# First to Get to Second Base **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 26, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119 "2008-01-26T19:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/1 "2008-01-26T19:51:18Z")
Guys – do you remember who let you get to second base first - name, circumstances, anything? Gals – do you remember who you let get there first? I ask because you always (well, ALMOST always, I guess) remember the circumstances surrounding virginity, and almost always remember first kisses, but this is a milestone that for me anyway is lost in the mists of memory. I’m in my forties now, and although I rememebr the First Kiss and the First Doing It, the First hand-on-bare-boob moment has completely escaped me now. Am I alone? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/2 "2008-01-26T19:55:17Z")
My first extra-base hit was a homerun, so any memory of feeling my first bare boob is buried by the memory of the ensuing 14 seconds of joy. ---
**Author:** ![Lynne\_kilii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lynne\_kilii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynne_kilii)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/3 "2008-01-26T19:58:17Z")
Yup. I was 15ish, on a hill near my school, we were kissing, and I pulled my top down, took his hand, pulled it to my breast, and got to watch his eyes go wide. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/4 "2008-01-26T20:37:58Z")
I remember the name, the place, and the circumstances. I was fourteen then; 53 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/5 "2008-01-26T20:46:47Z")
I was fifteen, in a nice little copse of trees, and it’s all still crystal clear, though only five years ago. Seriously, I’m surprised that the OP is missing that one. ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/6 "2008-01-26T21:00:31Z")
I have to admit, I’m stumped on this one, too. I’m only 39, and remember distinctly just about every other event. But as for my first time petting the sweater puppies, that memory is lost forever. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/7 "2008-01-26T21:02:53Z")
I remember it quite well – the girl’s name, the rough date, and the place. I’m 55. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/8 "2008-01-26T21:03:30Z")
I remember that one, in pretty vivid detail. I do not, however, remember my first kiss. Seriously. I really wish I did, but I’ve got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/9 "2008-01-26T21:20:50Z")
Yep. I remember the girl, the place, everything else in pretty good detail. I can’t remember what movie was playing, but it was early summer of 1971. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/10 "2008-01-26T21:25:52Z")
It was actually the same as my first (real) kiss - my 21st birthday, in a sketch-tastic hostel in Paris. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/11 "2008-01-26T21:28:38Z")
Like **Diogenes** , it was also the night I lost my virginity so I have a pretty good memory of it. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/12 "2008-01-26T21:31:05Z")
14 in the bushes buy her house. Probably would have gone farther but for the damn sprinklers which came on a quashed any amorous ideas. ---
**Author:** ![bubble\_pop\_electric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecae2f/32.png) [@bubble\_pop\_electric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubble_pop_electric)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/13 "2008-01-26T21:38:09Z")
Thirteen, Adam, his house. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/14 "2008-01-26T21:46:21Z")
I remember it quite well, Lori and Beth, a room in the Olympic Hotel in Munich, fifteen years old. Got to third base too. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/15 "2008-01-26T22:00:25Z")
Ah yes. At the movies with little Betsy Clark. I even remember the name of the movie: Shrek 3. OK I stole that from Steve Martin. I actual fact, I remember the girl, Donna, but not the exact moment: there were many. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/16 "2008-01-26T22:05:32Z")
I was 13, as was she and we are both 60 now. It was at the American theater in New Boston, OH. It has since been torn down. She later became our class lesbian. I don’t think there is a direct correlation. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/17 "2008-01-26T22:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] Ah yes. At the movies with little Betsy Clark. I even remember the name of the movie: Shrek 3. OK I stole that from Steve Martin. I actual fact, I remember the girl, Donna, but not the exact moment: there were many. [/QUOTE] Ooops, I was about 14 I believe. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/18 "2008-01-26T22:38:13Z")
Yup, it was only about 3 years ago though. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/19 "2008-01-26T22:43:34Z")
I remember, but mostly because the girl was my first for almost everything, and I was the same for her. First kiss, first GF, first second base, first third base, and first oral. Stopped just shy of penetration. So yeah, while I certainly don’t remember the exact _day_, I do know it was in her dorm room in early to mid September. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119/20 "2008-01-26T22:44:51Z")
Good point…I can’t remember it. I can remember everything else but I can’t remember the first time I got to second base. I can remember the first time I saw a bare pair of breasts. It was at an outdoor concert in the middle of August. The odds were in my favour. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-to-get-to-second-base/435119.md?page=2)