As a 43-year-old divorced mother of three, I'm finally at a point in my life where I really enjoy sex, even if there's not always a lot of time for it. So when a friend posed a challenge to me to try having sex twice a day for a week, I was intrigued. The only other time in my life I remember having sex more than once a day was when I was trying to get pregnant—and sex then was really just a means to an end.

My boyfriend, Mario*, and I usually have sex three or four times a week, so this would be a significant increase. I decided not to tell him about the challenge and just jumped right in. Here's how it went. 

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