# How many sexual partners have you had? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 26, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340 "2006-08-26T17:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jimbeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jimbeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbeam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/41 "2006-08-26T22:19:02Z")
Arizona huh? I may have to come visit the Grand Canyon… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/42 "2006-08-26T22:23:36Z")
1. One. 2. I’m 25. 3. Female. 4. Straight. My husband and I have only been with each other; we met when I was 18 and got married last year. I doubt I’d have a very high count even if we had met a few years later. I had various hangups and insecurities about sex for a long while, and I’m the type that’s too shy for casual sex anyway. I’ve been Catholic all my life, and even though I don’t really buy “no sex outside marriage,” I still feel loads of unnecessary guilt over stupid things. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/43 "2006-08-26T22:25:14Z")
[QUOTE=Millit the Frail] I’ve been Catholic all my life, and even though I don’t really buy “no sex outside marriage,” I still feel loads of unnecessary guilt over stupid things. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] A Catholic with only one partner! A rarity, but good for you. When I was in high school, we used to hang out near the local Catholic school to hook up with the schoolgirls! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/44 "2006-08-26T22:29:59Z")
[QUOTE=jimbeam] Arizona huh? I may have to come visit the Grand Canyon.. 😉 [/QUOTE] When you consider that I have a hellacious sex drive combined with the fact that it’s been oh so long, now you’re just teasing me. Put up or shut up. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/45 "2006-08-26T22:36:13Z")
1. Bonkety bonk, 17; other stuff, I guess double that. 2. 1. 3. Male. 4. Straight. ---
**Author:** ![jimbeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jimbeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbeam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/46 "2006-08-26T22:41:26Z")
[QUOTE=trublmakr] When you consider that I have a hellacious sex drive combined with the fact that it’s been oh so long, now you’re just teasing me. Put up or shut up. 😛 [/QUOTE] I think you know my story and I just checked out your pics on the recent dopepic thread and from what I saw I think I’d like a shot at some of that. I couldn’t promise love and marriage but multiple orgasms wouldn’t be out of the question. Tuscon, huh? I’m in East Texas…How about we meet halfway? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/47 "2006-08-26T22:43:29Z")
[QUOTE=jimbeam] I think you know my story and I just checked out your pics on the recent dopepic thread and from what I saw I think I’d like a shot at some of that. I couldn’t promise love and marriage but multiple orgasms wouldn’t be out of the question. Tuscon, huh? I’m in East Texas…How about we meet halfway? [/QUOTE] I’d have to get my car fixed first (you helped me out in the GQ thread a little while ago) but I’d surely drive a few hours to get me some at this point, even without looking at your photo. Does that make me a bad person? ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/48 "2006-08-26T22:54:32Z")
1. How many sexual partners have you had in your life? One. 1. How old are you? 32 1. Are you male or female? Female 1. Are you gay or straight? Straight ---
**Author:** ![jimbeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jimbeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbeam)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/49 "2006-08-26T22:55:01Z")
my damned pc crashed for a minute… bad you? hell I hope so, I’d hate to scare ya. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/50 "2006-08-26T22:55:04Z")
[QUOTE=trublmakr] I’d have to get my car fixed first (you helped me out in the GQ thread a little while ago) but I’d surely drive a few hours to get me some at this point, even without looking at your photo. Does that make me a bad person? [/QUOTE] No, just someone we’d all like to meet. (Dammit, where’s the devil smiley when we need one!) ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/51 "2006-08-26T22:57:01Z")
I am surprised. I knew that men generally have more sexual partners than women do, but I’m really surprised to hear how promiscuous men are. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/52 "2006-08-26T23:02:07Z")
[QUOTE=FormerMarineGuy] 1. How many sexual partners have you had in your life? 2. How old are you? 3. Are you male or female? 4. Are you gay or straight? [/QUOTE] 1. One, though I got close two other times. 2. 1. 3. Male. 4. Straight. Of course, in my situation, with a count of one, the bonus question does not really apply. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/53 "2006-08-26T23:04:54Z")
One 49 Male Straight ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/54 "2006-08-26T23:09:35Z")
**1) How many sexual partners have you had in your life?** About 26, I think. **2) How old are you?** 32 **3) Are you male or female?** Male **4) Are you gay or straight?** Gay, but if Kate Winslet… **Best:** A completely unexpected encounter with a friend. He was very hot, and a really sweet, lovely guy, but also a bit spaced-out and ditzy, and not someone I’d really thought about in that way before… but one night when we were out with our whole gang, we started flirting outrageously, and after everyone else went home we just jumped on each other and had a fun, frisky, wonderful time. Great sex, lovely guy, no stress. **Worst:** A casual encounter who kept trying to pressure me to have anal sex when I didn’t want to (and I had already said so before we even went home together). He just would not stop asking. I got really pissed off after a while. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/55 "2006-08-26T23:13:06Z")
Oh, I missed the bonus question. Worst: this girl I accidentally ended up in a relationship with for a couple months (that ever happen to anyone else? You go home with her, go for breakfast, and the next thing you know you’re going out with them…). She was totally unattractive to me. I really liked her, but physically… nothing. She had nipples like monkeys’ fingers. You could hang a wet duffle coat off them. Could have been a lot of fun, I suppose, had there been anything else about her I found attractive, or if she’d been in the least bit sexual, but… no, so I found them a big turnoff. So sex for us was me ploughing away for hours, trying to come, drenched in cold sweat, and her lying there like a corpse. I can’t believe it went on for two months. Best: oh man, I can’t even think about it in too much detail, let alone write about it. A very pretty, but demure ex-coworker I met for a few reunion drinks with some other ex-coworkers. We clicked, and she turned into an animal that devoured me. On my ex’s sofa while she was upstairs asleep… The most amazing night of my life. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/56 "2006-08-26T23:13:53Z")
1. Dunno - about 15 I think. 2. 33 3. Female 4. Straight Best - the current guy I’m seeing has pretty mad skillz, yo. Worst - dunno - I dated a guy that had a really small willy - that was sort of a drag. ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/57 "2006-08-26T23:20:16Z")
[QUOTE=bluethree] I am surprised. I knew that men generally have more sexual partners than women do, but I’m really surprised to hear how promiscuous men are. [/QUOTE] But it has to basically even out somewhere, right? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/58 "2006-08-26T23:27:01Z")
1. I don’t know exactly, but I’d estimate 175-200 2. 31 3. male 4. gay Almost that entire number is from under age 25, I’ve been with my SO for 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/59 "2006-08-26T23:35:48Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] 1. I don’t know exactly, but I’d estimate 175-200 2. 31 3. male 4. gay Almost that entire number is from under age 25, I’ve been with my SO for 5 years. [/QUOTE] :eek: You go, boy! Sex is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340/60 "2006-08-26T23:54:35Z")
1. Counting non-intercourse sexual encounters, I’d have to guess somewhere around one hundred. 2. 33, but I’ve been married (and monogamous) for the last twelve years. 3. Female 4. Neither As for best and worst? My husband is definitely the best. The worst? Too many to count. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sexual-partners-have-you-had/370340.md?page=4)