# Men: Would you notice if you had had sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 23, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257 "2007-03-23T22:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/1 "2007-03-23T22:24:03Z")
In Grey’s Anatomy this week, as with many dramatic turns, two drunk people had sex and then passed out. George wakes up after Izzy has crept away and doesn’t remember having had sex. Now, I’m no expert, but wouldn’t you be, I don’t know, covered in fluids, maybe dried? I am assuming they were in no condition to use a condom (future pregnancy scare, anyone?) or clean up at any point but I could be wrong. So what are the chances you could have sex and not notice until remembering in a flashback later? ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/2 "2007-03-23T23:08:02Z")
Not to be too vulgar, but yes I would. No matter how hygenic, I’d notice both dried fluids, and a distinct odor. Most of the time a similar odor lingers through a few showers. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/3 "2007-03-23T23:18:05Z")
I think the guy would notice when he tries to take a piss in the morning and the stream forks and half of the urine shoots straight at the wall. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/4 "2007-03-23T23:25:15Z")
Honestly? You feel like shit enough if you were drunk enough that you don’t even remember doin someone as hot as her. As far as dried fluids on my body go, hell, I was drunk, the chances are far better that I had a good tug session than had sex with a hot blonde. And I have had sex, more than once, that required my SO to remind me the next day. But I think that eventually I would have had that…_oh…yeeeeeeaaahhhhh. I remember now_ moment. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/5 "2007-03-23T23:30:59Z")
Yeah, I would have noticed; I get slightly tender in that area enough to notice when I go to the bathroom afterwards. Dried fluids are also a dead-giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/6 "2007-03-24T00:12:46Z")
[QUOTE=Acid Lamp] Not to be too vulgar, but yes I would. No matter how hygenic, I’d notice both dried fluids, and a distinct odor. Most of the time a similar odor lingers through a few showers. [/QUOTE] I think the odor is not consistent. I’ve been with a few women musky enough to transfer a lasting scent, but not many. For me, the tipoff would be that I’m naked, and my privates are sticky. There’s also some some mild soreness in or around the equipment, depending on how good it was. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/7 "2007-03-24T00:23:12Z")
Izzy and George HAD SEX?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/8 "2007-03-24T01:20:46Z")
Nope. I’ve had “sleep-sex\*” with my wife and had no recollection of it. Only reason I even found out was she asked me. I wasn’t drunk or even drinking for that matter. I have slept-walked before though. Sometimes she’ll ask me if I remember the previous night’s activities just to make sure. - It’s like sleepwalking, but with more sex and less walking. ---
**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/9 "2007-03-24T01:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=Madd Maxx] Nope. I’ve had “sleep-sex\*” with my wife and had no recollection of it. Only reason I even found out was she asked me. I wasn’t drunk or even drinking for that matter. I have slept-walked before though. Sometimes she’ll ask me if I remember the previous night’s activities just to make sure. - It’s like sleepwalking, but with more sex and less walking. [/QUOTE] I hope you don’t own any dogs that sleep in your bed!!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/10 "2007-03-24T01:39:18Z")
Hell yeah, I’d think I’d notice, as soon as it was time to pee. I did see a little bit of that though, and I think that since George woke up puking, all bets are off. With booze puking comes that awful sick sweat and any number of other wonderful masking odours – not to mention the finer senses would probably be dulled anyway. Even crusty-cock could be overlooked while you stand in the shower and wait to feel better or die. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/11 "2007-03-24T06:24:28Z")
Drunk? I suspect that I would recall having had sex with Katherine Heigl if I had been dead. (And I am not especially attracted to busty blondes.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/12 "2007-03-24T06:31:38Z")
I’m not the most observant of fellas, so, yeah, I could see that happening to me. I don’t think it ever has, but I wouldn’t know now, would I? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/13 "2007-03-24T07:35:40Z")
No comment. ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/14 "2007-03-24T07:50:33Z")
The odor would give it away for me. Also, as others have already said, I would notice when I woke up to take a leak cause theres always a “split stream” post coitus. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/15 "2007-03-24T08:32:05Z")
Big mass of clotted semen and vaginal fluids on my groin? Noooo, who would notice that? Certainly not a trained Medical Doctor. :rolleyes: And, if you are so fucking drunk that you pass out, it’s likely you are too drunk to get an erection. ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/16 "2007-03-24T09:07:14Z")
I can envision it. Wake up with a very bad hangover and go directly into the shower? Even if you use a condom, they kind of leave a bit of lube on your member. But if I was late for work, and had a huge headache, I might not know. But normally, yeah I’d wonder. But who knows? If I didn’t have a naked girl in my bed, I’d most likely question it, but possibly brush it off. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/17 "2007-03-24T15:19:53Z")
I can envision being so hungover in the morning as to not notice any physical evidence. Groggy and covered in dried sweat, any other evidence might not be that obvious. However, I have never been so drunk that I wouldn’t remember having had sex with someone I had the hots for for the first time. If it were a long-term partner, possibly not. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/18 "2007-03-24T16:21:14Z")
I’ve never been drunk enough to not remember stuff. I always get sick and vomit before my brain starts to fade. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/19 "2007-03-24T19:56:57Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Izzy and George HAD SEX?!?! [/QUOTE] So it would seem. George and Callie argued about Izzy’s bitchiness and Callie expressed that she felt Izzy liked George. Izzy and George got drunk and Izzy guffawed about liking George but then had one of those stop-short-and-look-again moments…fade out…fade in to them nekkid in bed and she realizes what happened. Later that afternoon, so does he. I assume she will come up pregnant since she gave up a baby when she was young and this will be the replacement. She felt like she was at home with sleeping with George so longing sad glances should ensue. George said they would never tell Callie but we all know how good Izzy is at keeping secrets (she didn’t name any names but told Addison that she slept with “the wrong person”).All in all? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257/20 "2007-03-24T20:21:29Z")
It seems unlikely, but not impossible. Never happened to me, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-would-you-notice-if-you-had-had-sex/397257.md?page=2)