# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/101 "2003-02-05T07:08:49Z")
1. 2 or 4, depending on definition 2. male 3. 40, and nothing at all in the last 7 1/2 years ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/102 "2003-02-05T07:12:37Z")
1. At last count: 87 2. Male 3. 31 ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/103 "2003-02-05T14:11:01Z")
**pulehoopo** , join a fraternity, and make them laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/104 "2003-02-05T14:16:57Z")
The girls, not the fraternity, of course. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/105 "2003-02-05T16:05:29Z")
Does Grover Cleveland count as one president or two? ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/106 "2003-02-05T21:37:42Z")
1. ~50 2. M 3. 39 ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/107 "2003-02-05T22:34:19Z")
Describe how we found so many? I am not too much older than you. Anyway, I have picked up people walking down the street who just looked at me the right way, at orgies, in bars when they looked at me right of course, at parties (both large social ones and dinner parties), bf swapped with friends or added another into the mix among the circle of friends, etc. The worst sex in the world is still better than to go without or to practice alone. ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/108 "2003-02-05T23:21:00Z")
1. ~120, maybe more. I lost count a few years back. 2. hetero male 3. 31 ---
**Author:** ![green\_dragon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/13edae/32.png) [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/109 "2003-02-06T03:10:23Z")
1)4, maybe 5 in a coupla days i will let y’all know 2)male 3)19, sexually active for 4 years ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/110 "2003-02-06T03:23:20Z")
1). I lost count too. Oh wait…1…2. Two. 2.) M 3.) 29 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/111 "2003-02-06T04:41:56Z")
How in the hell do those of you that have had 50 and more partners know exactly how many? Do you cut notches in a gun stock? Keep a diary? Enter lists in your 'puter with off-site backup storage? My number falls well short of that, and I can’t make an exact statement about how many. Guessing it’s around 15. Male ---
**Author:** ![soulburnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@soulburnz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulburnz)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/112 "2003-02-06T04:54:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Carter of Mars \* > **How in the hell do those of you that have had 50 and more partners know exactly how many? Do you cut notches in a gun stock? Keep a diary? Enter lists in your 'puter with off-site backup storage?** I have a computer version of the “Little Black Book” complete with critiques. If I had bedposts the notch thing might be interesting, sorta like a totem pole. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/113 "2003-02-06T05:35:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by soulburnz \* > \*\*I have a computer version of the “Little Black Book” complete with critiques. If I had bedposts the notch thing might be interesting, sorta like a totem pole. \*\* Same here. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/114 "2003-02-06T06:27:19Z")
34 coital unions. 40 all forms included. Hetero male 46 ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/115 "2003-02-06T07:11:30Z")
1. you may call me the thread slut 2. female …my age isn’t important. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/116 "2003-02-06T07:56:26Z")
1. Over 100, between 18 and 35. 2. Male. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/117 "2003-02-06T07:57:09Z")
Woo, I ain’t gonna say mine, but I am gonna say I was feeling a bit guilty thinking about it the other day but after reading about some of the people here I feel like an outright prude. Thanks, you guys are the best 😉 ---
**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 6, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/118 "2003-02-06T07:57:12Z")
Damn, we sure have a lot of horny people on the SDMB! Gotta love it. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/119 "2003-02-06T08:24:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MeanOldLady \* > **1) you may call me the thread slut** [Batman theme] Na na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na _Thread sluuuut!_… [/Batman theme] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ThawingSlowly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@ThawingSlowly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThawingSlowly)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192/120 "2003-02-06T11:34:31Z")
1. 9 2. Male 3. 25 I have number 10 picked out, and she will hopefully be the last. Uh, I meant that in a good way, I’d like to keep this one. And I have to say I’m looking forward to being able to answer; “Well, giving an exact number would be tacky. Let’s just say it’s in the double-digits.” That doesn’t sound nearly as impressive with “single-digits”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-partners-have-you-had/152192.md?page=7)