# Hey Guys! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys/33434 "2000-09-16T21:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys/33434/21 "2000-09-17T20:16:29Z")
Now THAT is the type of explanations I am looking for. Thanks guys! The things you say really do make sense when looked at from the bizarre male point of view. If I am understanding right, men need the male ego boost of having more than one women, but they also need the security of not having competition from other men. You men are a strange breed, but at least I sort of understand a little better, kinda, sorta. 🙂 > [@](#): > > I’m seriously not trying to be mean here, but if it’s alright for you to date other people, why is it not alright for them to sleep with other people? Because I don’t equate dating with sex (or sex with dating in some cases ;)). There is a huge difference between a relationship that is romantic and one that is romantic AND sexual. > [@](#): > > The only thing I can add from a guy’s perspective concerns how much kissing goes on. So far I have kept control over the kissing situation. I know that I have very little self control once a certain point of physical contact is reached. The touching/kissing has stayed within the boundries of being able to do it in public without getting arrested. The goodnight kisses have been pretty passionate but still beneath the level where I pull them inside my front door and rip off their clothes. Again, there is that fine line that I think most of us understand. The line where physical contact goes from romance to sexual contact. I have yet to cross that line with any of them. All in all, it really hasn’t been a big problem. It is just a situation that I have had to deal with a few times lately and I’m just trying to understand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-guys/33434.md?page=1)