Would You Give Up Casual Sex For 30 Days?
Posted by: Catherine Strawn
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8:00AM, Saturday March 28th 2009
The ladies over at Lemondrop are talking about a 30-Day No Casual Sex Challenge. Suggested by sex and relationships writer Samantha Brett at The Sydney Morning Herald, this is a month of no casual sex that might help you distinguish whether any guy is worth your time when you’re just starting to get to know each other. With hormones flying, it’s easy to overlook early problems in a relationship until the bedroom passion starts to wane a few months down the line. But is forgoing casual sex for 30 days even that much of a challenge? I think not, especially if you don’t meet any men during that time period. Amelia tried not to do anything physical for six months, and she had no problem getting past the 30-day mark. In fact, she made it all the way to 16 weeks, so a month ain’t no thang. After the jump 30 ways to spend your time that don’t involve intercourse, dry humping, or getting yourself off.
1. Cook dinner
2. Make each other mixes of the most embarrassing songs you have in your iTunes libraries
3. Read a book out loud
4. Take part in a Japanese tea ceremony
5. Go shopping at a thrift store
6. Make out in the back of a movie theater
7. Have a picnic in a park
8. Get mani-pedis together
9. Fly a kite
10. Rent your favorite childhood movie and see if it still rocks your world
11. Make root beer floats
12. Visit a museum and learn about hominids
13. Paint each other’s portraits
14. Walk on the beach while it’s too warm to swim or lay out
15. Plant an herb garden
16. Volunteer
17. Play computer games
18. Cross everything off your to-do list
19. Drink Shirley Temple’s like you’re 8 years old again
20. Do your laundry
21. Clean out your closet
22. Go on a one-day road trip
23. Get your nails done
24. Find out your grandmother’s favorite movie from when she was your age, then Netflix it
25. Do a crossword
26. Read the diary you kept when you were 12
27. Download five new albums
28. Write a letter to your sister
29. Email a friend from high school who you haven’t seen since graduation
30. Buy flowers and make a chic arrangement for yourself
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retro chic
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 09:17 am: [report]
Funny. 30-steppin’ for your love jones. For months with 31 days, let’s add love’s methadone:
31. Indulge in good chocolate
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 09:52 am: [report]
@Retro chic: COTD. It’s tough not to like chocolate.
misspixie
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 10:10 am: [report]
I think I already won this challenge. What’s the prize?
lalaland
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 10:17 am: [report]
um… I’ve gone 180. Not as hard as one might think.
MarriedWhiteMale
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 10:51 am: [report]
This is too easy! Just get married, sex will almost go away permanently. Oh, bonus points if you lose your job, are super stressed out and then you don’t even care about sex.
I think I’m going on two plus months if not more…
ctwilson112
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 11:00 am: [report]
It’s been 1 whole year for me…think I’ll lose it if I don’t use it…?
Tamara
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 05:39 pm: [report]
I could do it, I’ve never had casual sex before and probably won’t start anytime soon.
fallenangel915
wrote on March 28 2009 @ 06:39 pm: [report]
Helllllllllllllll noooooooooooooooooo…I can do all of the above and still squeeze in sex…is “casual sex” also the same kind of sex you have a “#&@$% buddy” for? What if you only have one #&@$% buddy? Is that still considered “casual” sex or is that “committed casual sex”?
Fast Eddie
wrote on March 29 2009 @ 08:51 am: [report]
Why in the world would anyone deny themselves pleasure when the opportunity presents itself??? Unless you have some self hatred or a herd of partners in waiting…
hawaiianpeach
wrote on March 29 2009 @ 05:53 pm: [report]
Making a guy (and yourself!!) wait for a month is a sure fire (KaBoOM!) way to see if sticks around for the panty drop show. I dated a guy once for two and a half months because he was so sweet it was annoying. The morning after I shoved him out of my front door and ignored his calls for weeks. Cupid shot me dead in the in the head…now I am crazy about him.
EnlightenMe
wrote on April 2 2009 @ 01:03 am: [report]
Sorry, the whole casual sex thing doesn’t really seem like the greatest thing to me. Why go through all of the stress and awkwardness (there will ALWAYS be awkwardness whether you’re good or bad in bed, trust me) of the whole situation? I’d much rather find someone that I feel a genuine connection to in order to make the sex that much more fulfilling.
I actually feel bad for people that just hop right from one bed to another without knowing anything about themselves or feeling confident enough to keep up with a committed relationship. Look at all the wonderful things they’re missing!