I’d read about coconut oil being used as lube for anal sex in a women’s magazine, of all places.

One of those “how to spice things up” articles. Besides being a natural product, it supposedly gave a better glide and didn’t gloop up like standard sex lubricants. I texted Doug immediately afterward.

He was on board. Of course, he was. He wanted more anal, and I usually wanted less, but I was intrigued and it felt playful to enquire whether he’d be game. It was a no-brainer question, but just asking turned me on. And if I was turned on this far ahead, I was hoping that feeling would last as we approached our test run.

His answer was immediate and succinct: Would I be willing to try? Well — duh!

I promised to pick up some coconut oil on the way home.