This is how we do it: ‘Since I started HRT, we’ve switched roles’

After 33 years together, a couple’s sex life reached a low point, threatening their marriage, until the wife began hormone replacement therapy with testosterone. This led to a significant shift in their intimacy, with the wife initiating sex more frequently and a renewed sense of connection, though their perspectives on other aspects of their relationship, like bickering, differ.

• The couple, together for 33 years, experienced a decline in their sex life due to stress, menopause, and raising children.
• The wife started taking testosterone as part of hormone replacement therapy, which reignited her desire and led her to initiate sex more often.
• Their sex life has become more frequent and fulfilling, with a switch in roles where the wife now initiates more.
• The husband noted that while their sex life has improved, their frequency of bickering remains a point of difference.
• The revival of their intimate life has strengthened their overall relationship, bringing it back to its roots.