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My husband is in the military, so we go for long periods without seeing each other. When we're apart, we'll use letters to express our fantasies, and then when he comes home, we make a reservation at a nice hotel downtown and spend some time turning those letters into a reality. Of course, the months apart works well to keep things sizzling on their own for a while when he gets back! :-)
We are very proactive about maintaining intimacy in our relationship.
we spent alone time together. no computer ot tv, usually starts with a tickle fight. I should say him tickling me and I try to get out of it. Will usually which to something else like I wanted to put chapstick on him and he hid under the blankets from me.
Its all about messing around and having fun and it doesnt start in a sexual way. : )
I come home from work and spend the next 2 hours getting ready for him to come home. I cook dinner, light candles, turn down our bed, take a shower, do my makeup, get something sexy on and greet him at the door with a cold beer. I do it every few weeks, he never knows when it will happen but loves when I do. When he gets home, I serve him dinner or just serve him.
He thinks it makes him feel wanted and validated and it makes me feel sexy.
We keep it exciting by having a different theme each night of the week:
Sensual Sunday
Make-Out Monday
Toe-curling Tuesday
Wacky Wednesday (have sex in a wacky, out of the ordinary place)
Tipsy Thursday (sex after a few drinks lets all those inhibitions go out the window)
Friday Night Fantasy
Strip Tease Saturday
What couple wouldn't look forward to that weekly line up? Sometimes we even get a wild card day in there to do whatever we feel like!
IVF #1 w ICSI in July 2010 = BFN
IVF #2.1 in Oct 2010 converted to IUI = BFN
IVF #2.2 w ICSI in Dec 2010 = BFN
Met with new RE in new city on 1/31/11.
IVF #3 w ICSI in April 2011. HPT on 5/9 = BFP!
Beta #1 on 5/10 (10dp5dt) = 99.4. Beta #2 on 5/12 = 284. First u/s on 5/26. = Fraternal TWINS!
Twin boys born & lost on 8/16/11 at 18w1d due to PPROM & preterm labor.
IVF #4.1 in Jan 2012 converted to IUI on 1/7/12 = BFN
IVF #4.2 w ICSI in Feb 2012. Lupron on 2/10. Stims on 2/18. ER on 2/29- 7R,6F
ET scheduled for 3/5/12- nothing to transfer
Dh seeing new MFI uro & Dh starting meds- June 2012.
IVF #5 in Dec 2012 = BFFN.
IVF #6 planned for Spring 2013. Praying for our take home baby/ies.
**P/SAIF and P/SAL always welcome!**
My husband is currently deployed to Afghanistan, so it is very important for us to keep an emotional and a sexual connection while he is gone. When we get the opportunity to talk via email or over the phone we flirt, make plans of what we are going to do together when he comes home, and swap the occasional sexy pic. It's a big moral booster for him to get an email that makes him smile or a picture of me in my booty shorts.. lets just say we will defiantly be ready for his homecoming after some long-term long-distance foreplay!
It's all about the build up ladies!
We work out together!! Working up a sweat and oogling his body is definately a turn on for me!! Yoga is also really great for getting the creative juices flowing
I'm also a big fan of getting really flirty and touchy/feely with him in public, ie, patting his butt, grazing his "package", doing cute little over the shoulder looks with an added, subtle "booty pop". Especially on nights like out bowling league night, when he has to wait for a certain amount of time until we get home. Anticipation is wonderful!
We work different hours so I go to bed early and get up early, whereas he goes to bed at 3am and gets up late. We rarely see eachother during the week but we try to be spontaneous!
Instead of worrying about dinner why not have a session in the sack? Don't feel like bed time is the only time to have some fun!
I also like to surprise him when he comes home from work wearing different lingerie or outfits
It always adds fun to the night!
We tried scheduling "sex dates" and it just hasn't worked for us! With a new baby on board, energy has been almost non existant.
So for us, getting the little one to bed and having some rest with a massage or two is like going to the spa lately! Being romantic to me has now turned into watching my hubby sing our little one to sleep on those rough nights where you just think your going to burst into tears you're so tired from work, at work, and at home when you come home to the little one.
Keeping our sex life going is most definitely a challenge. But when we get those spirts of energy after waking up at 3 in the morning wondering why the babys not crying, turn to eachother and smile, all it takes is a little snuggle to get things heated! lol
With that being said, touch and a few loving words, I believe are what truely keep us coming back for more.
We tried scheduling "sex dates" and it just hasn't worked for us! With a new baby on board, energy has been almost non existant.
So for us, getting the little one to bed and having some rest with a massage or two is like going to the spa lately! Being romantic to me has now turned into watching my hubby sing our little one to sleep on those rough nights where you just think your going to burst into tears you're so tired from work, at work, and at home when you come home to the little one.
Keeping our sex life going is most definitely a challenge. But when we get those spirts of energy after waking up at 3 in the morning wondering why the babys not crying, turn to eachother and smile, all it takes is a little snuggle to get things heated! lol
With that being said, touch and a few loving words, I believe are what truely keep us coming back for more.
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I'll invite him into the shower and we just play around and make out (a major height difference makes standing sex impossible!) so by the time we get out of the shower, we're practically dragging each other to the bedroom. We're making plans to turn our bedroom into a "sleep and sex only" zone- leaving the laundry hampers, phones, pet/kid items out. We're adding to the mood with dim lights, sound system, and racy colors and textures. Sometimes we're not both in the mood and it takes work, but the more often we do it, the better it gets. Plus, it's no big deal if we occasionally have a night where it's not amazing, since we know there's always tomorrow
Oh, and sometimes it helps to take a couple nights off, but don't exclude everything! Kiss and cuddle, do what you like for foreplay, but don't go all the way. After a few days of that, there's no way it's not incredible for both of us.
For some strange reason I don't like having sexin our bed. I associate it with sleep; therefore, I ask my husband to beinventive and spontaneous. I prefer a spur of the moment thing and itmakes him REALLY happy.
For some strange reason I don't like having sexin our bed. I associate it with sleep; therefore, I ask my husband to beinventive and spontaneous. I prefer a spur of the moment thing and itmakes him REALLY happy.
For some strange reason I don't like having sexin our bed. I associate it with sleep; therefore, I ask my husband to beinventive and spontaneous. I prefer a spur of the moment thing and itmakes him REALLY happy.