My Husband and I Go Months Without $ex...Is That Bad?

With the likes of Steve Carrell chained to a bed weekly (see: The Patient), do we really readily hand our mates the How to Get Laid Ever Again crib sheet? Do we even actually want them to get an A (LOL, for ass)?

Uh oh.

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Here’s a tool to help you and me both not be a tool in this arena:

Make a promise to have $ex with your partner X times a week
This is probably a given, but don’t overpromise. Personally, my promise is to have $ex with my husband at least twice a week. If you just burped up bile, take a Prilosec, and start with a promise of once a week
Tell your mate your promise
Breathe; #3 was a doozie
Come up with an incentive. Turns out, humankind is not only not so kind or interested in doing what makes us proud, we also suck at keeping promises to ourselves. So, for example, if you don’t have $ex as promised, you lose one episode of the show you’re currently obsessed with (permanently). You get the idea: Something slightly funny and largely irksome that will have you fight to keep your promise.
If there is a bunch of stuff (technical term) you need your mate to say, do, not do, in order to get laid again, tell them. NICELY.
Have fun. No one said promise to have shitty $ex.

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