- A "dead bedroom" relationship is when a couple is in a sex rut and hasn't had sex for an extended period of time.
- Dead bedroom relationships are incredibly common: More than half of respondents in a recent survey said they have been in a sex dry spell.
- Common causes for sex ruts include work stress and weight gain, according to the survey.
The newly coined term dead bedroom describes a relationship that remains sexless for an extended period of timeas in, months or, yikes, years. And its incredibly common.