Would you go on A SEX STRIKE?

From DIY to a wedding ring, these women know exactly what to do to get what they want

- SAMANTHA BRICK THE DAILY MAIL

'I FIRST INSTIGATED A SEX BAN TO GET HIM TO PROPOSE AND SET A DATE FOR US TO GET HITCHED'

Emma Reid, 55, is a charity sector volunteer. She lives in Cardiff with her husband Kevin, 61.

Kevin and I met 20 years ago on a blind date, and I knew immediately that he was the perfect man for me. From the off we were sexually compatible - we were very much that couple who were always touching and kissing one another and, two decades later, our sex life is still pretty good.

My reason for implementing a sex ban might not strike you as very serious. But, believe me, it was an important issue to me. I'd been waiting a decade for a new kitchen and I wanted him to share some of my frustration. It wasn't as though we didn't have the money. We could get it by releasing a lump sum from Kevin's pension - yet he kept putting it off.

For years he said that Badger, our springer spaniel, would destroy a new kitchen. When friends came over I was embarrassed by the state of the room. It was tiny and dark and the cupboard doors were put in place in the last century. Every other room was done except the heart of the home. When poor Badger died, we grieved for a good few months. Then the following year, with Kevin still dragging his feet, I told him I was withholding sex until he’d booked an appointment for us at the kitchen showroom.

No bluff