(BDSM, which can include bondage, sadism, and/or submission, sometimes involves paddles.

When it does, participants might need a little TLC afterward.)

Aftercare may help to regulate how your body responds as those chemicals dissipate.

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Anything less is a severe and spontaneous disconnection from the sexual connection just achieved.

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To attain consent, ask how your partner likes to be approached after sex.

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And the practice isnt just for madly-in-love, long-term couples who live together.

After care doesnt need to be a mystery, or even a challenge, Neal says.

With a little planning in advance, it can be as meaningful and pleasurable as intercourse itself.

A couple in bed, having an intimate kink experience.

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