The past few weeks have been INSANE here. Between my INSANE job, the kids crazy sports schedules, some back-to-school illnesses and being a full-time, albeit WOEFULLY UNDERPAID BLOGGER, I have to admit that sleep has been trumping sex lately in my house.
When things get crazy, we get complacent about marriage maintenance - talking, saying please & thank you, cuddling, SEX. And then I notice that I start to get cranky and it gets worse and worse until either he or I say, "You know what you/I need? A good F---" and then we do, and then it's good again.
Today's homework is aimed at ERADICATING the complacency. Here's what I want you to do...
Remember that movie, Like Water for Chocolate, where she put all of her sexual energy into cooking with delicious results for everyone? I want you to do the same thing, take something commonplace and turn it into a firecracker!
I want you to pick a word that you both use often. A word like "work" or "water" or "television" or "football" and decide, together, that whenever someone (or you) say that word, you are going to think about sex. All day long, when you say the word, or hear the word, or think the word you're going to use that word to jumpstart sexy thoughts.
You can also use it to make veiled references to sex to each other in front of other people. "Honey, can I have a glass of water?" etc.
You can also do this if you're not currently in a relationship. Pick a word and use that word the same way but instead of thinking about a specific partner, pick any fantasy you'd like - whether it's a fully choreographed fantasy or just a commitment to yourself that you and your version of Carmen Electra, or just your right hand are all going to bed 10 minutes early tonight to take care of "Football."
CAUTION: Don't choose a word that requires concentration. I was thinking that I would choose the word "interview" because it's being said OVER AND OVER AND OVER at my house these days - but then I realized that if I said, "I want to talk about my interview." and he started pawing at me, it would NOT GO WELL.
So words like interview, dialysis, foreclosure, etc. should probably NOT be chosen.
I'm going to go with Water.
I'd love to hear how it goes. (anonymously or not - it's up to you!)
Did any of your kids watch the Playhouse Disney show, "Jojo's Circus??" It isn't on anymore, but my oldest would watch it as a toddler. There was a song called, "The Pretzel Twist." My husband and I would reference this song frequently... Although the "Twist" doesn't happen here nearly as often as it should... every once in awhile, you'll hear one of us mentioning that we would like pretzels for dessert!! :)
Posted by: J | September 30, 2010 at 08:12 AM
Like Water for Chocolate is one of my all-time favorite movies. Great idea! :)
Posted by: buzzvibe | September 30, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Like J, we use "pretzel" in the home and at work when we used to be in an office environment. Our old co-workers who come over still use it around us. Doin' "the pretzel."
Posted by: Fred Miller | September 30, 2010 at 02:19 PM
So my husband is going to think of sex every time I say "Halloween?" With skin or without?
Posted by: TheNextMartha | September 30, 2010 at 03:15 PM
I love this~ I only see my husband on the weekends. I am going to think of a word and we will have to utilize it. It will be kinda sexxy especially when we are out and about.this week we will be @ the MIL for a wedding, now to figure out a good word. Maybe "massage" would be the obvious choice since that's always how it starts. Maybe muscle relaxer? Maybe ibuprofen?LOL
Posted by: Truthful Mommy | September 30, 2010 at 04:19 PM
I'd decided based on your title that I'd go with "chocolate", one of my favorite things. And then I remembered about the chocolate chip cookies I'm bringing with me to my night shift this evening, which everyone is bound to keep asking about and thanking me for.
...This could get interesting!
Posted by: Downloadable08 | September 30, 2010 at 05:28 PM
I already did this! I didn't mean to, but it just happened. I was on a date (it didn't start out as a date, just turned into one) last weekend and we turned sports into the greatest sex metaphors ever. it became a competition to discuss everything you possibly could about sports making it sexual. did you know that curling is all about creating a suitably wet surface? mmhmm. you can bet the sexual tension resulted in lots of fun pour moi that night.
Posted by: andygirl | October 01, 2010 at 01:49 AM
I'm a single 19 year old. I chose the word "please" and honestly it didn't go so well. I kept using "please" in every sentence, regardless of context, enunciating it oddly and then smiling in my super charming way. And by "charming" I mean awkward and creepy.
Me: Please talk to me
Hot Girl: Um. Okay
Me: Please.
Hot Girl: What is wrong with you?
Me: I'm sorry, please...
At that point I was too aroused to think so I ran away with a hand on my crotch. I think I misunderstood the assignment. Fuck.
Posted by: Grant Spanier | October 04, 2010 at 05:50 PM