Sex 365 days a year

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Sex! 365 days a year…?

On the eve of her husband Brad's birthday, Charla Muller told him that his present was going to be sex with her every day for a year. She had wracked her brains to think of a gift that was original, intimate and - most importantly - memorable.

'I never wanted him to look back and ask himself: "Now, what was it Charla bought me for my 40th?"' she says. 'When I came up with the idea of daily sex for a year, I thought I'd hit the jackpot. What man wouldn't think that was the best present ever?'

That Charla and Brad stuck to his 40th birthday present for the year seems the biggest miracle of all. At one point she talks hilariously of wanting to multi-task while having sex - 'I actually wanted to talk to him while we were doing it. I didn't see anything wrong with discussing the babysitter' - but Brad wasn't having any of it.

Other than that, the sex itself wasn't a disaster and didn't become jaded because of the frequency. 'Far from it,' says Charla. 'Because we were having sex so often, it actually took the pressure off, which was really liberating.' 

'One of the saddest moments when I was thinking about my marriage was when I realised that sex with Brad was the only thing we shared that was unique to us. 'It was what made us more than roommates, and yet I was denying our marriage that aspect.'

What of the couple and their incredible sex life now the year has ended? She cites one of her husband's observations as the best way to sum it all up. 'It was Brad who said that sex every day wasn't sustainable in a marriage, but nor was no sex at all. Now, I just say that we've got a balance in the middle.

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