How to Bring Excitement to The Bedroom

Creating drama in the bedroom isnt about picking a fight or donning a mask or verbally sparring like Liz Taylor and Richard Burton in Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? It isnt about redecorating, either, although a change in set design and lighting or even a simple re positioning of the bed can add instant energy where energy has been lacking.

A great way to inject drama into the bedroom and heighten your sexual pleasure is to engage in a bit of theater, which is to say, role play. Role play refers to changing ones behavior to assume a role; sexual role play, which is an erotic variation, is a sexual behavior where people act out in sexual fantasy roles. It doesnt matter what the fantasy is, only that you become, albeit briefly, characters who are nothing like yourselves.

Common role play fantasies couples find enjoyable to act out include the classic pairings of teacher/pupil, secretary/boss, strangers on a train, nurse/patient, lady of the house/door to door salesman, and the ever-popular handyman/housewife. Part of the enjoyment of role play is creating the situation, which can be as much fun as the actual acting out. How far a couple are willing to take their role play varies from couple to couple. Some couples find themselves becoming very involved, to the point where as a couple they enjoy shopping for costumes and props.

Candles, a sexy video to watch together, even a new nightgown, can also foster a fresh atmosphere. In a traditional therapeutic setting supervised by a trained role play therapist, role play becomes a technique to reduce conflict in social situations by having the participants act out particular behavioral roles in order to expand their awareness. In the bedroom, sexual role play can be a tool not just to create sexual drama (and release you from the rut of the ho-hum), but as a way for partners to better understand each others desires and where they come from. At the end of the day, role play is a way for couples to have more fun in bed, and to become closer and profoundly intimate.Eve Marx writes frequently about sex for ThirdAge. com.
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