Should you schedule sex with your partner?

On average, couples make love once a week, according to research...*

- FIONA KINLOCH

YES

‘It has made us closer than ever’

Angela Karanja, 46, lives in Oxfordshire with her partner Matt, 54, and her daughter, 15. She is an adolescent psychologist and the founder of Raising Remarkable Teenagers.

When we first met eight years ago, the intimacy between me and Matt was incredibly spontaneous. ‘Who schedules love?’ we joked when we heard anecdotes of couples ‘booking in appointments’ in the bedroom.