What’s “Dead Fish Sex,” & Are You Having Too Much Of It?

Delmaine Donson/Getty ImagesMy husband spoons me, trying to play footsy with me under the covers. I groan and jerk my foot away.“I’m too tired. It’s 11:45 at night, and I have an early morning.”“You can dead fish it,” he coaxes.Dead fish sex: It’s a phrase we coined early in our 15-year marriage to mean a lazy quickie where one of us, too tired to participate, puts absolutely no effort into the act. Is the dead fish metaphor a bit disturbing? Yes, but it’s one of those inside jokes that just stuck in our relationship.When I sheepishly confessed this lingo to a close friend, she admitted, “Oh,