# How long must one go to have a wet dream? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 5, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-one-go-to-have-a-wet-dream/35866 "2000-10-05T23:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-one-go-to-have-a-wet-dream/35866/1 "2000-10-05T23:39:26Z")
How long does one have to abstain from ejaculating to have a nocturnal emission? Also, does that abate any horniness that may have built up? I’m just curious, as someone who’s never had one. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-one-go-to-have-a-wet-dream/35866/2 "2000-10-06T01:57:21Z")
In my experience, about two weeks, but your mileage may vary. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-one-go-to-have-a-wet-dream/35866/3 "2000-10-06T01:59:29Z")
I’m gonna take a shot at this, before this thread gets locked. I’m 38, haven’t had one in decades. Now, to be graphically honest I don’t think I’ve gone more than a week without an ejaculation in the previous 26 years. ``` I've never seen the response as a " pressure release" issue ( pardon the pun :D ). While I'm not sure of the exact physical processes, I'd guess that as one leaves puberty for adultery (quote goes to Radar O"Reilly), one stops having a wet dream no matter what. Anyone out there in their 20's or older, and still having love durin REM? ``` Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-one-go-to-have-a-wet-dream/35866/4 "2000-10-06T02:16:47Z")
I’m 24 and have never in my life had one. Then again I’ve been masturbating since I was like 12 or 13. My friend who is a a couple months older than me has them all the time. [tmi]he also feels the need to tell me about them after they happen. _shudder_[/tmi] ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-one-go-to-have-a-wet-dream/35866/5 "2000-10-06T02:30:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cartooniverse \* > **Anyone out there in their 20’s or older, and still having love durin REM?** I am 31 years old. I still get them about once or twice a year, usually after a two- or three-week abstinence. I rarely abstain that long. ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-one-go-to-have-a-wet-dream/35866/6 "2000-10-06T02:49:31Z")
Oh…my…god…brian you crack me up. I think i know what you’re trying to do…are you trying to abstain from jackin it…till you’ll have a wet dream about, you know who? Casue if you are…it’s a brilliant plan my boy! ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-must-one-go-to-have-a-wet-dream/35866/7 "2000-10-06T04:56:45Z")
The more sex I’ve had in a period of time, the more likely I am to dream about it. The less sex I have, the more I dream about beating the hell out of someone. (I’m 39, it wasn’t like this when I was 17).