# How many dates did it take for you to meet your SO?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dates-did-it-take-for-you-to-meet-your-so/410709>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 6, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dates-did-it-take-for-you-to-meet-your-so/410709 "2007-07-06T07:08:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dates-did-it-take-for-you-to-meet-your-so/410709/21 "2007-07-06T21:21:54Z")

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[QUOTE=DianaG]  
It helps to be a woman. 😉  
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Or a gay male. Men are so easy… 😉

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**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dates-did-it-take-for-you-to-meet-your-so/410709/22 "2007-07-06T21:59:43Z")

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[QUOTE=scout1222]  
My dating history is much like **auntie em’s** , except for the fact that I’ve never dated a Moderator. 😃

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Honey, me neither - he didn’t become a Mod until we were hitched, and by that time, who was dating? 😛

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**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dates-did-it-take-for-you-to-meet-your-so/410709/23 "2007-07-06T22:04:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Hung Mung]  
But don’t play bass.  
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Are you kidding? All you have to do is slap that bad boy a coupla times during your solo and the love will come oozing towards you.

Well. From _me_, anyway.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dates-did-it-take-for-you-to-meet-your-so/410709/24 "2007-07-07T13:27:02Z")

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[QUOTE=tdn]  
Where does one find these “easy” hookups?  
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Bartend. You’re considered safe, popular, fun and the booze helps. They’re horny and not looking for Mr. Commitment right now which helps to not waste any time. I’m not even that good looking, but trust me, I know.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-dates-did-it-take-for-you-to-meet-your-so/410709/25 "2007-07-07T16:15:35Z")

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As a gay New Yorker from the '60s through the '90s, I “dated” about 2-3,000 men before finding My Guy. And he “dated” about 3x as many as I did.

And no, neither of us is named Samuel Delany.

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