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A woman from North Carolina is getting a lot of attention for the gift she offered her husband on his 40th birthday: Sex every day for a year.

That sure beats getting a shirt, and it sounds almost as good as getting one of those robots that mow your lawn.

And while a lot of people, including myself, might admire Charla Muller for her generosity and attitude, I think the real hero of this story is her husband, Brad. And it's not just because Charla's gift left the 40-year-old with a schedule more demanding than Wayne "Mr. Las Vegas" Newton's.

If you thought Charla's offer sounded too good to be true, you were right. There was a catch. No, Charla didn't demand a new kitchen and hardwood floors in exchange for her gift. This is much worse. Charla used the experience to write a book.

What husband wants the world to be able to read about his wife's sex life? Worse, what guy wants everyone to be able to read about his sex life, unless, of course, he's the author, able to embellish wherever he thinks it's appropriate, such as every sentence?

Charla says on her Web site that her gift offer didn't start out as a book idea, but I'm thinking that the idea had to come up at some point during the course of the year. And if Brad is like most husbands, he wasn't in a position to say no to the birthday offer or the book idea -- unless he planned on becoming a monk.

Charla's book, "365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy," is scheduled for publication next month, but it's already creating a buzz. A story on Charla's book was published this week on projo.com, and it was among our most popular stories. A projo.com survey asking, 'Could you handle sex every day?' was also a hit. About two-thirds of the respondents answered "yes, yes, yes," while the rest replied "gosh no."

"It sure beats jogging," wrote one reader.

"That's insane," wrote another.

The reader response makes me think that people who aren't crazy about actually having sex sure like discussing sex and reading about it, which should bode well for Charla's book sales. Shrewd woman, that Charla.

Still, I worry that Charla's story points out a sad double standard. Charla's offer to her husband is considered a gift, but if a husband made a similar birthday offer to his wife, would he get a positive response and fodder for a book?

Or would he just get hit over the head with one?

Comments

Elizabeth said:

This made me tired just reading it!

More power to them... I guess.

Link | May 23, 2008 12:05 PM
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