# Partner has a 3rd nipple. Gross or no problem? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 7, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871 "2005-05-07T22:47:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/1 "2005-05-07T22:47:49Z")
Chatting about Mark Wahlberg with a friend, I mentioned that I’d heard of his having a third nipple. Her reaction to that information surprised me: she was utterly horrified. The condensed version of her outburst is, “That’s so gross. I don’t think he’s hot anymore. I could never be with someone who has one of those, it’s too weird.” Now, I don’t see the big deal, really. He doesn’t have a big third man-boob on his chest somewhere. It’s just a little thing, like a mole, I guess, and it doesn’t do anything. Discoverng one on a partner might _surprise_ me, but I’d hardly run screaming from the room. What do you think? You’re undressing a new lover and there’s an extra little nipple on their chest. Are you freaked out? Disgusted? Curious? Oddly turned on? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/2 "2005-05-07T22:51:25Z")
I might be a little :dubious:, but then I’d be like :). I wouldn’t be all :eek: though, that’s just rude. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/3 "2005-05-07T22:59:36Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > You’re undressing a new lover and there’s an extra little nipple on their chest. I will ask her how she is related to Eccentrica Gallumbits. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/4 "2005-05-07T23:20:31Z")
Been there, done that, got the tattoo. Didn’t bother me a bit. Now the gal who had a couple of _hairs_ growing out of her nipple, _that_ bothered me. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/5 "2005-05-07T23:31:15Z")
I don’t know. Given that my only understanding of what a third nipple would be like is Krusty the Clown (who I wouldn’t sleep with anyway…overweight, balding, illiterate, fictional…) I don’t know how gross it would appear (to me). I don’t think it would bother me much. I found out…yes, in flagrante, that a former SO of mine had serious keloid scars all over his chest. He had had heart surgery as a child. I still think it would have been nice of him to mention it before I was reaching down his shirt. Still, not that big a deal. That said it wouldn’t be a turn on. Unless it did reflect his magical witch-like (warlock like?) powers. Magical powers would be a turn on. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/6 "2005-05-07T23:34:39Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Been there, done that, got the tattoo. Didn’t bother me a bit. Now the gal who had a couple of _hairs_ growing out of her nipple, _that_ bothered me. That of course is really very common; you just don’t know about it because most women so afflicted pluck those little devils as soon as they appear. I don’t know how I’d feel about a partner who had a third nipple. I’d definitely be surprised but I don’t think it would faze me in the sense of no longer finding him or her attractive. I like weird stuff about people. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/7 "2005-05-07T23:40:37Z")
Umm… is his name Scaramanga? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/8 "2005-05-08T02:13:07Z")
It’s the source of all his power. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/9 "2005-05-08T03:07:54Z")
A third nipple wouldn’t bother me at all. Heck, Miguel has a third \*leg \* and I’m pretty happy with that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/10 "2005-05-08T03:10:31Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > A third nipple wouldn’t bother me at all. > > Heck, Miguel has a third \*leg \* and I’m pretty happy with that. 😃 Cite? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/11 "2005-05-08T03:24:00Z")
It’s all a matter of degrees. Some people would have a hairy wart. Some would cut the hair but leave the wart. Me, I’d remove the hair and the wart. Same with a suplerfluous nipple. (Well, any over 2) I can “get over” physical anomolies but it still takes “getting over” ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/12 "2005-05-08T03:46:10Z")
I’ve told this before, but I had a roommate in college, who had a complete set of nipples on both sides. They became less pronounced as they went down, but they were all there. Besides that he was a S.O.B. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/13 "2005-05-08T05:02:21Z")
My response would be, “Woah! Cool! Can I play with it?” ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/14 "2005-05-08T05:07:01Z")
Is he better at telling jokes because of it? ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/15 "2005-05-08T05:08:01Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > I’ve told this before, but I had a roommate in college, who had a complete set of nipples on both sides. They became less pronounced as they went down, but they were all there. Besides that he was a S.O.B. You mean, like an cat or something? Weird, man. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/16 "2005-05-08T05:11:10Z")
I know this isn’t ‘General Questions’, but what the hell: [Supernumerary Nipples](http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Supernumerary-nipples). ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/17 "2005-05-08T05:18:36Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > I know this isn’t ‘General Questions’, but what the hell: > > [Supernumerary Nipples](http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Supernumerary-nipples). I was thinking about that, since I just read a book that discussed it! There seem to have been a number of threads recently about mutations, including **Kyla’s** [I am a mutant!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=314978) thread. A third nipple would intrigue me, but then I am not normal. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/18 "2005-05-08T08:13:41Z")
Been there, done that, me too. It’s an extra toy! Note that, [as Unca Cecil has written](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_093.html), a third nipple doesn’t usually look nipplish. Think of an extra-large freckle, or the big kind of mole that sticks up but without as much pigment. You’ve probably seen at least one on a shirtless man at the beach or something similar, without noticing it or being aware of what you saw. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/19 "2005-05-08T08:50:25Z")
Saw a guy at a sleezy Gay motel in Hollywood relaxing in the pool. He had nipple rings, in all THREE nipples on his chest. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2005, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871/20 "2005-05-08T10:19:46Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Umm… is his name Scaramanga? 😃 Marky Mark has a golden gun? :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partner-has-a-3rd-nipple-gross-or-no-problem/302871.md?page=2)