Sex File: Our neighbours' frequent noisy sex is making us feel inadequate 

Realising how much more sex they're having is making us feel inadequate

A younger couple have renovated the house next door, and now we can hear everything through the walls - and I mean everything. As if that weren't awkward enough, realising how much more sex they're having is making us feel inadequate.

Young love, eh? There's no point feeling inadequate. There is an inversely proportional relationship between the duration of a relationship and the amount of sex people have, so give them five years and they'll be watching Corrie in their slippers too. Don't assume it is anything to do with age either. Newlywed 70-year-olds have a lot more sex than couples half their age who have been together twice as long. Your neighbours are obviously busier than you are, but most of us overestimate the amount of sex that other couples have.