06.20.06

Sex and Cheesecake

Posted in The Story at 11:38 pm by Chef Matt

The cheesecake came home tonight.

After some were served on Friday night, we had about 4 cakes left that 7 of us got to divide up. Sure, that is an ugly way to divide up cakes (ever try to measure and carefully cut a cake into sevenths?…), but in fact there was actually enough for us to share with other classes. When all was said and done, I brought home about 3/4 of a 9″ cheesecake for my wife and myself.

However, my previous post about the cheesecake prompted a good friend of mine to ask if I was in fact getting lots and lots of sex for all the wonderful baked goods I was constantly bringing home. I think the phrase she used was: “bringing home a cheesecake is certainly worth a little ’slap and tickle’.”

While surely this is a personal issue, and I am not going to go into my sex life publicly in this forum, it is an interesting philosophical issue: Should I in fact be getting laid more frequently as compensation for my bringing home all this great food?

On the one hand, it is nice to be appreciated for what I do, and recognition of my extra effort to bring home sweets (which my wife LOVES) is a good thing. For her not to recognize these special gifts in any “special way” could send the message that she is possibly not impressed by, or has become accustomed to such treatment. This would be a sad state of affairs for all involved.

A close to porn as this blog will get…

But on the flip side of that coin we have two problems. First, sex in exchange for consideration - even if it IS cheesecake - is basically prostitution. And secondly, it is not fair to demand specific payments in return for what really are gifts. Gifts should be given without any expectation of something in return - that is what makes them gifts as compared to ransoms. And also let’s not forget that if I constantly tried to get my rocks off by plying my wife with cheesecake, she would soon reach a body type that could only be classified as “morbidly obese” which would surely have an adverse effect on our sex life from the point of view of both partners.

So to bluntly answer the question at hand: No, I don’t get more sex merely because I bring home lots of cheesecake and other great baked goods for my wife. But I’m not exactly complaining either.

Matt