Blowing off Steam!

One of the best reasons to have sex is to blow off steam. Lots of people also exercise, which is great. But estimates say you can burn between 200-400 calories in half an hour of sweet lovin'.

But you know, that treadmill doesn't leave its laundry all over the house. And the elliptical didn't have you up half the night with teething pain. And it wasn't the damned free weights that knocked you over when you tried to take them for a walk this morning. Sometimes it's nice to work out your stress with the person who helped you create it, who marinates in it with you every day.

One of the funniest, most honest moments I've ever seen on TV was a baseball player and his wife in the back of a town car, talking about the secret to their successful relationship: communication, respect, etc. Then she said something brilliant, to the effect of: "And sometimes you just have to screw it out."

She's so right! In a sexually positive relationship, sex is that kind of communication. It's a great big expressive workout, culminating in a happy ending! No gym is going to give you that. At least not one you'd want to go to, anyway.