# Do you "prepare" for sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 24, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433 "2014-09-24T14:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/81 "2014-09-29T17:36:49Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I agree with Fisha’s responses. It made the whole thing sound like a tedious and unpleasant chore with references to bodily functions that are in the realm of an in home care worker. > > Like this part: > > Expending so much concern and effort on poop cleaning and shaving technique did not make for a sexy read and seemed kind of OCD. Agreed. One of the grossest posts I’ve ever read here and that’s saying something. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/82 "2014-09-29T17:50:52Z")
Google “high schools near me” ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/83 "2014-09-29T18:36:00Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > the sticky drippy \*\*crusty \*\*stuff, mmmmmmmm, crusty. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/84 "2014-09-29T18:55:36Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I guess that’s why you’re grumpy, huh? ☹ > …& how _you_ doin’? Oh I’ve been grumpy since I was 8. And TY to you and ThelmaLou. Things happen. But bats, man. Gotta watch for the bats. Also cobwebs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/85 "2014-09-29T18:58:08Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > And be fapping the entire time. A new question for Cecil - what is the sound of one hand fapping? I read the post as a joke. But I moderated on a kink website for quite a while, so unless someone yells “NON-CONSENSUAL GUNPLAY WITH REAL SCHOOLCHILDREN!”, not much makes me think twice. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/86 "2014-09-29T19:15:25Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > The main thing is that I have to get my son to sleep first, which often takes more than an hour. And it often doesn’t work because it’s not uncommon for one of us to actually fall asleep before he does. So our frequency is way down. When Linda Ellerbee was hosting NBC News’ _Overnight_, she was in a relationship with a guy who worked days. She wrote in her autobiography that they came to an agreement that only one of them had to actually be awake for sex. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/87 "2014-09-29T19:53:45Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Oh I’ve been grumpy since I was 8. > > And TY to you and ThelmaLou. Things happen. > > But bats, man. Gotta watch for the bats. Also cobwebs. 😃 Didja see my username? You actually think I’d have any issues with cobwebs? 😃 Also, my ex had bats (but they were in her belfry). :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![MrsTime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@MrsTime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsTime)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/88 "2014-09-29T22:49:11Z")
Close my eyes and think of Eng…oops that was the queen. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433/89 "2014-09-30T00:23:24Z")
I chose “Depends on the situation.” Usually, we don’t plan on sex. One of us initiates it spur of the moment and it goes from there. Occasionally, my wife will hop in the shower and/or ask me if I’m going to take a shower at a (for us) weird time. If she does either, we’ll both take showers and I know she has something “special” planned. One thing we always do is make sure the bedroom door is locked. The kids don’t know how to knock before they enter. Peace - DESK Edited because I didn’t type the exact choice I picked correctly [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prepare-for-sex/699433.md?page=4)