# A(nother) sex poll: What common sex act won't you do? Are indifferent to? (TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 8, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308 "2008-08-08T17:30:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/1 "2008-08-08T17:30:20Z")
Not a poll to find out if you’re not into coprophilia or similar. Just nice “normal” sex & foreplay stuff. Not into kissing? Won’t give/receive felatio/cunnilingus? (Common enough to be “normal” IMO). Immune to intercourse? I was courting a woman during my latest dating period who admitted to me that she was almost completely immune to the pleasures of regular sex. Yeah, there was the closeness but there was never going to be an orgasm or even much sexual pleasure for her. She could masturbate herself to an orgasm but what she described was almost Yoga: a way of positioning her legs, clamping her knees together, and exercising her way to orgasm. I tried to go down on my wife the other day and she just pulled me up - she’s very rarely receptive to cunnilingus - usually it just tickles she says. Just the touch of my hand _down there_ can set her giggling. She also goes from 0 to 60 in like 5 seconds. Foreplay is almost wasted on her. _(She says I’ll get no sympathy from men on this, though.)_ Me? Kissing is fun but not a way to really get in turned on. It’s like step 1 of the many-step arousal process. I’ll never get beyond “Hmm, this is promising” with just lip-to-lip kissing. I’m not indifferent to it, it’s just not at all the set-my-loins-aflame thing I thought it would be when I was young and inexperienced. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/2 "2008-08-08T17:32:47Z")
Being on top during intercourse. I am highly in favor of pretty much any other usual thing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/3 "2008-08-08T17:47:28Z")
I had a girlfriend a while back who refused to let me go down on her. She wasn’t antisexual or anything, she loved knockin’ boots, but she was simply embarrassed about the look of her girl parts and didn’t want anybody getting that close. Made me sad. ☹ For my part: Is a three-way common? Because I’m really not interested. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/4 "2008-08-08T18:45:32Z")
Hetero Male Anal. Tried it a few times and never understood the appeal of it. Even with a partner who was into it, we found it to be painful for her, and far too much work when there is a vagina ready made for the purpose. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/5 "2008-08-08T18:52:33Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] For my part: Is a three-way common? Because I’m really not interested. [/QUOTE] Ditto on this, ill be interested in two girls at the same time when i grow a second penis. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/6 "2008-08-08T19:45:14Z")
I \*just \* got done having a conversation with The Lad about this (and I’m at my desk at work 😛 )whereby I dashed his hopes of the old 69. I like giving \*and \* receiving, but not at the same time. I find it too distracting. I guess I’m not much of a multitasker. ---
**Author:** ![dactylic\_hexameter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@dactylic\_hexameter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dactylic_hexameter)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/7 "2008-08-08T20:09:54Z")
Totally agree with the 69 thing. I enjoy both halves, just not as a whole. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/8 "2008-08-08T21:30:02Z")
I won’t refuse being the provider of oral sex, but it doesn’t do much for me… might, I suppose, if I were with someone who really went wild from it but that hasn’t happened… _Will_ refuse being on the receiving end. I just don’t like mouths that much. Not warm enough, and food particles and stuff, yecch. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/9 "2008-08-09T03:04:04Z")
Kissing does nothing for either Mrs. Homie or myself. And she refuses to let me go down on her - it squigs her out for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/10 "2008-08-09T03:44:24Z")
“I would do anything for love, but I won’t do that.” would have been a much better thread title, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/11 "2008-08-09T03:56:18Z")
I’m pretty much OK with anything that doesn’t involve pain or more than two people. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/12 "2008-08-09T04:51:44Z")
I’m not drunk enough to definitively answer this question yet. I’ll check back in half an hour, if I’m still conscious. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/13 "2008-08-09T04:54:08Z")
I wouldn’t say there’s anything ordinary I wouldn’t do, but I dated one girl who didn’t like to receive oral (very uptight about her “area,” as it were…she hated me even _looking_ at her “down there” most of the time!) I also dated two other girls who hated giving oral. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/14 "2008-08-09T05:25:21Z")
I’m not a fan of receiving oral (I’m a woman). I used to be into it but I had a bad experience with a dude who made me feel weird about it, so I am not into it anymore. The last guy I dated wasn’t into giving it anyway so it worked out. I don’t like receiving anal but I’ve tried it a few times. It’s very strangely tedious and uncomfortable. Does nothing for me. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/15 "2008-08-09T05:32:25Z")
[QUOTE=SCSimmons] I’m not drunk enough to definitively answer this question yet. I’ll check back in half an hour, if I’m still conscious. [/QUOTE] OK, I can see the botttom of my bottle now, so I guess it’s time to answer the question … What was the question again? Oh, right … Um, I can’t think of anything I wouldn’t at least try. There are things I’ve tried that didn’t do much for me, so I, probably wouldn’t try them again, but I’m not sure if they count as comomon. (Bondage, for example … but I don’t know how many people really do that.) ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/16 "2008-08-09T12:36:55Z")
absolutely no anal. I have a pussy for that. If ya want anal that badly, you best be finding someone else. Luckily my hubby thinks it’s gross too. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/17 "2008-08-09T12:57:03Z")
I don’t mind giving oral for a short time, but if you need it for hours, we’d better get a third. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/18 "2008-08-09T13:08:58Z")
Anal is gross and painful and not remotely pleasurable and I don’t understand why anyone would want to do that. (Ok, I understand why dudes would want to do it… to a woman or to one another… but I’m not grasping how any woman could find it pleasurable.) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/19 "2008-08-09T14:39:56Z")
Do gerbils count as normal? No gerbils! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308/20 "2008-08-09T14:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=dactylic hexameter] Totally agree with the 69 thing. I enjoy both halves, just not as a whole. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I agree. Plus, appropriate positioning can get rather awkward. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-nother-sex-poll-what-common-sex-act-wont-you-do-are-indifferent-to-tmi/459308.md?page=2)