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Sex 20 times a week? New study identifies four types of romantic lover

Australian research is ‘first to empirically show that we don’t all love the same’, lead author saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNew research has identified four types of romantic lover, including one that has sex up to 20 times a week.The research, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, categorised lovers as mild romantic, moderate romantic, intense romantic, and libidinous romantic.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news emailMild: About one in five – 20.02% – fell into this cluster, characterised by “the lowest intensity, lowest obsessive thinking, lowest commitment, and lowest frequency of sex”. This group also had the lowest proportion of people who thought their partner was “definitely” in love with them – just 25.31% – and the lowest proportion having sex, at 82.72%.Moderate: About four in 10 – 40.91% – landed in this category, which Bode described as “fairly stock-standard” – or in the words of the journal articl...


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