A year without sex?
I was watching a CNN report about a DJ in Canada that decided to abstain from sex for all of 2011. He survived and lived to tell! When I asked a few of my guy friends if they could go that long without, a lot of them said they could, they have, and they are doing so now. Shocking, isn’t it?
What if single people purposely took a year off from sex? Do you think the quality of our dating experiences would change? Could we even manage land a date?
When we take sex out of the equation, would our relationships stand a better chance of survival?
How much clarity do you think it could bring?
It’s only the third day of the year, maybe some of you will spend the next 362 days in a self-induced dry season? What do you think?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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272 comments Add your comment
Celisea
January 3rd, 2012
4:47 pm
I wonder if I’ll have to use one of my days or if the company will pay me. When I had JD before, the company paid me.
Celisea
January 3rd, 2012
4:48 pm
Leggs – That sounds like something a kid will do….”what are we eating” will looking at a feast of food…lol
Into the Light
January 3rd, 2012
4:50 pm
LOL. I do the same thing….I’ll gaze into the frig, close the door, and walk away. A half hour or so later, I’m back again – as if something has magically appeared! smh…
Celisea
January 3rd, 2012
4:50 pm
disco – I feel you on the eating all day thingy when home. I was home half of December and the first week, I ate everything that would be picked up and eaten right out of the the fride. Pie, cheese, leftover chicken…you name it. Chips, cookies, snacks whatever. I always eat like that though if I’m home too long. The 2nd week, I did much better
Celisea
January 3rd, 2012
4:51 pm
And now I’m scheduled to have lunch with one of my counterparts tomorrow. It’s too early to schedule lunch with folks. I hope he’s paying….lol
Celisea
January 3rd, 2012
4:54 pm
Yesterday I was sick and in bed after I took my kid to blow her money she made on her part time gig last week and I think I consumed almost a two liter diet coke in like a couple of hours. I have such a thing that I HAVE to have soda or I’m just not right. Of course diet soda but that still can’t be all that good for me drinking it like that. Then I’ll put it in the freezer to slush up….most times that’s how I drink.
Leggs
January 3rd, 2012
4:54 pm
I did a lot of cooking, but ate in moderation. Now, I’ll will put the roast and greens and mac n cheese in freezer for some other times. I can sit and eat a bowl of rice ad blackeyed peas anyday with smoked turkey necks as my meat any day.
SlimNu
January 3rd, 2012
4:57 pm
C – The beau asked me about getting one for Christmas but I like the smell of the books as well as having it to carry around. I look at a computer screen all day so I don’t want to turn around and then look at some screen to read for leisure.
Into the Light
January 3rd, 2012
4:58 pm
Mmmm, I fried some pork chops the other day that were so good my tongue nearly slapped my brains out. Coated them with panko instead of flour. YUM-O!
Leggs
January 3rd, 2012
4:58 pm
I put my Koolaid in the freezer to slush it up (lol)…
Purple
January 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm
Dan, I learned from others life experiences including my own. But being that my family ran a foster home no mattter how I felt I knew that kids were the outcome of sex. That was enough to keep it in my pants for the most part while I was younger. LOL As I go older I kind of just valued myself and did not spread myself to many women.
Celisea
January 3rd, 2012
5:00 pm
Yep Slim…that’s how I’m feeling too right now. Of course that’s subject to change.
SlimNu
January 3rd, 2012
5:01 pm
Peace out peeps…
Into the Light
January 3rd, 2012
5:04 pm
Night, Slim.
Purple
January 3rd, 2012
5:09 pm
I’m all late, what’s the topic now? Or is everyone gone?
Celisea
January 3rd, 2012
5:11 pm
We’re gone home
Purple
January 3rd, 2012
5:33 pm
Max
January 3rd, 2012
5:58 pm
While sex can be good and fulfilling, you do not need it to survive on this planet like you need water.
Albert
January 3rd, 2012
9:55 pm
Ummm..Leggs, intercourse isn’t necessarily with another able-bodied person.
(Just a tip from a disabled one.)
Yes
January 4th, 2012
1:24 pm
If you put your mind to it. IT CAN BE DONE!
Captain America
January 4th, 2012
3:00 pm
Can you still jerk off??
been there done that...
January 4th, 2012
3:44 pm
been through happy dog phases and abstinent phases….happy dog is lots of fun, but lose a job or some other life crisis as you get older and that abstinent phase can come quick as others move on away you. At that point it starts to become more important to have that special someone for a complete relationship.