Archive Photos: Vanity Fair’s Classic Nude Portraits. The Sexual Bucket List: 50 Things to Do Sexually Before You Die. What sexual things should everyone experience before they die? And how does someone who married young rank against those who didn't? I got married at 25 and started dating my husband seriously at 23. Prior to that, I was in two very serious relationships (both of which ended in engagements) over several years and those three men sum up the grand total of my sexual experience. But what I lack in number of partners, I like to think I make up for in enthusiasm and can-do excitement. More from The Stir: 6 Sexy Lingerie Outfits That Are Smoking Hot I know I lucked out when I met Rob, so I would trade a few wild and crazy sexual experiences for the really good one of meeting my soul mate at 23 (actually, we met at 10) -- but this idea of "sexual bucket lists" does intrigue me. Ninety percent of these can be done in the context of a loving, safe marriage (like mine).
More from The Stir: 10 Sexy Foods to Play With in Bed (Besides Whipped Cream) How many have you done? Image via Augapfel/Flickr. Soap Making Instructions | Soap Making Recipes and Tutorials | Teach Soap. M and M's Combat. Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species.
To this end, I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round. I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theatre of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world. Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms.
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