Lovemaking Once a Week Makes People Happier Than Earning an Extra N50,000

Which one would you choose?

It’s reasonable to say that good, consensual S3@.x:’ makes people happy. To put a number on that happiness, a previous study found that people said they’d rather have S3@.x:’ once a week (instead of once a month) in lieu of earning an extra $50,000 a year.

But what should be noted is that how happy S3@.x:’ makes a person apparently depends a lot on whether that S3@.x:’ is followed by cuddling or not — at least according to a new study that seeks to answer the question of why S3@.x:’ boosts happiness.



Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the study is actually made up of several separate experiments. The first looked at 335 Americans in romantic relationships, and another looked to 74 couples from the San Francisco area.

People involved with the study were asked about their S3@.x:’ual frequency, life satisfaction, and how often they touched, cuddled, or exchanged “affectionate touches.”

What researchers found was that while S3@.x:’ual frequency certainly makes people feel good, it’s all the affectionate touches that really improve someone’s happiness. Or in other words, cuddling matters.



Overall, researchers found that an increase in S3@.x:’ does correlate with “experiencing more positive emotions.” More S3@.x:’ leads to more happiness, if only because more S3@.x:’ promotes affection between two people.

So trading an extra 50 grand a year may really only be worth it if the once-a-week S3@.x:’ you’ve having is good, and followed by lots of kissing and cuddling. Not that anyone’s asking you to choose between one thing or the other, but, you know, fun to think about.


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