# Number of Sexual Partners **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 25, 2001, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653 "2001-09-25T07:51:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/1 "2001-09-25T07:51:06Z")
From [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88357) thread and a conversation I had with Mrs. robgruver and robfriend it caused me to rethink my ideas on wheter the number of sexual partners can interfere with a relationship. A random poll of the people at last nights WWF Unforgiven showed this. Male, 25, married: 1 partner Female, 26, married: 2 partners Male, 22, single: 10 partners Female, 25, married: 9 partners (4 women) Male, 25, married: 49 partners (7 men) The last two on the list are my wife, and myself. Now, as you can see the first two (a married couple) have only limited sexual experience, whereas the last two have lots (or in my case, tons) of it. I can proudly say that I have yet to have a problem with the number of sexual partners I have had, but the OP in the above linked thread seems to have a problem with the small (by my reckoning only) number of partners that her SO has had. So the information I am curious of is threefold: How many sexual partners have you had? Your stats (sex/age/marital status)? What (if any) problems have you had due to this number? ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/2 "2001-09-25T09:49:52Z")
Female, 34, married: 35 partners … no problems at all ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/3 "2001-09-25T10:03:01Z")
Male, 28 (29 tomorrow), married, 7 partners ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/4 "2001-09-25T11:19:32Z")
Male, 34, married, 1(current)partner ,no problems ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/5 "2001-09-25T11:29:58Z")
divorced, 47 years old, living with someone ( **imthjckaz** , for about two years) nine previous partners, total: ten ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/6 "2001-09-25T12:01:54Z")
MY RIGHT HAND, 33, 427 “PARTNERS” ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/7 "2001-09-25T12:07:56Z")
Male/37/single (divorced)/20 partners No particular problems that a good dose of antibiotics haven’t cured (that’s a joke, folks) ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/8 "2001-09-25T12:12:23Z")
M/43/37 partners ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/9 "2001-09-25T12:27:19Z")
Male 53, married–in the neighborhood of 40, if I remember correctly. My wife has had around six. Now if she watched the WWF, that would really bother me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/10 "2001-09-25T12:30:03Z")
Male, 40, married, 8 partners. The only problem was that the 8 partners came in groups of two or three, with long dry spells in between. Until I got married, that is… ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/11 "2001-09-25T12:30:59Z")
Single male, 29. Total 7.5 partners, broken down thus: 7 female (2 professional) 0.5 male (difficult to explain). No real problems from this number yet, though I was guilty of lying about the total when I was much younger. Before I’d reached my current total, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/12 "2001-09-25T12:49:04Z")
Male/44/2partners ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/13 "2001-09-25T13:11:14Z")
Male, 28, 6 partners ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/14 "2001-09-25T13:16:55Z")
Female, 18, serious relationship, 3 partners. My SO is 18 and has had 1 partner (me). No problems thus far. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/15 "2001-09-25T13:18:50Z")
Could you define “had”? ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/16 "2001-09-25T13:27:17Z")
F 26, ::counts on fingers:: 8 partners. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/17 "2001-09-25T13:47:41Z")
Male, 37, married 10 years, 35 partners, give or take a couple (I got around a fair bit in the Nav, and I’m sure I forgot one or two…). Never caused any problems, but it has raised the occasional “Where’d you learn _that_?” question. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/18 "2001-09-25T13:55:15Z")
5 age 42, widowed. I regretted 4 of them. I was just doing it casue they wanted to and expected it. I loved my husband and enjoyed it with him. I didn’t enjoy it with the others. I would be proud to answer only 1. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/19 "2001-09-25T13:57:11Z")
Female, 39, Divorced, 19 partners (6 female). No problems and since I believe in full disclosure, I am more than willing to discuss the past partners if asked by the present partner. Which they invaribly do. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/20 "2001-09-25T14:31:59Z")
Male, 23, very single. 1 partner. Only problem with that number is that I get horny a lot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653.md?page=2)