# How many partners have you had? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192 "2003-02-01T23:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/1 "2003-02-01T23:55:27Z")
Inspired by this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=159969), I want to know two things about you (also to test run **Xeno** ’s hypothesis)… Q: 1. How many sexually intimate partners have you had in your life? 2. Are you male or female? I’ll start the ball rolling… A: 1. 2 (they were extremely close to me) 2. Male Now you try. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/2 "2003-02-02T00:26:47Z")
1. None of your business. 2. I’m a moderator, and I’m moving this to IMHO. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Blunty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Captain\_Blunty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Blunty)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/3 "2003-02-02T00:28:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*1) None of your business. > 2) I’m a moderator, and I’m moving this to IMHO. 😉 \*\* Ahh Coldfire. You see why I love you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/4 "2003-02-02T00:42:19Z")
None, by choice, and I’m proud of it. I’m 35 years old, and single. FTR, this is what hooked the last woman that I previously dated. She was extremely attractive, and men were constantly trying to get her into bed. As for the woman which whom I now have the beginnings of a romance… well, this is what hooked her as well. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/5 "2003-02-02T01:46:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xavier \* > \*\*…to test run **Xeno** ’s hypothesis)… > > Q: > > 1. How many sexually intimate partners have you had in your life? > > 2. Are you male or female? > \*\* 1. One. 2. Female. I don’t think I would necessarily have been _opposed_ to the idea of random-encounter sex, except I was never attracted to anyone enough to get nekkid with them until Mr. Armadillo. And then… yay, pre-marital sex. As it turns out, I’ve got a far higher sex drive than he does ;). Oh. Also, I turned 21 in November. Have yet to become a dirty, street-walking whore. I’ll keep you posted. Peace, ~mixie ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/6 "2003-02-02T01:55:23Z")
1 : 687 2 : It’s anybody’s guess ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/7 "2003-02-02T01:59:11Z")
1. 16ish 2. Female 3. FTR, I’ve been monogamous since I was 19. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/8 "2003-02-02T02:14:49Z")
“sexually intimate partners”?? Could you have been vaguer? 1. Between 2 and 5, depending on what that phrase means. 2)Male 2. 22 Isn’t this poll pointless for the goal stated unless you also get ages? ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/9 "2003-02-02T02:21:50Z")
1 Female 39 ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/10 "2003-02-02T02:36:31Z")
I agree that the first question is somewhat vague…if you define it ‘People of the opposite sex who have allowed me to fondle their genitalia’ the count would be 12. If you expand it to non-genital erogenous zones the count would be around 15-16. If you only count sexual penetration, it would be 9. If you only count sex that led to me having an orgasm, it would be 7. I am male. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/11 "2003-02-02T02:37:40Z")
Forgot my age…I am 30. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/12 "2003-02-02T02:42:22Z")
1. 3 2. Male Why are people answering a question 3… where did that come from? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/13 "2003-02-02T03:20:56Z")
1. If we’re talking strictly intercourse and/or oral sex…15ish 2. Female (To answer the unasked third question…I recently turned 24). ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/14 "2003-02-02T03:49:16Z")
1. Two 2)Male 3)45 ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/15 "2003-02-02T04:01:36Z")
1.) Two (both exclusive, committed relationships). 2.) Female. 3.) I know you didn’t ask, but I’m 19. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/16 "2003-02-02T04:01:49Z")
1. That I’m sure of? 9 What other people have told me about my drugged up 80’s lifestyle? Scary. Yes, I tested for HIV when I started getting serious with my last exGF. I had previously been tested in 1986 because of my doc’s concerns with my lifestyle at that time. I tested negative and I am no longer a drugged up whore. (Actually, I haven’t been that since I fell for this nice Christian girl in about '88) 1. I am a hetero male 2. 40 as of Superbowl XXXVII ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/17 "2003-02-02T04:21:38Z")
1. 3 men, 11 women 2. Female 3. I’m 29. Max 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/18 "2003-02-02T04:37:12Z")
1. 17 sexually intimate…9 with actual penetration 2. female 3. I’m 21 as of next month ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/19 "2003-02-02T05:32:24Z")
As a 29 year old male (for another 8 days), I’m only including the people with which I have had full sexual intercourse: 1. 7 that I consider. There was Spring Break 1991, when a friend and I went to Florida, and hit every coastal party town. He and I essentially slept with anything that moved during that week, and, in some occasions, no names were even exchanged. So I don’t count those. 2. Male. ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/20 "2003-02-02T05:41:16Z")
1. 35ish 2. Female 3. 20 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192.md?page=2)