A survey of 500 people who had lost a partner found three in five experienced this strong desire for sex we call 'widow's fire' - and that 58 per cent felt these urges within six months of the bereavement.
The most common reason for wanting sex again was craving intimacy, cited by 27 per cent of people, followed by 25 per cent saying they simply felt 'horny'.
I craved no-strings sex after my husband died – now I help other grieving women hook up to fulfil their ‘widow’s fire’ THERE were butterflies in my stomach as I took a last sip of wine and followed the handsome stranger up the stairs.
I'd not looked at another man in years but, despite being in lockdown, I'd feel a frisson when I caught an attractive man's eye at the checkout or clicked with a single client on a Zoom call.
I’d been living with dreadful anticipatory grief and had the national lockdown not been in place, I might have started looking for a hook-up sooner, especially since I'd not had sex for three years.
