# Man am I boring **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689 "2006-06-07T01:15:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/1 "2006-06-07T01:15:19Z")
You know, I mentioned over in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=12) that once again, my answers to such juicy questions is…boring. I’m okay with that, but it seems so, well, _boring_. There was an episode of Murphy Brown years ago where the male news anchor spouted similar personal facts on the air, following each statement with a defensive but definitive, “Annd…good for me!” You see, I: 1. Am female, straight, and never experimented (or was interested in experimenting) with the opposite sex, as mentioned in the link above. Don’t have anything against those who do; it just ain’t my cup of tea. 2. Had sex for the first time at age 26. Now, that was partly due to a strict adherence to religious morals at a younger age, but it was also me being too busy and preoccupied to care much…though I sure would’ve liked a steady boyfriend in high school, it just wasn’t a priority and I was okay doing the academic/theater/arts thing. 3. Married the man I gave my virginity to…who, believe it or not, gave his virginity to me (changed “lost” to “gave” at his request here). 4. Have never been completely drunk. I have been buzzed, though! 5. Have never used an illegal drug, or a legal drug illegally. Never interested me, though I hung out with friends who were into pot and LSD in high school. I did get a contact high once, if that counts for anything. 6. Have never smoked a cigarette. My smoking father, who I despised as a child, removed any desire for this. 7. Have never been arrested, or done anything worthy of being arrested (I don’t think). Hell, I’ve never even had a speeding ticket…though I _DID_ get ticketed for failure to yield at an intersection when I was 16. Ooooooooh. I have no issues with people who are homo- (or bi-)sexual, have been arrested, have lost their virginity at a more “normal” age, gotten drunk or high, or smoked…to each their own. But it seems I’ve chosen a very boring route. And…and…GOOD FOR ME! I am here taking pride in my lack of drama or unusualness! I know there are others; join me! Celebrate your vanilla life! (I do have a friend who’s a dancer at Spearmint Rhino…does that count for anything on my cool-meter?) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/2 "2006-06-07T01:23:26Z")
Oh, come now, **Ruffian**. You’re not… _Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/3 "2006-06-07T01:25:54Z")
Oh. Sorry. I seem to have dozed off there for a moment. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/4 "2006-06-07T02:12:49Z")
Oh YEAH?! Well I can…I can…I can **BREATHE FIRE!** Oh, wait. That’s Godzilla. _DAMMIT!_ ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/5 "2006-06-07T02:13:10Z")
You aren’t boring; you’re unique. Revel in it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/6 "2006-06-07T02:27:27Z")
Are you me? (See, she’s not even unique!) Female, straight, never messed around with another girl. Check. Virgin till I was 21; married him (he wasn’t a virgin, but damn close). Check. Never truly drunk, but have been mighty buzzed. Check. No illegal drug use. Check. (I don’t even know what pot smells like.) No cigarettes; smoking dad that I hated. Check. Never been arrested, or even close. Check. (I have been pulled over for (1) riding my bike with no hands on the handlebars :rolleyes: , (2) having a headlight out (it was my mother’s car), and (3) speeding – one warning, one ticket. Ditto on being OK with people who have done these things (hey, they tell great stories!); I just haven’t done them myself. Pass the vanilla. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/7 "2006-06-07T02:30:52Z")
You sound a lot like me. I love my drama-free, quiet life. 🙂 If other people want to live differently and are happy with that, good for them, but I’m happy being a “boring” person. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/8 "2006-06-07T02:32:14Z")
No, she’s not unique, just of a breed that’s increasingly rare these days. No, sad to say I don’t belong, but I’ve known a few people who did. Including a woman who didn’t marry until her late 30s, and was a virgin when she did. She was the older sister of one of my friends at the church where I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/9 "2006-06-07T02:36:44Z")
I, too, am boring–and grateful for it. I: lost my virginity at 18 married the guy I lost it to, at 24 (we deflowered one another)-I LIKE vanilla sex. Never tempted to explore other aspects of this area of my life. did smoke pot in HS, on the weekends-quit when I went to college (why? I don’t know). drank in college, but never had drunken sex, never regretted the sex I did have, never slept with a stranger or picked up a guy at a party or bar. never been arrested–have been to traffic court for a charge of “improper lane usage”–got that expunged and found not guilty. Never had lesbian anything–but it wasn’t vaunted in the early '80’s as it is now. (not sure if that’s a good or bad thing!) Borrrrring. But, sometimes I hear of stuff, and I think, thank god for my mundane, drab existance. I may not have great stories (not true), but I also don’t have truant/police officers or bailiffs at my door… ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/10 "2006-06-07T02:40:44Z")
See, this is where you go out and get yourself an unusual hobby. Mine is balloon twisting. It’s fun and it makes people of all ages happy. Just this last Saturday, I was making balloon animals for a safety fair at work. A few of my coworkers (and customers, and their kids) commented that I have very strange hobbies. I’m not nearly as “boring” as you. I had sex at 18 and have done so with 3 guys. I smoke and drink and I had 2 whole speeding tickets (8 years ago). Other than that, I don’t really do anything interesting. But, once people find out that I am a balloonist, I suddenly become very interesting to them. EVeryone wants to talk about it and even adults want me to make them something. One of my coworkers has been walking around with a balloon ladybug tied to her apron for 4 days now. She points it out to me every time she sees me. So, you just need a hobby and suddenly you’ll be the topic of everyone’s conversations. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/11 "2006-06-07T02:56:45Z")
Another boring one, here. First sexual encounter at 30. [QUOTE=Ruffian] 2) Had sex for the first time at age 26. Now, that was partly due to a strict adherence to religious morals at a younger age, but it was also me being too busy and preoccupied to care much…though I sure would’ve liked a steady boyfriend in high school, it just wasn’t a priority and I was okay doing the academic/theater/arts thing. [/QUOTE] Okay, I just have to ask, given that you were in theatre: Do people know not to wish you luck with the phrase, “Break a leg?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/12 "2006-06-07T03:36:48Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] You see, I: 1. Am female, straight, and never experimented (or was interested in experimenting) with the opposite sex, as mentioned in the link above. Don’t have anything against those who do; it just ain’t my cup of tea. [/QUOTE] I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess that you mean the same sex. I’m thinking your husband probably qualifies as the “opposite sex.” ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/13 "2006-06-07T04:02:17Z")
HA! Now isn’t that an intersting typo. Or is it…an interesting Freudian slip? Hooray, I said something interesting! And yes, hubby is all man, baby. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/14 "2006-06-07T04:19:25Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] 1. Am female, straight, and never experimented (or was interested in experimenting) with the opposite sex [/QUOTE] Sorry, I stopped reading at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/15 "2006-06-07T05:06:04Z")
Hey, I have a two-month-old. I’m still dealing with hormonal brain farts and serious sleep deprivation. Um…yeah. That’s it. [My](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL21/73667/9165029/150969439.jpg) [baby’s](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL21/73667/9165029/152278916.jpg)[not](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL21/73667/9165029/152171184.jpg) [boring,](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL21/73667/9165029/140159355.jpg) [right?](http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL21/73667/9165029/152171180.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/16 "2006-06-07T05:22:43Z")
Being controversial with an odd life has drawbacks too, so don’t feel bad. ---
**Author:** ![sniperfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@sniperfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sniperfang)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/17 "2006-06-07T06:49:30Z")
You’re not really boring, you’re… well…err… umm… _adventurously challenged_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/18 "2006-06-08T00:20:54Z")
If it makes you feel better, I find smoking and drinking makes people less interesting, not more… ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/19 "2006-06-08T04:36:20Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] Hey, I have a two-month-old. I’m still dealing with hormonal brain farts and serious sleep deprivation. Um…yeah. That’s it. [/QUOTE] My sons are eleven and a half. It gets no better; it’s just the nature of what keeps you up that changes. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2006, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689/20 "2006-06-08T04:40:40Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] \ (I do have a friend who’s a dancer at Spearmint Rhino…does that count for anything on my cool-meter?) [/QUOTE] Um. Pics? I need to do some…um…research and..such… ..for a book. It’s a book..that I’m..um…writing…and… pics? cite? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-am-i-boring/359689.md?page=2)