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The Couples

The Arringtons

  • The Husband
  • The Wife

The Situation

Sexy Schedule

Tee and Therman Arrington were married in a storybook wedding four years ago. From the day he first saw her, Therman "was captivated by her eyes; I just knew she was it." But, as is sometimes the case, the romantic fires of the newlywed couple slowly smoldered. Therman is frank: he's upset because he's just not getting the action in the bedroom like he used to. And now he's increasingly spending time away from the house.

"It's like, why even try? I'm out playing Call of Duty, 'cause I'm not playing Call of Booty," he tells his wife.

Tee has her own take. "You're a sex maniac. I wake up at night and you're like, 'Hmmmmm, I got something here for you.'"

Therman's biggest fear is that their frequency of lovemaking will continue to fall from their earlier days. "I just want some consistency."

Tee explains. "We were on a schedule. What's wrong with once a week? The Bible says love your husband. It doesn't say have sex with your husband three, four, five times a week." She goes on to complain that he's not doing much for her, not buying her things.

"You need to step up to the plate a couple more times," he explains, referring to his buying her more romantic gifts.

"I am stepping up to the plate," she pleads.

"Baby, if you were in baseball, they would have you in the minors," he tells her.

DID THE REF MAKE THE RIGHT CALL?

Martin Short weighs in first. "It's dangerous. Bedroom activities are very important. Once a week is not enough."

Sarah Silverman counters. "She's not feeling sexual. But she can help him in other ways if she isn't. She can… give him a hand."

Tom's take is that Therman isn't being romantic enough. "'I've got something here for you,' is what my Fed Ex guy tells me."

"And he comes more than once a week," quips Sarah.



Martin comes around to the wife's side. "She's saying be more generous, it's got to be more romantic with me."

Sarah hates the idea that Tee wants her husband to buy her things if she's going to have sex with him. "It's got to stop," she says.

Matthew's ambivalent; he can see both sides, but doesn't have much of a solution. Tom knows what he wants to do. He summons the Arringtons via satellite.

"Therman," he tells the husband, "You've got a great personality, a beautiful wife, what I need you to do is stop by the florist. Watch what's going on there. Ask yourself: 'Why is this a business?' People don't need fresh flowers. Why do romantic restaurants take dinner reservations? It's romance. Tee you win."

Therman explains that he just wants consistency. "That's not a romantic word," Tom explains, "that's something you want from your appliances."

The Arringtons received a second honeymoon on a Royal Caribbean Cruise. For more information on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas or Mariner of the Seas, please visit royalcarribbean.com.

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