For Maddie Weinreich, sex had always been a joy. It helped her recharge her batteries and reconnect with her husband, Roger. But teaching yoga, raising two kids and starting up a business—not to mention cooking, cleaning and renovating the house—left her exhausted. She often went to bed before her husband, and was asleep by the time he joined her. Their once steamy love life slowly cooled. When Roger wanted to have sex, she would say she was too beat. He tried to be romantic; to set the mood he’d light a candle in their bedroom. “I would see it and say, ‘Oh, God, not that candle’,†Maddie recalls. “It was just the feeling that I had to give something I didn’t have.†(
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Tara and Chris Paterson nearly stopped having sex altogether after Adam (center) and Caden were born.<p>***I'm sure Adam and Caden will be happy a few years down the line about the picture that went with the Newsweek story.***<p>
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