# Getting to second base **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365 "2010-06-24T15:32:25Z")\ **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:** [June 24, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/1 "2010-06-24T15:32:25Z")
A recent TV show had this dialog between a mid-thirties woman and a 17-18-year old teenage girl: GIRL: I don’t want to die before losing my virginity. OLDER WOMAN: (watching the girl zip through texting message after message on her cell phone) I’d be more concerned about your thumbs falling off with all the speed texting. You’ll wind up being the one weird girl with eight fingers and you’ll never get to second base. G: (exasperated) Do even know what second base is these days? OW: What do you mean, it changed? It can’t change! G: Oh, yeah, it did. Now, second base is… OW: No, no… pretty sure I don’t want to know. News to me as well. Has the International Committee on Euphemisms redefined “getting to second base?” ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/2 "2010-06-24T15:35:28Z")
This is the current [state of the art](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_euphemisms), and it’s pretty much the same as it was 30 years ago, when I was a teenager… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/3 "2010-06-24T15:55:34Z")
He: Hey baby, main screen turn on! She: Ha ha ha ha … He: Take off every ZIG! She: You know what you doing :)🙂 He: Move ZIG!!! :eek: **MOVE ZIG!!!** :eek: **MOVE ZIG!!!** :eek::eek::eek::D:D:D:D:D She: For great justice! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/4 "2010-06-24T16:25:21Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > He: Hey baby, main screen turn on! > > She: Ha ha ha ha … > > He: Take off every ZIG! > > She: You know what you doing :)🙂 > > He: Move ZIG!!! :eek: **MOVE ZIG!!!** :eek: **MOVE ZIG!!!** :eek::eek::eek::D:D:D:D:D > > She: For great justice! 🆒 Second-best use of AYB ever! (Best: [the Calvin and Hobbes version](http://jmz.iki.fi/blog/internet/all-your-base-with-calvin-and-hobbes).) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/5 "2010-06-24T16:26:21Z")
I thought it was just the boobs. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/6 "2010-06-24T16:30:02Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > This is the current [state of the art](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_euphemisms), and it’s pretty much the same as it was 30 years ago, when I was a teenager… That link says just the opposite, fyi. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/7 "2010-06-24T17:16:31Z")
that same link says a “new teen model” has- ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! - redefined oral sex, anal sex etc as acts of abstinence and aren’t really even sex at all. so perhaps it is really better not to know what second base is… ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/8 "2010-06-24T17:26:49Z")
\*\*Getting to second base \*\* Is this on a stand-up double or a base hit and a steal, or? I’m afraid we need more information. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/9 "2010-06-24T17:54:15Z")
I thought talking about “bases” was only for guys. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/10 "2010-06-24T17:56:04Z")
Where’s the ballpark? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/11 "2010-06-24T19:03:09Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I thought talking about “bases” was only for guys. Me too. I thought women owned the bases. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/12 "2010-06-24T19:10:45Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Me too. I thought women owned the bases. Yep, all our base are belong to them. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/13 "2010-06-24T19:11:51Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I thought it was just the boobs. That is/was my understanding, as well. Even a quick clown horn honk was considered “getting to 2nd”. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/14 "2010-06-24T19:22:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Where’s the ballpark? 😕 Ballpark is scoring by the third date. I thought everyone knew that. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/15 "2010-06-24T19:34:58Z")
I always thought that second base was handjobs/fingering. I’m only 27 you wouldn’t think this kind of thing would have changed that quickly. I disagree with wiki in that I think you move below clothing at 1st. Any more boob play is considered part of making out and without it you just kissed a bit. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/16 "2010-06-24T19:44:29Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > I always thought that second base was handjobs/fingering. I’m only 27 you wouldn’t think this kind of thing would have changed that quickly. I disagree with wiki in that I think you move below clothing at 1st. Any more boob play is considered part of making out and without it you just kissed a bit. If second base is handjob/fingering, what the hell is third base? Oral? I was taught that second base was grabbing tits. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/17 "2010-06-24T19:58:03Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > If second base is handjob/fingering, what the hell is third base? Oral? Ya, basically you were getting off once you rounded first and I know a fair number of people that skipped third and went straight home in high school. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/18 "2010-06-24T20:00:22Z")
Well, I’ve never heard of that interpretation of the base system before. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/19 "2010-06-24T20:09:34Z")
Thanks to the World Cup and Florida Marlins we have the vuvuzela now. Changes the entire gameplan in the back seat. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365/20 "2010-06-24T20:15:55Z")
Kids these days. What’s next? It’s not a home run unless a team mascot is involved? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-second-base/544365.md?page=2)