Why Would We Stop Now?
If you have been following our sex challenge journey by reading my previous blogs or because you know us personally then you already know we aren't stopping anytime soon. As I had mentioned previously, this challenge is now more important to us than anything else we have ever imagined accomplishing in our lives. The only way we will stop our sex challenge is if something out of our control forces us to. It has become a part of our nightly routine, a personal adventure and well shit, it's just too much fun so why stop! Ok the real reason is that we both are too competitive and neither one of us want to be the reason we stop so we keep going haha
Guinness Book of World Records
So here we are. Day 1000. can you seriously believe that we have had sex every single day for 1000 days without fail? Neither can we. We have beat every couple in the world, setting a new record and we wish we could be in the Guinness Book of World Records but unfortunately, we aren't willing to have a "witness" in our bedroom every single day watching us have sex. This challenge was and always will be for just the two of us (and my readers) :) So we all get to enjoy it together :)
What Happens In Vegas...
A lot of people have asked us how we are planning on celebrating 1000. Where better to celebrate than VEGAS baby? But we also wanted to do something that will always remind us of what we have accomplished and just going to Vegas, isn't enough. I really wanted to create a piece of wall art that we could look at every day. At first, we were bouncing around the idea of having sex on a piece of canvas with paint on our bodies but all of the examples on the internet just looked ugly, and quite frankly I didn't want a smeared ugly canvas on my bedroom wall. Then I came up with the idea of glow n the dark body paint and taking self-portraits of us in my photography studio. I knew I wanted to paint to look organized and not just smeared so I asked my Facebook friends if anyone wanted to come to paint my naked body haha. One of my Facebook friends who I met once at a networking event immediately volunteered to be my artist. I already felt comfortable with her because she had interviewed me for her amazing podcast so I already knew she wasn't judgmental and was very supportive of what we were doing. As I stood in the living room buck naked with a glass of wine in my hand, she started to paint my body. It took over 2 hours and was so much freaking fun. We laughed the whole time and truly had a blast. As soon as she left I started painting Adam's body. Boy did I have fun with that :) I originally had 10 sexy poses for us to try but because I had thrown out my sciatica really bad and was in excruciating pain, I wasn't able to move much. So we will just have to do it again :) But I wanted to share a few photos we captured and already printed on metal wall art and hung in our bedroom to see every day :)
The Highs and Lows So Far
Ok so here are a few milestones/roadblocks we encountered since the challenge started and how we got through them together
- We Traveled to France, London, and Amsterdam and pushed through international travel and jetlag.
- While Covid was sadly hurting so many of our friends and family we figured out together how to redesign and strengthen our company online
- We bought our first house together and dealt with the terrible stress and exhaustion of remodeling
- We had a sad death in the family so Adam flew to the funeral and flew back home the same day
- I drove 10 hours to see my niece graduate college and drove home the next day (we had sex before the drive and as soon as I was home the next day)
- Adam ALWAYS had the need to beat an argument like a dead horse and continue it the next day. Since the challenge, he has not once brought up anything the next day. I guess him falling asleep with his penis inside of me makes his little brain tell his big brain to get over it and let it go.
- We very rarely argue and when we do it's always a calm and peaceful conversation. We do the Oreo Cookie method. Start with a sincere compliment, then a short verbal bitch slap, and then followed with another sincere compliment. Try it. It works. It also keeps the fight or argument mature and respectful and the compliments are a good reminder that you are loved and appreciated. Plus you know in order to get the other person in the mood later you better not say anything you are going to regret because it WILL be your fault the challenge ended that night. :)
- My poor husband got Covid about 6 months after his 2nd vaccine and was in bad shape for 2 days with a 102 temp. It was all on me to do ALL the work those days. Man, it was a hard job but it had to be done haha The second night he said (Sorry baby the challenge is over, I can't get him hard, he's down for the count so I'm tapping out). I kindly looked at him and said "Challenge accepted". I let my mouth do the work and 2 minutes later he was alive and willing. We won't even talk about the week we both had food poisoning from bad sushi and we were projectile vomiting from both ends all week. :) That was something no sex challenge should ever face :)
- Every time we hit an important milestone (like every 100 days) we do something really special for each other to celebrate. On day 1000 we painted our bodies and framed the artwork to hang on our bedroom wall. I can't wait to see what we do for day 2000
It's Us Against The Rest Of The World
So what did we learn throughout this challenge? It's us against the rest of the world and people may or may not believe us or understand the commitment we have for this. Being intimate with your partner is extremely important. Not only does it bring you closer but it is a constant reminder that you are wanted. Who doesn't want to be wanted by the person they chose to spend the rest of their life with? We have made more money since the challenge started, bought a home, and rarely fight. As my husband says, Who has time to fight when they're fucking?
Stick It and Quit It
The challenge may sound difficult but honestly, it's not at all when you don't have children at home bugging the shit out of you daily. The first 16 days were extremely hard but once we got past it, each day became easier and easier and now it's just our normal routine like brushing our teeth. We don't even think about it as a task or something we HAVE to do. It's just a normal part of ending the evening. I do challenge you to come up with your own challenge that will be fun for you to do together. Make up your own rules and keep changing them up. For us, one thing we changed since we started it, is we don't have to cum every night. As long as we fall asleep with his penis inside of me that's what matters. We call those nights, "stick it and quit it" :) Just ending the night in an intimate moment and falling asleep where we both feel loved and wanted. That's what it's about.
Tennille Melcher
Photographer & CEO