Live Longer is appropriately named considering how she lives her life – she eats fruits and vegetables, doesn’t smoke, flosses her teeth, and has sex regularly. She has the latter so regularly – on Tuesdays and Thursdays between six and seven PM – that we now refer to that hour as ‘sex o’clock.’ “It just works out well for our schedules,” she advised us.
According to several studies, having more sex (specifically ‘satisfying’ sex two-three times a week) is a great predictor for longevity. In addition, it burns calories, lowers blood pressure, improves sleep, boosts immunity, and protects one’s heart.
Another heart protector, also a regular activity for Live Longer, myself and most of my friends, is drinking alcohol – specifically, wine. Turns out, however, we should all be having way more sex than alcohol. Too much alcohol (more than two drinks a day for women and more than three drinks a day for men) can cause weight gain and relationship/health problems. I must admit, I’ve never gained weight as a result of having sex. I have, however, gained weight from drinking. As I’ve said before, “I’ve gained a lot of weight trying not to get drunk.” That said, I’ve also gotten drunk once or twice and ended up with ‘relationship’ problems.
With this new longevity information before me, I’m thinking of instituting a new kind of happy hour: sex o’clock. “Drinks are on the house…the brick house, yep, that’s me!” Whatever that means.