# 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:** 4
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/61 "2011-11-17T21:23:00Z")
> [@polar\_bear](#): > > 28 years old, and probably just over 70. I am not really counting anymore. Up till a year ago, it was only 4 though. You’ve had a busy year. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/62 "2011-11-17T21:28:57Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > You’ve had a busy year. Seriously, and I am faintly envious. ---
**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, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/63 "2011-11-17T21:29:56Z")
(not to derail it but IIRC **polar bear** has been visiting prostitutes) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/64 "2011-11-17T21:30:36Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > (not to derail it but IIRC **polar bear** has been visiting prostitutes) Do you know this or just guessing? I mean not that I care either way, although I am no longer envious if it is the case. ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/65 "2011-11-17T21:33:23Z")
I believe he had an “Ask the…” thread. ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/66 "2011-11-17T21:33:46Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Do you know this or just guessing? I mean not that I care either way, although I am no longer envious if it is the case. I had an Ask the thread not too long ago ‘ask the icebear’ . And yes it is has been prostitutes. Since pay for play was sugested to Robotarm, I thought I could count these as well:p ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/67 "2011-11-17T21:34:15Z")
Ah. Well I rarely visit Ask the Threads so I missed that. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/68 "2011-11-17T21:38:09Z")
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus] this should really be a pole…err poll [/QUOTE] Agreed. You’ll get much more honesty. (Suggestion if anybody does a poll though: it should be divided for if you’re male/female because… well, because I’m curious.) ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/69 "2011-11-17T21:39:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > 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. Maybe your “problem” is your passivity rather than any form of ugliness, or deep social clumsiness. ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/70 "2011-11-17T21:39:50Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > (not to derail it but IIRC **polar bear** has been visiting prostitutes) Oh that’s right. Not so “impressed” anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/71 "2011-11-17T21:41:12Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > 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.” Aw, come oooon. WHO? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/72 "2011-11-17T21:42:21Z")
Male, 40, 1 sexual partner, my wife, lost virginity at 24, wedding night. Yes, I’m one of those religious types. ---
**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, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/73 "2011-11-17T21:45:38Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Male, 40, 1 sexual partner, my wife, lost virginity at 24, wedding night. Yes, I’m one of those religious types. When you see people who have fucked like 200 people do you get slightly jealous at all? ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/74 "2011-11-17T21:49:37Z")
> [@Capitaine\_Zombie](#): > > Maybe your “problem” is your passivity rather than any form of ugliness, or deep social clumsiness. That’s probably part of it, but I wouldn’t say I’ve been completely passive, either. My efforts just never led anywhere. My picture is in the online gallery, so anybody can see that. Social clumsiness (or perhaps more accurately, cluelessness) is a definite, though. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/75 "2011-11-17T22:07:02Z")
Male, 51, more than certain citizens hereabouts would credit but nowhere near the real high-rollers. I can name one Doper who has claimed over a thousand but until he shows up to confirm it for himself I’ll leave his name out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/76 "2011-11-17T22:17:04Z")
Male 59 Dated my wife at 17, Married her at 21 Just the one. Still Married. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/77 "2011-11-17T22:27:29Z")
Male, 71. First time I was fourteen. Most recent I was in my mid 60s IIRC, right at 50, not counting handjobs or oral. ---
**Author:** ![TXCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/76d3ee/32.png) [@TXCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TXCowboy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/78 "2011-11-17T23:09:48Z")
Male age 47 Started at age 18 17 total, 12 of them were one (or few) night stands, 3 of them few month relationships and 2 marriages. 15 of them were before age 22, then got in LTR that led to marriage at 23. That lasted 13 years, divorced and got into LTR then married a little over 11 years ago. I think (hope and pray) this will be the last one. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/79 "2011-11-17T23:19:14Z")
Male, 51 Kicked off the fun at 17. Married once (and still) for 26 years now. Physically faithful during that time. Prior to that, the number is about 20. I say about since every time I try to remember everyone, the numbers come out different, so I’ll go with the highest number reached. ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/603193/80 "2011-11-17T23:34:53Z")
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