There's a new book out about love, sex, and relationships called The Normal Bar. It's likely to be a best seller because most of us tend to be curious about how we are doing in the bedroom. We wonder if we are normal. Do other people feel like they don't have time for sex?
You probably don't love the idea of being "normal," but do you ever wonder how your relationship stacks up against others?
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I mean, excitement is fun and all but sometimes, you just want someone to be a normal person. No drama, no extreme issues, no quirky hangups, no excessive baggage — just cool and normal.
Chances are, at some point in your life, you've worried about having not enough sex—or too much of it. To help put things in perspective, Glo looks at the stats and finds out what really happens behind closed doors.
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How often do you have sex? Do you ever worry that it isn't enough? The fact is, most couples have no idea how much sex is considered "normal," and many couples worry that their sex life isn't up to par.
Last week, Jason Russell, the creator of the "KONY 2012" video was jailed for running around San Diego, naked and yelling about the devil. His wife, Danica Russell, defended her husband saying that he was suffering from severe dehydration and exhaustion. The LA Times reports, 'A statement by his wife, Danica Russell, said her husband was under stress and that he "never had a substance abuse or drinking problem, and this episode wasn't caused by either of those things.'"
In the mish-mash of different people, cultures, religions, etc. that we have in this modern world, is traditional romance still valid? Is it dead? Or does it simply have a new face in the 2000's?
Sexual fantasies are something we rarely discuss, even among good friends. Our deepest sexual thoughts are often considered too weird, perverse, or just plain wrong to be shared amongst polite company; fantasizing might indicate there is something wrong with our relationships, or worse, ourselves. But research indicates that having sexual fantasies is an absolutely normal, if not necessary, part of being a sexual being. It's not having them that is aberrant.
My girlfriend was browsing Facebook and found herself "face to face" with friends from her childhood and from college, all with wives or husbands, and babies and houses. And when we went to bed later, she cried. "Sometimes, I just want to be normal too," she said to me with sad, green eyes. "I want to put up pictures like that. I don't want to have to explain myself. I don't want to worry about what other people think." It made me sad. Really sad. Here was this incredibly strong, intelligent woman who was feeling pressured by these images of supposed normalcy and correctness. She felt bombarded by messages that seemed to be about the "right" way to do things and made her feel as if all of the love and happiness we have was, in that very instant, wrong. It's hard not to feel that way when the conventions that everyone accepts are staring you in the face, taunting you. "You don't have a husband. You don't have a baby. Your girlfriend's married. You should be ashamed. You're doing it wrong," their happy pictures and messages seem to say.
