Four in 10 women are no longer sexually active once they reach their 60s – but Suzanne Noble has no intention of giving up on her sex life… ever!
When Suzanne Noble says she’s a morning person, she doesn’t mean she’s up with the lark and doing Pilates before starting work. The sort of action she has in mind is sexual – it’s her favourite time of day to have an orgasm. And if her current lover – a 57-year-old builder – isn’t with her, then she’ll reach for one of her 15 sex toys.
Suzanne, 62, who has two sons aged 32 and 30, says, “There’s no better way to start the day than with an orgasm. If I don’t have time then I feel tetchy and distracted all day – as if I’ve got an itch that I can’t scratch, until I do get the chance to have the ultimate release. I’m addicted to orgasms, I crave that pleasure every day.
“Sometimes I’ll deliberately wait; for example if I’m meeting a potential new lover, because then it will make the encounter much more passionate as I need the relief so much! I tell them I’ve done it too, which always turns them on.
“My preference is always to be with a lover, that’s mind blowing. But if that isn’t possible, then I will use my vibrator or I won’t be able to sleep –it’s a quick and necessary fix.
“And I believe my addiction has made me feel and look younger. When you have an orgasm, it releases chemicals in your brain which help to relieve pain, improve your heart health, relieve stress and boost your immune system.”
ONE-NIGHT STAND
Suzanne has loved sex since she lost her virginity aged 17. She explains, “I was ready to have sex and lost it with a one-night stand. It was great and I think it set me up not to connect sex with love but with something that gives pleasure and a sense of wellbeing. And when I had my first orgasm through penetrative sex in my early 20s, that was even better.”
Since then, Suzanne has rarely been without a sexual companion. She says, “When something feels that good, I find it hard to understand why anyone would expect me to forego that pleasure.”
However, Suzanne has had a couple of brief dry patches. She explains, “I got married when I was 28 and had my first baby a couple of years later.
I wore them in a sling when they were babies, I breastfed them and my body felt more like a baby-making machine than a means of pleasure, so my libido dropped off. I ended up splitting from my husband when I was 40 – we’d grown apart and though we were still friends, I didn’t see him sexually any more and we couldn’t make it work.”
Once she was single again, Suzanne admits her 40s were “wild”. She says, “I felt so sexual and as if I’d reclaimed my body and wanted to experiment with what
