# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/61 "2001-09-26T01:42:07Z")
34 male, relationship, 12 partners. Problems? Yeah. It’s not a high number, but the sheer variety and enjoyment of these experiences has made physical monogamy a bit of a struggle. Hard to tell myself that I’m not missing out, when I know that I am. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/62 "2001-09-26T01:47:33Z")
Male, 40, 12 partners, all female humans [sub]i’m not really that old, but that’s what my birth certificate says[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/63 "2001-09-26T02:01:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\*Well, if there’s anything I can do for you…let me know \*\* I think you know what you can do. Mmmmm… Oh, and **mrblue** , I wish you were closer too, but alas, you aren’t. Well, we can still flirt here if you want to. [sub]Even if you just make **Superdude** jealous.[/sub]😉 and :mwah: ---
**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 26, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/64 "2001-09-26T05:10:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by imthjckaz \* > \*\*Male, 40, 12 partners, all female humans > \*\* Jeez, now they’ve got to be human, you guys keep changing the rules on me. Next you’re going to tell me they have to be breathing. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/65 "2001-09-26T12:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dlgirl \* > Oh, and **mrblue** , I wish you were closer too, but alas, you aren’t. Well, we can still flirt here if you want to. [sub]Even if you just make **Superdude** jealous.[/sub]😉 and :mwah: Mmm… so how are _you_ doin’? But you really don’t intend on making **Superdude** jealous, do you? I’d feel so cheap and used… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/66 "2001-09-26T13:25:33Z")
Oh yeah, sorry… they weren’t all sober but they were all female. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/67 "2001-09-26T13:40:30Z")
**Mrblue** , we don’t have to make him jealous, but it is likely anyhow. So, what do you want to tell me? Are you going to make me dinner? Or maybe bring me flowers? Or are you just going to sweet talk me until I’ve passed out? ---
**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 26, 2001, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/68 "2001-09-26T13:57:48Z")
::Everyone turns to see **Superdude** standing, superheroey pose, hands on hips:: **dlgirl** , behind me while I remove all the unsavory elements from this room. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/69 "2001-09-26T14:05:41Z")
Male, 40, coupled, somewhere between 100 and 200 encounters. There would have been more, but the years spent living in monogamy with my left hand in the Grand Canyon and Korea seriously cut into my average. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/70 "2001-09-26T14:47:23Z")
female, single 20, 4 partners for penetration, and I’m damn fond of every one of them. Partners for everything but…um…lots…I’d give you a rough count but I don’t have one. (The parties I found in high school were the good ones.) [dirty mind] Yea you get behind Superdude and I’ll kneel in front of him, that okay? [/dirty mind] I’m in a horrible mood today if you couldn’t tell. ---
**Author:** ![Squooshed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Squooshed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squooshed)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/71 "2001-09-26T15:01:12Z")
29, married, 1 partner (female), no problems. It wasn’t planned to only have 1 partner, but I married the first girl I really dated and she strongly believes in fidelity. (I think I really believe in it too, but I like to dream otherwise.) Starting dating at age 16, married at 22. Still together. The Mrs. is 28, married, 2 partners (both male), no problems other than wishing that the first hadn’t happened. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/72 "2001-09-26T15:05:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dlgirl \* > \*\ ***Mrblue** , we don’t have to make him jealous, but it is likely anyhow. So, what do you want to tell me? Are you going to make me dinner? Or maybe bring me flowers? Or are you just going to sweet talk me until I’ve passed out? \*\* Just tell me what I can do for you, sweetheart, and if I can do it, it shall be done. I’d prefer you didn’t pass out though, because then I wouldn’t be able to look in your eyes. But if you feel faint, try to let me know so I can catch you, OK? _reaches past the obviously distracted **Superdude** to take **dlgirl** by the hand_ Come, darling, let’s away from all this noise to some place where you can tell me about yourself… How does some private e-mail sound? ---
**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 26, 2001, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/73 "2001-09-26T15:08:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\* > [dirty mind] > Yea you get behind Superdude and I’ll kneel in front of him, that okay? > [/dirty mind] > \*\* :: **Superdude** faints dead away:: [sub]Huh? Whuzzat? Did she say what I think she said? She did? (To himself: **Superdude** you are a god and don’t even know it) ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/74 "2001-09-26T15:18:13Z")
Ooo. **Mrblue** , private e-mail sounds nice. Go ahead. I don’t bite. Much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/75 "2001-09-26T15:44:27Z")
Glad _someone’s_ having a good day. And on a tangent, I think we should stop hijaking a perfectly nice clean poll. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/76 "2001-09-26T18:19:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*Glad _someone’s_ having a good day. > > And on a tangent, I think we should stop hijaking a perfectly _nice clean_ poll. \*\* [Italics mine] See, this is what happens when you don’t read the OP before you post :wally Steven ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/77 "2001-09-26T18:42:41Z")
Thanks, **Mtgman**. She’s just jealous because I am getting flirted with. Why shouldn’t I have this glorious thing happen to me? I have been waiting quite a long time for someone to notice me, so I think I deserve it (the flirting, I mean). [sub]Please take this light-heartedly (is that even a word?), MC. :)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/78 "2001-09-26T19:36:07Z")
dlgirl, don’t sweat it. I’m actually objecting because someone other than me had the gall to hijack a thread first. That’s my job, damnit! (No, seriously, I’m awful at staying on topic, but I try hard.) ---
**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 26, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/79 "2001-09-26T19:42:40Z")
Hey, **Medea’s Child** …less talking, more kissy-kissy-face. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653/80 "2001-09-26T20:02:14Z")
Hmpf. Kissy-kissy-face? How come I don’t get that? Oh, I guess I’ll just have to take it, huh? Well, here ya go… ::grabs **Superdude** by the shirt and smooches him right on the lips:: How was that? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/number-of-sexual-partners/83653.md?page=5)