# Is it believable that this might have happened? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 16, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307 "2014-07-16T22:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/41 "2014-07-18T20:12:23Z")
The OP isn’t specific enough. Is the question, “is it plausible that this might actually have happened” sometime, to someone? Of course. Practically a certainty. Is the question, “is it plausible that this might actually have happened” specifically to the person who made this claim? It’s a longshot, but not such a longshot that it can be dismissed out of hand, unless we have additional info about the credibility of the poster. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/42 "2014-07-19T13:53:14Z")
“Yes Virginia, there are pity blowjobs and three ways. And bridges for sale and Nigerians who’ll give you money to help them transfer funds. Now pull Santa’s other finger.” ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/43 "2014-07-19T14:06:21Z")
Completely believable to me. My cousin and her husband wanted me to join them for some fun and if I hadn’t been only 15, I might have taken them up on it. It was a long time ago and they were only 18 themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/44 "2014-07-19T15:34:50Z")
Not credible to me. Might have happened to RDJ when he was 20… or maybe Mel Gibson when he was 20. Not average guys. Its right up there with guys trying to stealth-brag a 10-inch johnson while their ex GF shakes her head and mouths the words “Five Plus Money. Maybe.” ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/45 "2014-07-19T15:50:21Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > The OP isn’t specific enough. Only if you’re trying to answer some question the OP didn’t ask. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/46 "2014-07-20T15:39:34Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Completely believable to me. My cousin and her husband wanted me to join them for some fun and if I hadn’t been only 15, I might have taken them up on it. > > It was a long time ago and they were only 18 themselves. Just for grins, you ought to call them up and say, “Hey, remember that threesome you suggested when we were teenagers? I think I’m finally up for it now.” ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/47 "2014-07-21T10:16:33Z")
They’re divorced and have each remarried, so it would be a larger group. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/48 "2014-07-22T02:44:58Z")
And that’s not what you’d expect. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307/49 "2014-07-22T23:29:13Z")
Completely believable. First I used to know someone to whom it happened (asked me if I thought it was a good idea, and I was myself interested in this person for an added layer of complication) second because I’ve seen weirder things than that and third because I’m well aware that when sex is involved, you should never assume that what you’re familiar with (directly or through your self-selected sample of friends or exes) is terribly representative. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-believable-that-this-might-have-happened/693307.md?page=2)