Being a working adult in a relationship means conceding to a few realities. The kitchen won't always be clean, the sheets may go a little longer between washes, and yeah—sometimes sex just has to be scheduled.
These celebrities have found that making time for intimacy is better than not having any at all. Let's see who has joined over 50% of couples that write sex in the calendar.
Jessica Alba and her husband, Cash Warren, work hard to keep their marriage alive. She wrote:
"So, making time for our relationship in our daily routine—even though it’s surprisingly predictable and may not seem as spicy as our spontaneous pre-kiddo days—really helps keep the romance alive."
This gorgeous couple is beyond busy. While Gabrielle's schedule is packed, it's harder to work around her husband's NBA commitments.
"You’ve got to space that out between games,” she said on Watch What Happens Live.
Jason Sudeikis doesn't have to schedule in gym time, because he and Olivia Wilde schedule in sex time, instead.
"The truth is, I'm not getting up an hour earlier and walking on a treadmill. I have the greatest workout partner in the world. And you don't need a gym membership for that kind of workout."
Kate Upton has to work around pitcher Justin Verlander's schedule, and that has some strict rules.
For them, it's not about scheduling when to have sex, but when not to.
"There's no sex before a game -- absolutely none." She said.
My favorite couple ever schedule sex around a surprisingly thing—and it isn't their kids.
"We're so full and we eat very late, around 10:30 or 11 p.m., because my meals tend to take a very long time," she told Harper's Bazaar Singapore.
"We’ve very much into, like, middle-of-the-night, morning and random daytime sex -- because that’s how important food is."
Christina her now-ex, Jordon Bratman, dedicated a whole day a week for intimacy.
She told Ellen Degeneres that they instituted "Naked Sunday," where they would stay home and do everything in the nude.
The Real Housewives of Miami stars Joanna and Romain’s sex therapist, Dr. Lisa, told them to set aside one day a week for scheduled sex as a means of saving their marriage.
Kristen Bell filled Redbook in on how she and her husband, Dax Shepard, make things work: literally writing it down.
"We find a night when nobody is coming over and we don't have to work super-early in the morning, and then we slot it in."
Back when Khloé and Lamar were still married, they scheduled in sex for a very specific (and familiar) reason: to try and get pregnant!
While that marriage didn't result in a child, her relationship with ex Tristan Thompson did.
During the long-distance portion of their relationship, Julianne and Brooks scheduled a different kind of session: phone sex.
"But I'm really bad at it … I'll get halfway through and start laughing," she said.
This Life in Pieces actress has no problem scheduling date nights, so scheduling sex was a no-brainer.
She told US Weekly, "We, like, put it in [the books] so that we can make sure that we don’t lose our adult time. It’s the first thing that kind of goes by the wayside."
Please, be gentle. I'm still not over the fact that they broke up. Before they divorced, Jenna and Channing didn't schedule sex—they scheduled couple time. However...
"I have friends who do this [schedule sex]; it’s on the calendar. We’ve never done that — it might actually be a good idea." She told Health magazine.
Musician Jessie James Decker and her husband, Eric, don't pull out their calendar apps—but they do plan ahead.
"I'll send him a message and be like, 'Babe, it's on tonight.' Life gets really crazy with kids and schedules are hard, but couples need to be intimate. You have to find time to connect with your partner." She said.
On an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kim once claimed her and Kanye have sex an exaggerated "500 times a day." But in reality, it was more like 15 times and it was a dedicated effort to get pregnant.
She revealed a puzzling behavior of her husband, Mark Consuelos.
"When there's 'special married couple time' in our house...He's immediately mean to me afterwards and I don't like that. I think it's bizarre." She said. Mark, wtf?
When Kevin and Kyra found out that notorious criminal Bernie Madoff had scammed them, they were at a loss. And decided to resolve their issues using sex.
"We kind of went, ‘Holy s***. Let’s…I don’t know. Let’s have sex or something.'" He told GQ.
Celeb twin Tamera Mowry-Housely and her husband, Adam, aren't really into adult films. Instead, they made their own.
"We did one...[and] I didn't like it! I don't like watching!" She said.
On their first date, the two broke into a house still under construction and decided to heat things up.
Being caught, however, cooled them right down.
"We were told to go get a hotel room which we did. That was our first date. It was a lot of fun. I can’t believe it was a long time ago."
Meghan Trainor's marriage to her husband, Daryl Sabara, is bliss—and it's all down to how he makes her feel about her body.
"I never really felt sexy with guys before. No one expressed how they liked my body out loud in the bedroom until I met Daryl." She said.
Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith sneak in time with each other whenever they can.
"When you have three kids, you've got to take your opportunities when they come," she said to Shape. "In a limo, on the way to the Academy Awards..." She said.
Maybe they could benefit from some scheduling?
Patrick Dempsey and his wife, Jillian Dempsey, don't have any qualms about sharing where they get together.
One of those places is his $1m car. "You have to be creative, but you can do it." He said.
It's Snooki, so this is absolutely no surprise: she takes inspiration from adult films for the bedroom.
When asked what works with her husband, Jionni LaValle, she said, "Just being, like, a porn star." Short and to the point.
To keep up with his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas massively overshared his secret: pills.
"God bless her that she likes older guys. And some wonderful enhancements have happened in the last few years," he said. If I had to read it, you had to read it.
