From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Jay Ellison, producer of this radio show,

and we're bringing you stories from a Moth main stage event at the Victoria Theatre

in Dayton, Ohio. It was produced in partnership with Public Radio Station W-Y-S-O, and the theme

of the evening was Carpe Diem. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Moth in Dayton, Ohio.

The host for the evening was Dame Wilburn, poet, storyteller, and co-host of the Moths' podcast.

Let's jump right into the first story, Fair Warning. It does deal with sexual relations within a

marriage. Here's Sarah Sweet, Rabadou Kelsey. On a boring Tuesday night in the beginning of the

summer, I sit down at the kitchen table with my husband Jeff in our brand new condo, and I say,

listen, I don't know how to tell you this, but I don't want to have sex with you anymore.

And this is sort of a sad and hard thing to say, but he hears it, and mulls it over, and he says,

you know, I don't want to have sex with you anymore, either. And I am so relieved,

but not surprised, because Jeff and I have had this on canny connection ever since the day we met

10 years ago when he dared me to guess his favorite movie. You've probably never even heard of

it, he said. Is it with Noel and I? I guess correctly. And how this obscure British film I had

never seen popped into my head we may never know. But we take it as a sign we should be together forever

and we are engaged six months later. But now at the kitchen table faced with this uncomfortable truth,

we know there's some things we should try like therapy or marriage counseling. And after a

little bit of googling, we learned there are certain crazy things that couples try in the bedroom

to spice up their sex lives. To be fair, we need more than spice. But we try it all. We go to the

therapist, we see the marriage counselor, and we try some of the crazy stuff from the internet.

Let me just tell you, none of that crazy stuff works because none of that crazy stuff works.

And we find ourselves at this sexual impasse and decide that we should just break up while we're

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