# Poll: Thoughts of sex with acquaintances **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128 "2006-02-05T19:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polerius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/1 "2006-02-05T19:11:00Z")
Consider the number of people from the opposite sex you have met more that a few times: acquaintances, colleagues, etc. With how many of them has the thought of sex with them crossed your mind? (Not necessarily something you wanted to pursue; even just a fleeting “what if” thought counts) a) Less than one or two. b) With a few of them c) With most of them Please also indicate your gender. I’ll start Male, c) ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/2 "2006-02-05T19:26:30Z")
Male, and probably c) at one time or another. For lots of them it’s simply been when sitting around with a group of male friends over drinks. You know, one will ask “What about Suzie. Would ya do her?” and you go around the table getting answers. If it’s actual, serious thought about the idea and all it’d entail, I’d say only a handful. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/3 "2006-02-05T19:27:07Z")
Male, c) ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/4 "2006-02-05T19:28:46Z")
Male, c ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/5 "2006-02-05T19:33:27Z")
Male c) or better. If I interact with a female for a period of time, the thought will pop into my head at some point. Even if it on the same plane as, “I wonder what my grandmother looks like naked.” I get the ewww factor out of my head and then the thoughts stop, but it will come up at least once. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/6 "2006-02-05T19:33:44Z")
Male, c Noticing a pattern here? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/7 "2006-02-05T19:35:35Z")
Somewhere between B and C for me. I work with nearly all males, so no not every colleague, but generally those I interact with a lot? Sure. Female ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/8 "2006-02-05T20:00:38Z")
Female, c). I work with a lot of really cute young guys and the thoughts just cross my head quite often… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/9 "2006-02-05T20:02:54Z")
Male, c. My best friend and I would talk about it over a couple of beers when it was just us guys. We’d also share our skeevy lust for friends of friends that we knew were single and attractive. “So did you hear B broke up with her boyfriend?” “Oh reeeealy?” “Hey don’t get any ideas, I saw her first” “Ha, in your dreams, she’s probably got the whole Bay Area chasing after her” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/10 "2006-02-05T20:03:09Z")
Female, c). I think about sex a lot. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/11 "2006-02-05T20:35:03Z")
Female. B+. In other words, more than ‘a few,’ but a lot less than ‘most.’ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/12 "2006-02-05T20:44:02Z")
> [@Jess](#): > > Female. B+. In other words, more than ‘a few,’ but a lot less than ‘most.’ Ditto, except for I’m male. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/13 "2006-02-05T20:47:04Z")
Male, c). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/14 "2006-02-05T20:53:28Z")
Male, c). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/15 "2006-02-05T21:13:43Z")
Male. c). > **[What would happen if women were as horny as men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348812)** > > Inspired by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=348774 The male sex drive might not really be any more powerful than the female, but it is definitely more urgent. The Sexual Revolution changed a lot of things, but not... ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/16 "2006-02-05T21:24:18Z")
Aaannndd another male, c). ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/17 "2006-02-05T21:40:04Z")
Male: C Probably choice D if it was available! ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/18 "2006-02-05T21:44:40Z")
Well, a) should properly be _fewer_ than one or two, not less than. 😉 Female, and b). And I’d say a solid b), not a b) tending toward c). ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/19 "2006-02-05T22:50:18Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Female, c). I work with a lot of really cute young guys and the thoughts just cross my head quite often… 😉 so…um…how you doin? …and…where you workin? by the way. male. and c. it’d be d or e if there were such choices. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128/20 "2006-02-05T23:01:16Z")
Male, b. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-thoughts-of-sex-with-acquaintances/343128.md?page=2)