# Guys: Do you have sex with your wife/S.O. when they're on their period? (Very TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754 "2005-11-19T02:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/41 "2005-11-19T20:18:32Z")
> [@gatopescado](#): > > (Honestly, who has sex with thier wives anymore?) I had sex with your wife… Anyone else? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/42 "2005-11-20T01:51:03Z")
I don’t mind one way or the other usually. Sometimes she just doesn’t feel well and we won’t, or if there isn’t time for a shower afterwards we will wait but it surely isn’t a determining factor. ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/43 "2005-11-20T04:17:26Z")
Well, I never answer these kinds of threads but here I go! I’ve never had a problem having sex with the women I’ve been with while they were their period. I guess I’ve even become welcome to it in a way. For some reason, the intercourse squicks me out more than the oral sex. I have ABSOLUTELY no problem going down on a woman during her cycle…I stay very close to the clitoris though. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/44 "2005-11-20T21:03:49Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > I have to ask, for the people who do it…like I said for me it’s so slippery I can’t feel anything. And then it’s so…tacky (I mean that in the original sense not as faux pas 😃 ). > > Doesn’t that bother you? Nope. When tacky/sticky, use other lube. As you may be able to tell, I have no problem with the concept, coitus or oral. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/45 "2005-11-20T21:56:41Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > Are you me? And is your SO mine? Because we are exactly like that. I’d rather wait until it’s over. It’s…icky. And stains the sheets or towels or whatevers. That being said, I will happily provide alternative activities if he’s really horny. It’s only fair! We are twins! And I also like alternate activities…that’s one of the things the vibrator is _for_. And yes, it just doesn’t feel as good. Too slippery and my mind is constantly going “Ewwwwwww.” ---
**Author:** ![kimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/46 "2005-11-20T22:04:36Z")
I require it. I’m a nympho and intense orgasms shorten the length of my period. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/47 "2005-11-20T22:18:18Z")
In my experience, as long as you stay near the clitoris during period-ic oral sex, you don’t even notice things are different. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/48 "2005-11-20T22:37:48Z")
I hate sex during my period. My husband doesn’t like it much either - we’ve done it a few times because we were in a long-distance relationship for a year, and when you’re only seeing one another once every month or two, you’re not skipping sex in those three days. But now we pretty much skip it - I’m off the Pill now since we’re trying to get pregnant, which means my periods are longer and much more painful, plus I bloat big-time (I’ve got endometriosis). I don’t want to be around MYSELF during those five days most of the time, much less have anyone else touch me. E. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/49 "2005-11-20T22:49:46Z")
> [@kimera](#): > > I require it. I’m a nympho and intense orgasms shorten the length of my period. Not to hijack the original thread, but your post reminded me of a former gf who also claimed that a good romp would shorten her period. How does they co-relate? By the way, **kimera** , how _you_ doin’? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/50 "2005-11-20T22:51:37Z")
:smack: **do** , not does ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/51 "2005-11-20T23:55:18Z")
Out of the three partners I’ve been with, due to very short periods of time when we could be together (similar to long distance relationships), there was no way in hell I would skip it. Besides that, the other two gentleman were indeed squicked out by the very thought. In their defense though (and because I’m a nymph too), it is rather too slippery as mentioned and I don’t seem to enjoy it as much. However, this thread has definitely fought my ignorance in that I’ll be employing the ‘bath method’ in the future. Oh, and shopping for Instead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754/52 "2005-11-21T01:05:28Z")
Haven’t for years after infertility treatment. It is theorized that sex during your period can complicate endometrosis and infertility. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-have-sex-with-your-wife-s-o-when-theyre-on-their-period-very-tmi/331754.md?page=2)