Rosy Pendlebaby is director of Revolting Arts Club, which runs a variety of sex-focused classes. “Recite them in front of a mirror to perfect your sexy smile at the same time, to begin feeling more comfy and less silly about what’s coming out of your mouth,” she says. Once you’ve built up a repository of texts, sex blogger and audio erotica producer Girl on the Net recommends reading them aloud while you’re alone, to practise for face-to-face delivery. You’re just being rescheduled for when they can give you the full attention you deserve and you’re respectfully showing that you don’t expect them to simply down tools there and then. This puts both parties at ease, and the chat on ice if they’re with their boss/mum, and means you won’t risk feeling rebuffed, especially if it’s taken a lot of guts to press send in the first place. Try opening a sext session with options, including an elegant opt-out: “Would you rather tell me what you’d do to me if I was with you right now – or make time to talk later?”

If that feels awkward, sending texts or even voicenotes can be a less intimidating way of starting a sultry conversation you can take your time composing what you want to say, and simply delete and do over if it doesn’t land.

Sex educator and tutor of the Dirty Talk and Consent in Conversation workshop, Lola Jean, suggests casually chatting about names you do/don’t like yourself and your body parts to be called, as well as physical and non-physical compliments you enjoy, before you venture into anything proper.

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