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Oh, Oh, Oh, Owwww! What to Do About Painful Sex

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So this is how menopausal sex used to go for my husband and me. We'd be in the heat of the moment and suddenly I'd cry out, "Ouch!"

My poor sweet husband's eyes would get wide and panicky.

“That feels like road rash all up inside there, use more lubrication, please...” My husband would administer about half the bottle of Astroglide in the hope that I would remember how much I love having sex with him. No such luck. It just hurt.

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