How to take back your sex life in a year like no other How to take back your sex life in a year like no other By Meaghan OâConnell Save Normal text size Advertisement Melissa Petro is a 40-year-old writer who lives in New York with her husband of four years and two children. She and her husband switch off between working and child duty. According to Petro, the always-on nature of parenting a 12-month-old and a three-year-old in a pandemic has been "relentless, exhausting and not sexy." Recently her husband has been sleeping on the family room couch.