# Guise: How Many Girlfriends Have you Had? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797 "2012-12-02T23:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IceQube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/1 "2012-12-02T23:41:46Z")
Guise: How Many Girlfriends Have you Had? ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/2 "2012-12-02T23:55:05Z")
Guise? Are you hiding from an ex? I selected 20 plus because I’m old. And used to be a member of the flavor of the month club. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/3 "2012-12-02T23:58:04Z")
Does this count only the women who knew they were my girlfriends? ---
**Author:** ![andrewbub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@andrewbub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewbub)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/4 "2012-12-02T23:59:17Z")
6, i’m 26 years old. i live with my current girlfriend and we’ve been together for 19 months. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/5 "2012-12-03T00:15:44Z")
20+. I’m older and it took me a long time to find one willing to put up with my shit. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/6 "2012-12-03T00:29:25Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/7 "2012-12-03T00:32:14Z")
I think some guys are confusing girlfriend with sexual partner. 20+ girlfriends sounds highly unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![sid300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sid300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sid300)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/8 "2012-12-03T00:35:12Z")
I love the amount of 20+ ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/9 "2012-12-03T00:41:48Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I think some guys are confusing girlfriend with sexual partner. 20+ girlfriends sounds highly unlikely. No, honey, I’m not confused about anything. I’m over fifty years old, I’ve been married 3 times and I had a lot of girlfriends. Sometimes, I even had several simultaneously. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/10 "2012-12-03T02:13:24Z")
At the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/11 "2012-12-03T02:16:10Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > No, honey, I’m not confused about anything. I’m over fifty years old, I’ve been married 3 times and I had a lot of girlfriends. Sometimes, I even had several simultaneously. I think maybe you are confused… Bless your heart. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/12 "2012-12-03T02:17:17Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > At the same time? Yes a couple of times. And once with a girlfriend and her other boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/13 "2012-12-03T02:23:38Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I think some guys are confusing girlfriend with sexual partner. 20+ girlfriends sounds highly unlikely. Why that averages less than two a year since I’ve started dating. Although my average has dropped off in recent years. As others have stated above I have a hard time finding someone who will put up with me whom I can also put up with. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/14 "2012-12-03T02:23:45Z")
Define “girlfriend”. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/15 "2012-12-03T02:25:20Z")
I voted 5. I used the conservative definition of people I would call exes, plus one for my current girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/16 "2012-12-03T02:27:13Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Define “girlfriend”. A woman whom you are romantically involved with in the hopes it may turn into something more. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/17 "2012-12-03T02:31:48Z")
Only 1. I’m 32. We got together when I was 19, married when I was 24, she left me a few days after I turned 30. We have a 7 year old daughter as well. So, yeah, I’m 32 and have only had one girlfriend but we were together for 11 years. Over a third of my life. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/18 "2012-12-03T02:39:41Z")
Being gay, the answer is 0. If I’m counting boyfriends, the answer is 3. I don’t count anyone I wasn’t with for at least 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![KermitTheFrig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@KermitTheFrig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KermitTheFrig)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/19 "2012-12-03T02:45:40Z")
Older guy, here. I count seven girlfriends, though one of those would likely disqualify herself. (Although she was my second-longest relationship, and we were more or less seeing each other exclusively, it was a non-sexual relationship and supposedly we were not “going out”. . . for years. . .) ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797/20 "2012-12-03T02:55:52Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I think maybe you are confused… Bless your heart. Well, aren’t you special? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guise-how-many-girlfriends-have-you-had/642797.md?page=2)