Feed Your Sex Drive

As Valentine’s Day approaches, you’re probably trying to find the perfect outfit to make your date’s jaw drop. In this process, you’re most likely stressing out over how your birthday suit will look in the bedroom. The problem is you’ve already caved on your New Year’s resolution, and your one-pack is starting to appear more prevalent than ever before. It’s too late to diet, and the gym is your archenemy.

Get lucky in bed by serving aphrodisiacs for dinner. (Photo: monapera.com)

Rather than stress over how your going to hide those sneaky love handles, tailor your date so that your “not so spring break ready” bod goes unnoticed. Invite your date other over for a romantic dinner for two and surprise him or her with a three course meal full of aphrodisiacs.

Aphrodisiacs are foods that arouse or increase sexual desire. When enough aphrodisiacs are served in one sitting, it’s like an orgasm overdose waiting to happen. So this Valentine’s Day, make sure you and your date indulge in several sexually delicious dishes. If you get your date sexually high enough, the two of you will be floating your way into the bedroom in no time. And all your insecurities will fly away as your focus shifts onto round two.

So how do you get your date drunk on lust this Valentine’s Day? Here are a few dinner ideas to get your date all hopped up on love.

Antipasto

Asparagus contains vitamin E, which stimulates sexual responses. (Photo: sexyeatz.com)

According to Cosmopolitan magazine, asparagus and avocado could be the best appetizer to start off your very sexual meal. These delicious greens are filled with vitamin E, which stimulates sexual responses like clitoral swelling and vaginal lubrication.

Entree

For the main course, you have a variety of sexual dishes to choose from. If seafood is your thing, you can indulge in either oyster or salmon. Oysters are a popular aphrodisiac that are full of zinc, a mineral that increases testosterone, which boosts your sex drive. Salmon, on the other hand, is packed with omega-3 fatty acids, which keeps sex hormone production high. So make sure you wrap it up before you commit to this baby making dish.

Spicy foods contain capsaisin, which increases heart rate and metabolism. (Photo: encontactomagazine.com)

If you’re more into spicy food, you’re in luck. Spicy food is considered a sexual stimulant because there is an active ingredient in cayenne pepper, called capsaicin, which causes increased heart rate and metabolism. This is a similar feeling you experience while you engage in sexual activity, so put hot sauce on everything and get hot in and out of the kitchen.

Dessert

When it comes to desserts, there’s so much these treats can do to your sex drive. Chocolate anything is packed with a ton of contains phenylethylamine, a chemical that communicates the idea of excitement to the mind. If you’re more of a vanilla person, you can still heat things up with some ice cream. Vanilla is responsible for mildly stimulating nerves, which causes sexual sensations to arise.

Pomegranates increase genital sensitivity. (Photo: Shutterstock)

A healthy, but still sexual, dessert alternative includes a ton of fruits you probably never knew got you all hot and bothered. Watermelon causes blood vessels to relax and speeds up blood circulation, which makes you more easily aroused. Pomegranates are responsible for increasing genital sensitivity. This little fruit does it by protecting the lining of blood vessels, allowing blood to move more freely. And potassium in bananas increase muscular strength that you’ll need if you’re hoping for an intense orgasmic contraction.

After Dark

Throughout dinner, pair your meal with red wine for an even more romantic night. Red wine contains an antioxidant, called resveratrol, which improves circulation and boosts blood flow. This is guaranteed to make your feel more relaxed before and after sexual intercourse.

So stop being so self-conscious this Valentine’s Day. Reality is that your date will want to make love to you anyway, but if it makes you feel better, these aphrodisiacs will boost your sex drive and let out the aggressive, sexual beast within. Remember that confidence is sexy, so enjoy dinner and let your sexual desires run wild in the bed room.

Tips for a Stressless Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day tends to be a stressful time for everyone, whether they are in a relationship or not; those who are attached suffer from the pressure of gift-giving and romantic sentiment, while singletons can be made to feel like they’re an object of pity. It doesn’t have to be that way, though — at the end of the day, V-Day is no different from the other 364 days of the year, if you don’t want it to be.

All the single ladies

There are certain traditions for women who are single on Valentine’s Day; you might have seen them on TV shows and in movies. Ex-boyfriend bonfires in the style of Friends can be therapeutic, as can eating lots of chocolate and going out to drink and dance with your lady friends. Unfortunately, it’s near-impossible to forget what’s going on that day without locking yourself in a room all day, which gives you the choice between hating on the day in an anti-Valentine’s sentiment or loving it up instead. Go with the love, ladies; there’s no sense feeling bitter and twisted just because you’re unattached.

The ladies of Friends burn momentos of ex-boyfriends. (Photo; Guest of a Guest)

… and single men

Meanwhile, if you try to look up tips for single men on Valentine’s Day, all you’ll find are different ways to pick up vulnerable drunk women. Come on, you’re better than that! Do the same things single girls do — head out with your friends, male and female, and have a good time. Treat yourself to a new shirt or pair of trainers with all that money you’ve saved not buying Hallmark cards and jewelry for someone else, or do some childish activity with your friends, like laser tag.

(Photo: The Price Is Alright)

Tips for both

Whether you’re a man or a woman, straight or gay or anything else, there’s a lot of pressure to have a good time on Valentine’s Day, but being single doesn’t have to mean being alone. Don’t be tempted to get really drunk and make a fool of yourself at a pub or club, but a house party for men and women could be fun for all as long as no one expects more than a fun time with friends. Do a Valentine’s Day Secret Santa affair with your friends, or do something altruistic for others — handing out little homemade cards to the people you interact with on a daily basis or volunteering to help victims of abuse or homelessness. Happiness is infectious, and everyone needs love.

(Graphic: actsofkindness.org)

For couples

You might think that a couple’s Valentine’s Day is a pretty straightforward affair — a red card, some chocolates and a candlelit dinner. If a lot of the hype is to be believed, it’s just a day to placate the girlfriend while the boyfriend sneaks off and plays www.gamingclub.co.uk/mobile-roulette/ on his phone and holds his breath till morning. To hell with tradition, and do something you’ll both enjoy. A burlesque or cabaret show are fun, sexy, camp evenings that’ll get you laughing, and we all know laughing is an aphrodisiac. To save on money, have an indoor picnic in front of a fireplace screen-saver with a bottle of Prosecco — ultimate romance.

A burlesque or cabaret show are fun, sexy, camp evenings. (Photo: SSG Music)

If all the hearts and love aren’t your deal, do something a bit more silly. Go bowling with friends, take a trip to the roller skating rink, have some beers and carryout. Even better, go out together and spread the love with your friends, acquaintances and those less fortunate than yourself. You have all year to love each other; don’t forget how bad it can feel to be alone on a day dedicated to being half of a whole.

Whether you’re single or committed, don’t spend your energy hating on this day or trying to make it more than it is — love yourself, love the one you’re with, your friends and your family. It’s better than white-knuckling it till the morning.

Article by Emily Brooks