lockdown, it does seem like access to sex and sexual activity is going to be on the increase, to the benefit of all. Bring on the coming months!

The Fuck Buddy Winners and Losers of COVID-19

EdBennett — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:23:24 +0000

18 Mar 2021 - 08:23 | Tags: COVID-19 sex, Coronavirus and sex, sex and Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has brought huge disruption to the day to day lives of people not just in this country, but the global population as a whole. Jobs have been lost, companies have been shut down, and certain industries have been decimated. On the social front, lockdown to the various strictness and degrees that it has been rolled out has separated friends and families, stopped people seeing loved ones and interacting with friends, and it has prevented people from meeting new people and partners. In so many ways, lockdown and the whole pandemic has sucked.

For those in the adult dating world, the change has been felt just as much as anywhere else. The ability to easily meet new people has been curtailed, the usually meeting places have been shut down, and the rules have been rewritten. Using a condom is no longer enough protection when shielding against in a curable STD is now secondary to shielding against a deadly virus that can kill you and can be transmitted not just in a kiss, but by breathing the same air as someone else. There have been clear winners and losers for those with fuck buddies or in the dating world, and we can broadly break those down into discrete groups of people.

Those with existing fuck buddies they liked before any kind of lockdown occurred.

These people were the clear winners. Lock down saw a lot of people work from home which freed up more time and energy with which to have sex. This meant that those with pre-existing fuck buddies or hook ups in place could take advantage of that and have a lot more sex, and at different times in the day to usual as well. They did very well on the sex front.

Those without a fuck buddy they liked before the pandemic occurred.

The barriers to entry shot up and it became significantly harder to meet people once the pandemic had started. Those who were caught in the unfortunate window of not having a fuck buddy generally did worse. They had to work a lot harder to find one, and there was almost certainly an extended gap between seeking and finding due to the increased difficulty.

Those who had a “friend” that they could convert.

A ‘friends with benefits’ relationship is one of the best around, especially if the person really was a friend beforehand. The lockdown has meant that converting a lose friendship or acquaintance into a friend with benefits has been much easier than in normal times. Suddenly it is a very real and good solution for both parties. So these people have done well, but they are a much smaller group than the two above.

So those broadly have been the winners and loser so the coronavirus pandemic. Ultimately, everyone can make it happen if they want. So if you are looking for a fuck buddy, why not jump online and send someone a message now?

Love in the time of lock down

EdBennett — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:08:15 +0000

27 Apr 2020 - 16:08 | Tags: sex and Coronavirus

With the UK on lockdown officially for another three weeks, as announced by the government just this week, the country is starting to accept that the end to the current lockdown may be further away than first thought. The three-week extension was phrased in a way that suggests that there may be another three-week extension, then another, then another… all the government have committed to is to review the lockdown in three-week intervals. The situation is fluid so things may change, and if they do, they may change quickly, but for now, we are looking at a lockdown well into next month at the least.

The lockdown has had a huge effect on our day to day lives. It has stopped many of us from working, it has prevented us from seeing our friends and families, the very basic day to day joys such as going to the pub or hanging out at your favorite meet up point has been stripped away. That the lockdown has also affected our sex lives is no surprise at all!

The coronavirus has an extremely polarising effect on people’s sex lives. For anyone not living with a lover, it has massively reduced the amount of sex that they are having. People are more hesitant to mix houses and the usual places that you might meet a new fuck buddy or hook up with someone are now all closed. Sex has become scarcer than ever at a point where people have more time than ever to be having sex! On the complete flip side, those of us with “live-in lovers” whether that is a full-time relationship, a fuck buddy in the same house, or even an easy booty call for a hook up with the neighbor, these people are having more sex than ever! Lockdown has provided the opportunity to get down and dirty and all times of the day and night! Those people on furlough or with jobs that can not be done at this time, have very little else to do right now, and sex is a great option. The possibility of injury or death has long been recognised as an aphrodisiac, causing people to want to have sex more. COVID-19 has made people more open to meeting a fuck buddy than ever before, as each person’s biology drives them to find a fuck buddy for their own.

So, if you are not having sex at the moment, and would like to be, my top tip is either “install” a fuck buddy at your place or allow yourself to be “installed” at someone else’s place! If you are living in the same place as your fuck buddy, you could be having a lot of fun right now… and if you don’t have one, now is a great time to pop a profile online to find one.