Today let’s sprinkle a fun perspective on a topic we take seriously at Get Your Marriage On, but not too seriously.
Have you ever stopped to think, “If my spouse and I have sex __ times a year, what is that really the equivalent of?” Well, I have!
Well, wonder no more, because with the above too, you can now find out! I made it easy for you to get your own, personalized report! Introducing: the 🔥 Sexy Comparison Calculator 🔥
(Not sure how many times you get it on? Use the Intimately Us app’s Intimacy Calendar to track it.)
Put It In Action
Let’s assume for a moment you and your spouse enjoy sex roughly 117 times a year, just shy of 10 times a month.
Is lovemaking basically your part-time job?
Let’s say each session lasts about 25 minutes (foreplay included — because we’re pros).
That’s 2,925 minutes a year.
Or 48.75 hours.
Almost two full days of rolling around naked with your favorite person.
That’s more time than most people spend cleaning out their garage… and way more fun.
Is this the slowest, sexiest workout you know?
Each session burns around 125 calories for men and 90 for women.
Multiply that by 117 and you’ve got:
- 14,625 calories for him
- 10,530 calories for her
That’s 4.2 pounds of fat burned for him and 3 pounds for her —Or enough calorie burn to earn that double scoop of ice cream with zero guilt.
How much semen are we talking about here?
The average ejaculation is about 3.7 ml.
117 sessions = 432.9 ml
That’s almost two cups of baby batter — about the same volume as a can of Red Bull.
And hey, you’ll need the energy.
What’s happening in your brain and body during all this?
Every orgasm is a hormone cocktail of oxytocin, dopamine, and other feel-good chemicals.
117 sessions = 117 emotional bonding boosts
That’s 117 doses of:
- Trust
- Sleep improvement
- Stress relief
- And natural painkillers
Basically, sex is your body’s love-language pharmacy.
How many loads of laundry does this create?
Change the sheets every time? You’re at 117 loads of laundry a year.
That’s about 58 hours of washing, drying, folding, and occasionally sighing.
Maybe this is why you secretly bought backup pillowcases and never told your spouse.
What kind of soundtrack does your sex life deserve?
At 25 minutes per session, that’s nearly 49 hours of music.
You could cycle through every Marvin Gaye song, every Beyoncé album, and still have time for slow jazz and candle refills.
Basically, enough tunes to host your own 2-day romance rave.
How many socks and shirts hit the floor?
Average of 5 clothing items removed per session.
117 × 5 = 585 articles of clothing dropped.
That’s enough to strip two closets bare —
Or create an entire thrift store pile dedicated to passion.
If sex were a form of cardio, how far would you go?
If you moved at 2 mph for 25 minutes per session, you’d cover 97.5 miles a year.
That’s like walking from Salt Lake City to Provo (the two largest cities in Utah, my home state)…
Without pants!
And what if every encounter had a chance of making a baby?
At ~3% chance of pregnancy per act (outside the fertile window),
117 × 0.03 = ~3.5 “oops” opportunities.
Good thing you’ve got a plan (or at least great timing).
How can you explain this number to your friends? (or maybe don’t)?
Having sex 117 times a year is like:
- Singing “Let’s Get It On” 2x a week — with choreography
- Running 4 half-marathons… horizontally
- Eating 117 scoops of gelato — but it burns calories instead of adding them
- Filling your intimacy tank with 117 little date nights
Try It Yourself
Go to https://getyourmarriageon.com/sex-equivalent-calculator/ and find out your own stats, just for fun.
It’s Not Really About The Number
Humor aside, a measure of a marriage is not how many times the couple enjoys getting it on. It’s far deeper and complex. A better measure is the depth of intimacy, collaboration, care, openness to explore, partner, and build a love worth wanting together.
Now go fold those sheets with pride!
