It’s sooooo good for you

When Janet asked me to write about sex for this issue, I thought she was kidding. When I discovered she was serious, I believe I actually blushed.

When I was growing up (a good Catholic girl, with an incredibly strict father), sex was a word never spoken. I’m pretty sure I didn’t know what it really meant until I was 19. (blush, blush, blush.) Although I didn’t go on my first Dad-approved date until the night of my senior prom, I did sneak in a kissing session or two at the movies with a really cute boy. (I was supposed to be with my girlfriends – sure, Dad!)

* And didn't know to ask

Sex in Mazatlán can be a wonderful thing. Hell, sex anywhere can be a wonderful thing, and it doesn’t require expensive shoes or protective head gear. A statistician came up with the figure that every day, 200 million couples around the world have sex, which is a little over 2,000 couples at any given moment. At times during spring break in Mazatlán, we could own a measurable percentage of that stat.

The ultimate outcome is a bliss-filled, highly spiritual state, rarely attained

There’s much talk about soul mates among the New Age crowd. What this really means is the person who will fulfill all my dreams, make me feel comforted and loved, and will never scold me. But what isn’t spoken is “I need someone to tell me where I’ve gone wrong, someone to push me forward when I’m afraid, and someone who isn’t illusioned by my presence.” The former is what we think we’re seeking. The latter is what we get, along with, for most, rainstorms of fighting, disharmony and disillusion.

Bone up on your vocabulary for your next romantic encounter