Woman's silhouetteWe’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how much sex is considered “normal” for couples, as well as when “scheduling” the act might be beneficial for you. But sex therapist Vanessa Marin shared another logistical trick on her TikTok page: she suggested we “use the fuck first rule to increase the likelihood of intimacy” on a date night. The term, first coined by Dan Savage in his advice column, is, well, exactly what it sounds like. “The whole idea is to have sex before you go out on date night,” Marin said. “Because let’s be honest – once you start eating, drinking, staying up late, it’s really hard to get excited about having sex.” But is that a good idea? I asked sex and relationship therapist and author at