18 years hubby and I have been together, and this year we will be celebrating 12 years of marriage. We've shared and experienced so much in those 18 years, but we've remained in a strong, close and loving relationship. I especially love how he loves me and makes me feel; he chases and lusts over me almost every day, he makes me feel beautiful, sexy and so much more. However, like most long-term relationships, there are periods of when 'life happens events' that affects the blissfulness of our close and intimate relationship - but we understand lulls are inevitable and we will always bounce back, and during these periods we take a philosophical approach as in, we look forward to finding our intimacy again 'soon' and we always do.

Long-term relationships require a lot of work and trust. Keeping the love alive despite the years can be challenging yet it can also be fruitful and rewarding, and intimacy and sex are powerful tools for any relationship, especially long term ones.  Those feelings keep you bonded, happy and close. And yet it can be the one thing that gets dismissed.

As the relationship grows sometimes we become too comfortable that we can forget that part of the relationship. You can arrive at a stage where you would rather read a book or just sleep rather than have sex. 

No relationship captures feelings of pure happiness all the time. It's normal for relationships to go through periods of lesser and greater intimacy, but that is okay,  there's nothing wrong with losing a little passion now and again; it's normal. The important thing is putting in the effort to sustain the relationship even during those lull periods. 

Using a product like Vagisil ProHydrate is designed to help you find that blissful intimacy and maybe even help your journey to reconnect and rediscover each other.

The Vagisil ProHydrate range is specifically designed to relieve intimate dryness so that you can feel comfortable, confident and enjoy intimacy when you want to. From Vagisil's research, they found that when it comes to relationships, over half of women (56%) say that they want to feel more connected to their partner. The top three things associated with ‘intimacy’ among women in a committed relationship are; ‘closeness’ (69%), ‘togetherness’ (65%) and ‘love’ (61%). Thus, when it comes to intimacy, women associate this with closeness, togetherness and love. 

The Vagisil ProHydrate range is available at Boots and Superdrug.