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Win-It Wednesday: iVillage Summer of Love Gift Basket ($100 ARV!)

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iVillage Gift Basket

As part of the relaunch of their Pregnancy & Parenting site, iVillage recently asked its readers to complete a Married Sex survey. Among the key findings were these interesting results:

  • 63% of married women said they would prefer to catch up on an extra hour of sleep, watch a movie or read a book than have sex with their spouse
  • 31% of women reported that they had a better sex life before marriage
  • 14% of women have participated in sexting, while 17% have sent flirty email messages
  • 44% of women said the quality of their sex life has not changed since having kids
  • 23% of women have sex 1 to 3 times a month

iVillage wants to encourage couples with children to enjoy a “Summer of Love”, and today they’re giving away a Summer of Love gift basket (valued at $100!) to one lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader! The gift basket includes:

  • beach blanket
  • 2-in-1 massage oil from K-Y
  • cooler with plastic champagne flutes, napkins, bottle of champagne
  • Listerine strips
  • gourmet pretzels
  • chocolate covered strawberries
  • fun-shaped ice cube trays and popsicle molds
  • tanning oil
  • scented candles
  • iVillage tote bag
  • red nail polish

To enter, share your best tip for couples with children who want to spice up their love life!

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1. Leave a comment. What is your best tip for couples with children to spice things up?

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Prize:
(1) Summer of Love gift basket, as described above

This giveaway ends at 7pm EDT on Thursday, 5/27 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Ashley Barrios

    Just joined the forums…can’t wait to hear how everybody else is saving money!

  4. Cindy Hamilton

    I always try to remember how important it is to my husband and try to be spontaneous. HE LOVES IT when I surprise him!!! I think we have more fun now than we did when we first got married 8 1/2 years ago :0)

  6. Liz

    You have to make time – schedules get so crazy, but even with 4 kids we make time for each other. You have to make it a priority. Also – if 31% of women say they had a better sex life before they had kids, does that mean that 69% have a better sex life after kids?

  7. Tracy Wall

    I never thought I would get such a reaction but I wore a long maxi dress to my husbands office when I stopped by for a visit. The dress is not odd but when I whispered that the dress was all that I had on, I could see the reaction. I had it on when he came home from work but would not let him near me. He helped w/ the kids, making sure they were in bed on time and as soon as he was sure they were
    asleep, we went to bed. I think it was the out of character move from me and the forced antisipation that made the night much better than ordinary!!

  9. Cory

    i think the best way to spice it up is to make time every week to explore each other – inside and out. Even if it is only for a few minutes after the kids go to bed :-)

  15. Jeannie

    My advice: babysitter. Plan it out so that way you have all the time you need.
    For the busy days, it also helps to flirt with each other throughout the day. Both partners need some foreplay. Get yourselves excited with sexy texts, phone calls, e-mails, hidden love notes, etc. so that when you get home and get your kids tucked away in bed, you’re ready to go and don’t need to warm up.

  19. Janette

    I think that it so important to try new little ways of keeping your love alive; leave your hubby a hot little note on his steering wheel letting him know what he is in store for when he gets home or it could be about how much you appreciate everything does for! ;-)

    I am an email subscriber.

  26. Cheri

    Tip is to take advantage of the times when the baby naps! At least once a week spend that time NOT doing housework and hang out together.

  27. shannon

    our time together is few and far between but we take advantage of every minute alone. We have a 4 and 5 year old (who is disabled) and also take care of my parents because my dad is disabled and has cancer. We feel like teenagers sometimes because we have to do a lot of sneaking around. But that adds spice right there. We never know where we are gonna end up. We know in time we will get our time so LOVE holds us together for now.