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5. When someone else cooks you a great meal 6. And does the dishes 7. Getting that skirt you hadn't worn in two seasons over your hips 8. Buying a great blouse that goes with that skirt 9. Finding a dentist who is only very — not outrageously —expensive 10. Finding the perfect shades of yellow paint for both the living room and the kitchen 11. A long, tight hug 12. Knowing that you've made a difference, even in a small way 13. Knowing yourself 14. Having , not at you 15. No longer being forced to play the piano for relatives 16. Making music with other people 17. Making music with other people on key 18. Reading a page-turner whose plot twists at the end make actual sense 19. Being frank 20. Listening to Frank (Sinatra) 21. to someone special 22. Hearing that special someone say it right back to you 23. Having a good laugh that's not at someone else's expense 24. You find your old 45s in the basement and — yes! — a turntable that can play them 25. Remembering the words (most of them) to the oldies on those 45s 26. Feeling more confident now than you did when you first learned them 27. When that coat you've been eyeing in the store window gets drastically marked down 28. Telling a know-it-all-relative she paid too much for her designer clothes 29. Taking an afternoon nap and waking up totally refreshed 30. Bumping into someone you haven't seen in years and hearing, "You haven't changed a bit!" 31. Knowing that in ways no one else can see, you have changed — more than a bit, and all for the better 32. Chocolate éclairs 33. Come to think of it … everything 34. Having your haircut turn out exactly like that magazine picture you showed the stylist 35. The vibrancy of colors and the clarity of words after cataract surgery 36. Seeing Michelangelo's David in the flesh — er, marble 37. The food — even the bad food — in Italy 38. Italy 39. Successfully returning a vicious spin shot in Ping-Pong 40. Silence 41. Running into the prom queen from your high school and realizing, Wow, is she a wreck! 42. Swimming 40 laps in a heated pool 43. Having a lane to yourself 44. 45. Holding him 46. Having him smile up at you 47. Seeing what a loving parent your child has become 48. Having a friend with whom you can giggle about sex 49. Fantasizing about sex 50. Remembering Do you have something to add to the list? Tell us by leaving a comment below.
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50 Things That Are Better Than Sex
As experiences go is it really still one of the best
I was watching Love and Death (1975) the other night when Sonja (Diane Keaton) turned to Boris Grushenko () and implored, "Boris, please! Sex without love is an empty experience!" "Yes," said Boris in a classic Woody comeback, "but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best." See Also: Oh, Woody! I thought to myself. I'm just not sure I buy that anymore. Which led me to another notion: Is sex still one of the best experiences around? Or might something else have topped it when we weren't looking? Over breakfast the next morning with two close friends, George (57) and Carol (64), I sounded them out on the issue: "Can you come up with 10 things that are better than sex?" "Ten?" gasped George. "I can't come up with one!" "Only 10?" laughed Carol. "I can think of more than that just related to shopping!" Over the next few days, I polled many other people. By the weekend, my list of "Things Better than Sex" had grown to 50. See if you agree: 1. 2. Watching Gene Kelly dance in Singin' in the Rain 3. Watching Paul Newman do anything 4. Sharing your scariest, innermost feelings with a very good friend — and discovering she has them, tooMore About Sex
What's better? Sex or chocolate? — Receive access to exclusive information, benefits and discounts5. When someone else cooks you a great meal 6. And does the dishes 7. Getting that skirt you hadn't worn in two seasons over your hips 8. Buying a great blouse that goes with that skirt 9. Finding a dentist who is only very — not outrageously —expensive 10. Finding the perfect shades of yellow paint for both the living room and the kitchen 11. A long, tight hug 12. Knowing that you've made a difference, even in a small way 13. Knowing yourself 14. Having , not at you 15. No longer being forced to play the piano for relatives 16. Making music with other people 17. Making music with other people on key 18. Reading a page-turner whose plot twists at the end make actual sense 19. Being frank 20. Listening to Frank (Sinatra) 21. to someone special 22. Hearing that special someone say it right back to you 23. Having a good laugh that's not at someone else's expense 24. You find your old 45s in the basement and — yes! — a turntable that can play them 25. Remembering the words (most of them) to the oldies on those 45s 26. Feeling more confident now than you did when you first learned them 27. When that coat you've been eyeing in the store window gets drastically marked down 28. Telling a know-it-all-relative she paid too much for her designer clothes 29. Taking an afternoon nap and waking up totally refreshed 30. Bumping into someone you haven't seen in years and hearing, "You haven't changed a bit!" 31. Knowing that in ways no one else can see, you have changed — more than a bit, and all for the better 32. Chocolate éclairs 33. Come to think of it … everything 34. Having your haircut turn out exactly like that magazine picture you showed the stylist 35. The vibrancy of colors and the clarity of words after cataract surgery 36. Seeing Michelangelo's David in the flesh — er, marble 37. The food — even the bad food — in Italy 38. Italy 39. Successfully returning a vicious spin shot in Ping-Pong 40. Silence 41. Running into the prom queen from your high school and realizing, Wow, is she a wreck! 42. Swimming 40 laps in a heated pool 43. Having a lane to yourself 44. 45. Holding him 46. Having him smile up at you 47. Seeing what a loving parent your child has become 48. Having a friend with whom you can giggle about sex 49. Fantasizing about sex 50. Remembering Do you have something to add to the list? Tell us by leaving a comment below.
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