If you get the flu and you’re in bed with a fever, are you still “up” for it (men and women). Of course reasonable accommodation would have to be made by your partner(s). Doing that thing where you do a hand spring off of a pommel horse and half-twist into bed would be out of the question. And of course you would have to get to be on the bottom (with or without restraints).
Or is your sex drive so epic that even being in a coma wouldn’t slow you down?
Feeling like crap today so I was curious.
Well, first of all I don’t get sick very often. I’ll sometimes get a cough or a stuffed nose but I can’t remember ever being bedridden or similarly incapacitated by sickness. That being said, even when I’m feeling under the weather I’m always up for sex.
When I lay dying on a gurney a few years back, the nurse who was tending me got me all hot and bothered, so I’d have to say nothing short of death could stop me.
I typically don’t get sick that often. But, when I get a cold there’s a specific few days where I don’t want to be touched. Not just sexually, but don’t want to be touched at all. My skin becomes ridiculously sensitive to any kind of stimulation. Even adjusting my blanket or shifting around in a chair is almost unbearable.
Other then that, I don’t really know. I think I’ve had the flu twice in my life and nothing really more serious then that.
Of course if I have really nasty heartburn or a migraine you’ll have your work cut out for you trying to turn me on.
Yeah, death would probably be the show stopper. Otherwise, the significant other not having a shower for a few days would be the only other reason.
Stress, depression, and lack of sleep are more effective libido killers than illness or pain for me. One playful weekend which stunned my ex-fiancee was conducted under a pretty massive hangover, and my ex-wife found out that only certain energies were sapped by tonsillitis and influenza. I’ve broken bones and sprained muscles and valiantly “struggled” through the pain. On the other hand, when I’ve been stressed over a paper, it’s been difficult to give attention to my partner. I just want to sleep.
I learned from my ex-fiancee that even brain and spinal damage isn’t enough to quell sexual desire; after a devastating suicide attempt that caused significant brain damage, and despite being bed-ridden, risking paralysis, and being in a delirium, her nurses had to physically restrain her from jumping me when I visited; when they weren’t around, she succeeded. At that point in her illness/injury, the only thing that seemed to survive in her was her sexual desire.
Injuries count? My penis would probably have to be impaled in place by a railroad spike. And even then, the person would have to be farther than I could stretch.
Other than that, I would have to be so sick I couldn’t stand up, and they couldn’t come to me. I.e., I’m in one bed, and they’re in another bed 3 feet away, not in the same bed three feet away.
I was in the ER because of some major abdominal issues that were causing excruciating pain, had just been pumped full with an IV, dye for a CT scan and was still checking out the technician.
I’ll let you know if it ever happens.
In other words, what Mr. Accident said.
I assume dead, but I guess anything is possible. I’ve never been too sick to fuck, and the concept seems strange, but I won’t entirely rule it out.
Odd, I thought I’d posted to this thread earlier.
If I am in the process of vomiting, I can’t think about anything other than puking, so I suppose while that is actively going on my sex drive is gone. Otherwise, it’s still there. I know there was one time I was sick and too worn out to do much and it was driving me absolutely crazy.
I’m a low-libido person, so it doesn’t take much. Especially now that I’m an old fart, I don’t go around being horny very much at all.
I also HATE being messed with when I don’t feel good. If I’m sick I want to be left alone, please.
Oh yeah, female. 
Interesting responses so far. Although the guys like me with a relatively low libido might be underrepresented.
I’m trying this topical testosterone gel. My T levels were about 1/2 of whatever the number is for the bottom of the normal range. I suspect I’ve always been sub par though.
Anyway, it’s a pain in the ass to apply. Well, not really, you just have use a lot and slather it around plus you can only put it on your shoulders and abdomen and then only if the area would be covered by a t-shirt.
So today I feel like crap. Aches and pains all over, very low-grade fever, basically miserable. I figure maybe some nut juice (no, not that kind) might help so I use some - maybe go a little overboard, but I was starting on a very low dose anyway.
A little later, I’m thinking, ‘hmmm, that apple pie looks tasty’ (kidding). It was really more of an idea that a little nookie might be nice rather than true horniness but given how I felt, the thought took me by surprise.
You should have made this a poll by gender. I am a lady-type and you had better not fucking bother me when I’m not feeling well.
ETA - that was not a verb. Or a gerund.
Yeah, I suspect the average answer goes about like this:
For women: slightly sniffly nose or stomach cramp and it’s a game-ender.
For men: I’d have to be on my fucking deathbed.
And then rigor mortis kicks in and all bets are off.
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Yeah, my girlfriends and I used to gripe about this when we were in our twenties. Why is it, we’d ask each other, that when you take to the bed with sickness, does your boyfriend immediately think SEX !! ?
In all fairness, it seems that menfolks grow out of that (or at least they learn to be more considerate).
And here’s where I thought “Have you tried masturbating with it?”
There was one time I was too sick to fuck. I was in the hospital with MRSA and my leg was swollen up like I was in a fatsuit. I had a 102 temp AND chills so bad I actually got a charlie horse in my diaphragm muscles, and had IVs in my arms. I was physically too weak to move. That didn’t keep me from undressing the hot candystripers with my eyes though.
According to the doc, you are never, ever, ever supposed to put it on the genitals. He didn’t explain why but was quite emphatic about it. Just FYI for anyone else looking into this.
Since topical applications of DHT may be prescribed for genital use and DHT is derived from testosterone, I would guess it’s not that hormones in general are bad to apply to genitalia. Hm. I think I’m going to ask around and find out, because now I’m curious. My guess is either cancer risks or the fact that excess testosterone will convert to estrogen.