honeypot, You say that it only lasts 5 minutes and there is only 1 minute of foreplay. Could you do lots of foreplay on him to make it last as long as you like? Thats what I do. I don't know whether women do much foreplay generally (mine doesn't) but I can say that I would be delighted to find myself on the receiving end of some. On the subject of schedules. I can't help thinking that three times a week is a bit much for an LD to cope with all of a sudden. NOP suggests more but lets face it, the NOPs have a far more physical relationship than the majority of us ever will. I tried to up the frequency to twice a week but was met with a brick wall. That was a couple of months ago and since then I have noticed a definite softening, even some enthusiasm on a Friday night. She puts up no resistance at all even though for the last couple of weeks she has had a bad cough. I have a feeling she is beginning to quite like it and I am tempted to try an unplanned initiation tonight just to test the water. This Friday she is going out for a girls night out (all LDs as far as I can tell so it won't be raucous) so it will be interesting to see whether she is up for it or not when she gets home late and tired. All the best, SD