# Reincarnation Conundrum **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006 "2006-02-25T01:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006/1 "2006-02-25T01:32:23Z")
1. Would you come back as a male, or a female? 2. What sexual orientation would you choose? ---
**Author:** ![Tevildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Tevildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tevildo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006/2 "2006-02-25T01:41:54Z")
We have to be human? If so, I think I’ll take “straight female”, so that I (hopefully) get to understand that sex, and am still allowed to appreciate male desirability. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006/3 "2006-02-25T02:06:56Z")
I think I’d come back as female, so see what life on that side of the fence is like. I’d probably also come back as socially-adept and/or physically-attractive (whichever contributes most to popularity), so I could see what being popular during the formative years was like. Non-myopic would be nice too. Gay or straight? I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006/4 "2006-02-25T02:31:49Z")
I think I like being female. But not in a 3rd world country. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006/5 "2006-02-25T10:40:56Z")
Female, because I’m male. Straight, because I’m attracted to women now. Why not explore the other side ? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006/6 "2006-02-25T15:15:21Z")
Female, just to balance my karma. Straight, for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006/7 "2006-02-25T17:49:02Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I’d probably also come back as socially-adept and/or physically-attractive (whichever contributes most to popularity). Being socially adept contributes more to popularity. Think of the friendliest people you’ve met in your life, the ones bring a smile to your face when you think of them, the ones that everyone seems to know…I doubt they are drop-dead gorgeous. Although their inner beauty helps create that image. I would come back the same as I am now, female and straight. Call me boring, but I like my life! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-conundrum/346006/8 "2006-02-25T20:15:25Z")
I’m a bi male and if reincarnation were possible, I’d prefer to come back as a bisexual woman.