Kink can be a taboo subject. There are many reasons to embrace your and your partner's kinks. From the bedroom to your relationship as a whole, there are benefits to introducing a little kink into your sex life.

• Healthy Communication

Kink is all about communication. You are telling your partner what you want and listening to what they want. This kind of open and free communication is great for your relationship both in and out of the bedroom. Establishing and fostering this kind of honest dialog helps you both open up to each other in a variety of ways both sexually and romantically.

• Ongoing consent

Talking about your kinks and checking in on what is wanted and unwanted builds an ongoing dialog of consent. Ongoing and enthusiastic consent should be key in all of your sexual encounters. Kink, both the act of it and talking about it, is centered on consent. Being open about your kinks and listening to the desires of your partner gives a clear path to boundaries and ongoing consent. Much of kink takes planning and communication which also involves layers of consent.

• Learning new kinks

As you and your partner open up about kinks, you might each learn about new things. As you hear about or even try new things, you might find new kinks you like. You also open up as a couple to explore kinks you may have heard of but never thought to like or try yourselves. Opening up that sexual box can lead to some paths you enjoy that you may never have thought to go down. Watching different kinds of kink porn is a good way of investigating what turns you on and that you might want to try. 

• Meeting new people

Exploring kinks can open you up to the kink community. You might go to events such as munches where you meet like minded people. Not necessarily new partners, but people who are into kink and may be a new friend or source of information. Kink can be the gateway to a new source of friendship and camaraderie with a new group of people. There are many ways to connect with your local kink community.

• Aftercare becomes important

After a session of sex, whether kink or just intense vanilla sex, it can be important to have aftercare. This can be a post game talk, like a review of your experience, a snack, massage or even just a quick cuddle. Aftercare can be as little or as much as you and your partner need to come down from the intensity of sex, especially BDSM. There are also products for pre spanking care to help accentuate and heal the sting of intense spanking. Try Tantus after care cream for example. 

• Increased mental health

Learning to express yourself sexually is important to your mental health. A good sex life and intimate relationship with your partner have been shown to bolster mental health. Sex is a natural anxiety reducer and can help with depression as well. The "high" of an intense kink scene can help your physical and mental health.

Kink can open up a world of possibilities for you and your partner. So even the most vanilla pair can open up Pandora's box and try a little spice to make the sex and the relationship better in the long run.

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