“You don’t care if the lights are on or off when you’re naked together because you make each other feel confident in all circumstances.”— Mélanie Berliet, thoughtcatalog.com
“Women who loved their sexual partners also said they felt less inhibited and more willing to explore their sexuality.”— Rick Nauert, psychcentral.com
“When you’re with the right person, sex won’t be the same twice. Some days, it’ll be rough. Animalistic. And other days you’ll take things slow. You’ll touch each other gently and whisper about your love as you rock back and forth.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you have sex with someone you love, you’re not busy thinking about how you’re going to sneak out of their bedroom and ignore their texts the next day. You’re thinking about how much you care about them. About how your bodies feel like they belong together.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“When you’re with the right person, you aren’t having sex in order to fulfill a primal need. You’re having sex, because you can’t imagine wasting another second apart from your partner. You don’t want to wait any longer to press your lips and thighs and hips together.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“There's no rush. You can take your time, hang out, have sex until you pass out, at which point you can (and should) order post-coital delivery grub, obvs.”— Beca Grimm, bustle.com
“You can try new stuff! You might feel a little nervous to attempt a different position or experiment with toys (which you should def do) with someone you don't feel emotionally connected with. When you know someone completely, fully has your back and is going to protect you, you can let your physica…”— Beca Grimm, bustle.com
“Nerves are non-existent. This person you love—with whom I'm assuming a sturdy foundation of trust is already in place—has seen you at your most vulnerable.”— Beca Grimm, bustle.com
“Since you’ve already had lots of sex together, and are likely going to have a lot more, each individual occasion doesn’t carry nearly as much pressure.”— Jessica Blankenship, thoughtcatalog.com
“With casual sex, cuddling is usually off the table, but when you’re with someone you love or care about, it’s a necessity. This brings you even closer together and makes the overall sexual experience that much more meaningful.”— Angelica Bottaro, bolde.com
“Having an emotional connection with someone means that you aren’t scared to tell him what you like and how you want him to do it to you. Being able to open up will only make the experience better for both of you.”— Angelica Bottaro, bolde.com
“When you give yourself to someone you love, there’s a level of trust that you just can’t get during casual sex. Trust in the bedroom is important because you feel safe and secure when being vulnerable with each other.”— Angelica Bottaro, bolde.com
“You never feel pressured to do anything you're not 100 percent hot for in bed.”— Emma Barker, cosmopolitan.com
“You never feel insecure because he knows how to make you feel like a Victoria's Secret Angel.”— Emma Barker, cosmopolitan.com
“He knows exactly what you like because he's made the effort to learn your body. He has a very particular set of skills, and he will look for your clitoris, he will find your clitoris, and he will make your clitoris orgasm.”— Emma Barker, cosmopolitan.com
“No one has the right to make you feel guilty about having sex with someone.”— Maya Kachroo-Levine, thoughtcatalog.com
“Everyone knows you’re adventurous outside of the bedroom and assumes that you’re kinky inside of the bedroom. They know you’d be up to anything and want to see how far they can take you. You’re so intriguing, because the sexual possibilities seem endless.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“People frequently comment on the emptiness in one night stands, but emptiness here has always been just another word for darkness. Blind encounters writing sonnets no one can ever read. Desire and pain communicated in the vague language of sex.”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“You don't have to check your Tinder profile every hour but a guy is less likely to swipe right if he notices you haven't been on the app for a few weeks.”— The Editors, marieclaire.com