Our friend Jilly Boyd nominated us for a TMI Blog Award.  If you’re unfamiliar with Jilly, click the link attached to her name and remedy the situation posthaste.  Incredibly prolific and mature beyond her twenty-one years, Jilly is a published author and one of the few bloggers who manage to make us look lazy by comparison.  Some of our interactions can be read on our respective blogs, including Watch Us Watch You, in which Jilly reflects on being the voyeur to our exhibitionists; Lush, a Fantasy, her as-yet unrealized story of a first meeting between the three of us; and To Jilly Boyd on the Occasion of Your Twenty-First, which is our take on the same hypothetical event.

The TMI Blog Award is described thusly:

The TMI Blog Award honors those blogs that discuss everything in detail and do it well. These bloggers aren’t afraid to discuss their most awkward, embarrassing and intimate experiences with honesty, humor and little to no filter.

This seems to describe us well.  From body image issues, to the frustrations that accompany parenthood, to trying to navigate our increasingly repressive society, we do our best to demonstrate that being sex-positive isn’t all amyl nitrite poppers, dildos and group sex.

As the recipients of this award, we will be adhering to the following rules:

Thank the person who presented you with the award.
Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you.
Share an awkward, embarrassing and intimate story in 250 words or less.
Copy and paste the blog award on your blog.
Present the TMI Blog Award to 5 – 10 deserving blogs.
Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment at their blog.

Thanks, Jilly!

Now for our awkward, embarrassing, and intimate stories.  Yes, that’s right, stories.  We’ve each written one.

Jack’s Story

We are both equal parts exhibitionist and voyeur.  In October we attended a sex club for the first time.  Though we were excited about trying something new, we hadn’t made any clear-cut plans to indulge our exhibitionist nature; we suspected that attending such a club would be exciting, and the sort of thing we could forever say that we did.  However, despite the relative shortage of women, we were pretty turned on to be in such a sexually-charged environment.  We quickly went into one of the rooms and started to play.  We weren’t performing, exactly.  We were just having fun, in much the same fashion as we would at home.  Pretty soon, though, we had attracted a large crowd, almost entirely male.  And before long, most of these guys were in the room with us, and way too close for a couple of first-timers.  What we didn’t realize until one of the men told us is that the rooms have chains that can be pulled across the doorway to signal that audience participation is not requested.  Well, we know for next time, I guess.

Jill’s Story

Years ago, while house-sitting for Jack’s aunt and uncle, we spent an afternoon lounging in their private backyard.  We were feeling a bit amorous, and soon I found myself straddling Jack on a lounge chair, my sundress pulled up to my hips as we made out.  Eager to taste him, I gave him head beneath the warm sunshine.  Eventually we went inside and we ordered a pizza.  While we waited for our dinner to be delivered, we got in bed.  We kissed and touched each other, and soon Jack was fingering my pussy and sucking my clit, leading me to what I knew would be a very intense orgasm.  I came hard, vocally, knowing that there was no one around to hear me.  My moans were loud and intense, almost to the point of being screams.  I thought I might pass out.  Less than a minute after I stopped moaning uncontrollably, the pizza delivery person rang the doorbell.

In coming up with our own list of nominees for this very prestigious honor, we did our best to ensure that the bloggers we selected had not, to the best of our knowledge, already been selected.  This means that Jilly’s other nominees were off-limits to us, as well as the five bloggers chosen by Vincent and Mia, and Hubby of 2 Sexual Minds, the only other nominees we know who have participated as of yet.

Our nominees for this very prestigious honor are:

Dru at Sexxcited.  Dru is a relatively new blogger who shares her experiences, fantasies, and desires in an exciting yet honest and relatable style.  Also, Dru cites us in part as her inspiration for starting her blog, and few things we’ve been told are more flattering than that.

Katie Archer at The Adventures of Curious Kate.  Talk about truth in advertising!  This blog is described as an account of “the adventures Katie has when NO one is looking!”  Yes, we’re talking about sex here.  Katie has a tremendous sexual appetite, and her posts are sometimes as funny as they are erotic.

Rebel at Rebel’s Notes.  Rebel blogs about her experiences with her husband and Dom, Master T.  Although we acknowledge that we are kinkier than some, reading about Rebel’s experiences, in particular her “D/s Journey” reminds us of just how vanilla we are.

Rachel Rey at My Undercover Metamorphosis.  Rachel blogs about life as a single mother exploring her kinky side.  She may write about her experiences in online dating one day, and her enjoyment of fisting the next.  She is well-rounded, intelligent, introspective, and very sexy.

Tonya at T is for TMI.  Though her blog has been around since 2010, until this year Tonya had only published a handful of posts.  We’re glad, too, because she’s proven herself one of our favorites.  To be succinct, she’s real.

Note that when we are “tagged” in a blog post, we rarely tag others.  As this was an award, we thought it only fair to list five nominees.  However, we won’t feel slighted if anyone on our list chooses not to participate.

Also, we thought this post would be as good as any in which to issue an apology to Hedone, who nominated us for a Versatile Blogger Award back in October.

We never followed up, not because we didn’t appreciate the award, or the honor of being nominated by such a distinguished and respected blogger, but because we honestly didn’t get it.  Yes, we were nominated, but were we supposed to wait to see if we won?  We had just returned to blogging following an extended hiatus, prior to which we did little if any real interacting with other bloggers.  This sort of thing was pretty new to us.

The rules that govern the Versatile Blogger Award are:

1. Thank the blogger(s) who nominated you and link to his/her site.
2. Nominate 15 blogs that excite and delight you, and tell them.
3. Tell 7 things about yourself.

First things first, thanks, Hedone!  As almost six months have passed, we’re going to skip rule #2 and hope that we aren’t forced to forfeit our Versatile Blogger Award as a result.  We will, however, tell seven things about ourselves.  That’s seven each.  Hopefully that’ll buy us some leeway for skipping #2.

Jack’s Sexy Facts

1.  My “number”, i.e. the number of sexual partners I’ve had, is lost to time.  (I could probably figure it out within about five people.)  I imagine it’s around forty.
2.  I’ve dated or slept with women from at least six different religions, or at least seven if Atheism counts.
3.  When I was single, I came close to having a threesome with a co-worker and his wife.  My own obliviousness derailed the situation before it could occur.
4.  I lost my virginity when I was sixteen.
5.  Asia Carrera is my favorite porn star.
6.  My first taste of true exhibitionism came when I got my first handjob at a midnight showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
7.  Barring any innocent childhood self-exploration, I was eleven years old the first time I masturbated.

Jill’s Sexy Facts

1.  I love having my hair played with, pulled, brushed, and shampooed.  It’s a very sensual experience for me.  In fact, I once had an orgasm while having my hair washed by my hairdresser.
2.  My nipples are very sensitive.  I’ve never had an orgasm from nipple stimulation alone, but I’d like to.
3.  When I was younger, I fully intended to save my virginity until I was married.  Needless to say, that dream was short-lived.
4.  Doggy style is my favorite position.
5.  Time permitting, I try to masturbate in the shower every morning before work.
6.  I love being watched.
7.  I squirt, and have been known to leave a huge wet spot.

Congratulations to all nominees!  The afterparty is in our bedroom.

[Edit: Following our initial nomination, subsequent TMI Blog Award nominations have come from A Husband of Two Sexual Minds, Dru, Gemma, KaziGrrl, Mistress Mia, and Nastassja + Neo.  Sincerest thanks to all of you.]