The sexual attraction is instantaneous: when we embrace I switch on to a level of arousal I cannot remember having with anybody else
When he died three years ago, it didn’t occur to me to go out looking for sex, or indeed another relationship. I have a very full life and I never felt there was anything lacking. But last year my niece encouraged me to join a dating website, which is how I met Hugh. We’ve known each other for only 15 weeks but in this short time, I’ve not only rediscovered my sexual side, but also a sexual energy that I simply didn’t have before, even though I was very promiscuous as a young woman.
We have done things together that we’ve never done with other people. We do quite a lot of topping and tailing, and he has a very active, energetic tongue, which he uses to great effect. Thank God we are both very fit, as we normally see each other two or three nights a week and we have sex each morning and night. And often we have sex on the sofa in the afternoon.
Before I met Amelia I had to face the question of whether I’d reached the end of my sex life. I’d previously been married for 30 years and probably hadn’t had sex for the last five years. At my age I was uncertain about my ability to do it, whether I could achieve an erection at the age of 78.isn’t mechanical or pharmaceutical, it’s much more about emotions. I only really understood that fully when I met Amelia.