10 unromantic reasons to have sex

Desire, passion, love, lust, baby-making - all perfectly good reasons to have sex.

But if you're not in that first flush of love where you can't keep your hands off each other and you're not ditching the contraception and planning your nursery decor then you may well be looking for other perfectly good reasons to have sex.

Sure sex is fun and an expression of love but even when it's down to completely unromantic (and by unromantic we don't mean "because it's 2am and I've had 6 vodka tonics") reasons sex is still brilliant...

Here's our top ten unromantic reasons for having sex as suggested by you!

• 10 unromantic reasons to have sex
• sex burns calories
• Bordeom
• Killing time
• Sex soothes hayfever
• Getting your own way
• sex sorts insomnia
• Makes your hair healthier
• sex helps mental health
• Healthy competition