# Could you boink someone you don't particularly like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459 "2013-08-06T01:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/81 "2013-08-09T02:51:40Z")
I’m a man. No I couldn’t. I have to like them at least a little bit, usually have to really like them before I’ll even consider it. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/82 "2013-08-09T04:07:17Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > In the past, there had been times where if you had tied a rattlesnake down I would have fucked it. Sexual proclivities aside, you didn’t answer the OP: what if you didn’t like the rattlesnake? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/83 "2013-08-09T04:09:24Z")
> [@Orionizer](#): > > True story. Girl was all kinda crazy and I was ready to dump her. Then, I remembered I had 1 more rubber and how long would it be before I got some again? > > Broke up with her on the way home. Judge Posner would likely approve of your economic utility analysis. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/84 "2013-08-09T04:28:54Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I wouldn’t do it now. But I’m also approaching 40 and there’s a lot of stuff I would have done 15 years ago I won’t do anymore. At 45 I seem to be moving in the opposite direction. 15 years ago I wouldn’t have boinked anyone outside of a relationship I considered meaningful. At this stage I’m pretty sure I am not very good at relationships, but I’d kinda like to get busy. I don’t think it could be someone I actively disliked, but I could overlook a lot of things if I wasn’t expecting to see the guy again. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/85 "2013-08-09T05:12:07Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > How hot is he and how good in bed is he? It depends on those two things. Also, how much do I not like him? If I’m repulsed by him or _hate_ him, then no. As a guy, my standards can be as low as “would having sex with this woman be better than masturbating?” ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/86 "2013-08-09T13:34:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > As a guy, my standards can be as low as “would having sex with this woman be better than masturbating?” And there are actually instances where the answer is “no”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fluke54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@Fluke54](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluke54)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/87 "2013-08-09T13:54:19Z")
If I was single and the guy was hot, sure. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/88 "2013-08-09T14:10:08Z")
No. But _ **if** _ I would, I wouldn’t bring my “A Game.” And I’d make her be on top and do all the work. But no. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459/89 "2013-08-09T14:14:01Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > At 45 I seem to be moving in the opposite direction. 15 years ago I wouldn’t have boinked anyone outside of a relationship I considered meaningful. At this stage I’m pretty sure I am not very good at relationships, but I’d kinda like to get busy. I don’t think it could be someone I actively disliked, but I could overlook a lot of things if I wasn’t expecting to see the guy again. It’s straight-up sex, see? I know what I want out of a lover now. So if I end up in bed with someone I don’t like, I highly doubt they will be good lovers, since I doubt they will take my needs/wants/desires into consideration much. Or I may not be comfortable around them. I’ve learned that hotness means jackshit when it comes to sexual prowess. Not that hot people can’t be good in bed, just that hot or not is no guarantee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-boink-someone-you-dont-particularly-like/665459.md?page=4)