Just this past week, a great friend of mine told a group of us at work of a somewhat embarassing moment he experienced while a friend was helping him move bedroom furniture. Evidently, they had to split apart the dresser drawers from the mirror that sat on top. When they did, out from behind the mirror popped a dusty box of condoms . My friend was embarassed for two reasons: a) he had not had sex in so long he forgot when he even bought the box of condoms and b) it was evident to his friend from the mammoth cloud of dust that rose from the box that he had not sex in a long time which led to endless ribbing at work. Despite the jokes we all made at my friend’s expense, I was proud of him. He was being responsible in the bedroom….well, at least when he was GETTING any action in the bedroom which had not been for a long, long, long, long time. And, yes, I warned him of the dangers of holding onto condoms past their expiration dates. Unfortunately, not all people follow the safe sex protocols that my friend at work does. In fact, according to a recent survey led by a Miami-based condom company Grove Medical LLC, approximately 90% of respondents admited to practicing unsafe sex (sex without a condom) at least once in their sexual past. On top of that, one of the main reasons given is actually a pretty lame one. Forty percent of participants (1,000 male and female participants within the United States) in this survey felt that the sexual mood was lessened if the male or female partner had to mess with opening up a condom package. I guess splitting open a foil package with your teeth just doesn’t look sexy to some people. The survey also asked participants what they first thought of when they thought of the concept of love . Forty-three percent though of commitment, fifty-five percent thought of sex, sixty-seven percent thought of romance and seventy percent thought of passion. Survey participants were also asked what actions they felt made a couple more passionate towards one another. Close to forty-eight percent said affectionate gestures as simple as listening to one another could bring on the passion.

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