# Number of sexual partners **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 17, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193 "2011-11-17T01:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/41 "2011-11-17T16:30:33Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Male, age 36, somewhere in the range of 250 but I stopped counting at around 140. Think we have a winner… ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/42 "2011-11-17T16:44:51Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Think we have a winner… Not even close. Several others on the board have listed far higher counts in the past. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/43 "2011-11-17T17:13:49Z")
Age sixteen, oral\manual Age 20, PIV 5 partners of the former, 2 in the latter Age 24 currently I’d be a slut if it would be as easy to test for STDs as it is for blood sugar. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/44 "2011-11-17T17:33:10Z")
Male 51, 8 total. Didn’t lose it until I was 19 due to truly monumental cluelessness. I mean, I mowed the lawn of a porn star, and managed to not get laid. I actually had this confirmed years later when my ex-wife talked to the porn star, who confirmed that she wanted to but “…he didn’t seem interested.” Finally lost it to a girl who might uncharitably be described as a “slut” but who was able to get past my utter lack of a clue. She passed me off to my ex-wife (very bad idea). After that ended, mostly longer relationships but a couple of one nighters and several months as the third in a ménage. But I still remained basically blind to the signals that women send. Luckily I met my wife, and we have been together ever since, and I no longer have to try to understand subtle clues. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/45 "2011-11-17T17:42:25Z")
Male 49. Started at 14 and had about 15 partners before marrying. I’ve had 2 since, one being my wife. It happens. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/46 "2011-11-17T17:48:03Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Not even close. Several others on the board have listed far higher counts in the past. Yikes. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/47 "2011-11-17T18:21:24Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Yikes. Tell me about it. Now if only there was some way to hook up everyone who posts to a polygraph…! ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/48 "2011-11-17T18:53:33Z")
Male, married 14 years and steady for 4 before that - 1 ---
**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:** [November 17, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/49 "2011-11-17T19:20:29Z")
Gave it up at age 21 to the man who would become Mr. S. Married 21 years and counting. Wasn’t saving myself for marriage or anything, but I didn’t want my first time to be with a jerk or a one-night stand. It just worked out that my first one was also The One. I guess I chose wisely. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/50 "2011-11-17T19:24:41Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Ever heard of prostitution? Heard of it? Sure. Wouldn’t know where to find one, and the idea of paying someone to be nice to me doesn’t particularly appeal to me in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/51 "2011-11-17T19:30:58Z")
Male, 50. 26. I’m hoping for #27 by mid-December. (Someone specific.) ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/52 "2011-11-17T19:52:06Z")
Three and a half. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/53 "2011-11-17T19:59:50Z")
Let me go check my spreadsheet. Which number are we talking about, here? On base percentage, OBP weighted for looks/personality, or the raw total? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/54 "2011-11-17T20:05:41Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Three and a half. 🙂 Some guesses… One of you didn’t get off. She was a midget. Only down to the waist. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/55 "2011-11-17T20:20:22Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > Not even close. Several others on the board have listed far higher counts in the past. In fact there is someone in this very thread who claimed ‘over 250, maybe less than 350’. People should read th thread before they announce winners! In any case, I am not one of the winners. Following the Crane brothers’ quote upthread, let’s just say it’s more than two. Significantly more than two. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/56 "2011-11-17T20:21:36Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Some guesses… > > One of you didn’t get off. > > She was a midget. > > Only down to the waist. Well, the first part is true, but I’m not counting it that way for that reason. It had more to do with the fact that I became inexplicably nauseated mid-act and had to leave, and that was the only time we attempted to sleep together. How we remained friends after that, I’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/57 "2011-11-17T20:51:46Z")
Partner? The correct term nowadays is fuck buddy. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Enn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dave_enn/32/426_2.png) [@Dave\_Enn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Enn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/58 "2011-11-17T20:57:11Z")
Male, 57, waited 'til 23 for my first, which proved to be a fairly short-term FWB, then met my soulmate a couple years later. So, 2 for me. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/59 "2011-11-17T21:06:41Z")
Male, 51. Was married and monogamous for 20 years, haven’t been laid since the divorce but haven’t really been looking either. Prior to marriage and not counting the ex, total of 13. Three of those were prostitutes, three were guys (what are the younger years for, if not for experimenting?), the rest about evenly divided between one-night stands and longer-term affairs. FWIW, I remember all their names. SS ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/60 "2011-11-17T21:17:18Z")
28 years old, and probably just over 70. I am not really counting anymore. Up till a year ago, it was only 4 though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193.md?page=4)