# Sex, light on or off? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215 "2000-12-05T23:57:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/1 "2000-12-05T23:57:23Z")
Me?..Hey turn on the lights and let’s see what we are doing here. I got nothing to be ashamed of. Except maybe ending the above sentence with a preposition. So how about yourself? ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/2 "2000-12-06T00:00:25Z")
I like to have some light. A dim glow is enough. I’m very visually oriented. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/3 "2000-12-06T00:01:02Z")
Geezz an IMHO candidate if ever there was one. Sorry mods. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/4 "2000-12-06T00:01:23Z")
Lights on is good. I like lots of candles burning. First thing in the morning is nice. At this point, anything would be good. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/5 "2000-12-06T00:03:40Z")
Daytime lovin’ saves on the electric bills. ---
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/6 "2000-12-06T00:04:31Z")
Light on, without a doubt. I like to look and see. Although lights out can be fun (relying on other senses 🙂 ) TTFN Rick ---
**Author:** ![dewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@dewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dewt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/7 "2000-12-06T00:09:44Z")
I like it when a third person, dressed in a monkey suit, stands at the door and wildly flicks the lights on and off. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Sang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Le\_Sang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Sang)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/8 "2000-12-06T00:13:40Z")
You know, it’s threads like this that remind me how much LDR’s suck. Ask me again in 13 weeks… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/9 "2000-12-06T00:25:25Z")
Lots of lights, otherwise the video quality is terrible…was that out loud? ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/10 "2000-12-06T00:28:59Z")
Light on or off? I’m still working on getting someone else in the bed… ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/11 "2000-12-06T00:34:28Z")
Depends on the girl… sometimes all it takes is a paper bag! :):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/12 "2000-12-06T00:37:57Z")
There’s something to be said for “mood lighting.” When I was still getting some, that constituted turning on the multicolored Christmas lights in my room and shutting the other lights off. Man, there’s nothing like furtive, squeaky dorm sex. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/13 "2000-12-06T00:40:43Z")
Busy day, aha? You’re a little late with the sex-oriented thread today. 😃 Anyway, in my younger, flatter-stomached, perkier-breasted, unmarried, child-free days, lights-on was the only way to go. On the kitchen floor in full daylight was the best. Now, it’s pretty much lights-off, because a)the cover of darkness is good for when the kids bust you, and b) turning the lights on runs the risk of revealing our worst fear–that either one (possibly both) of us is not awake. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/14 "2000-12-06T00:57:16Z")
I prefer candlelight. But it is a lot of fun in the dark. I’m not a big one for full lights on. Morning sun is great though. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/15 "2000-12-06T01:29:56Z")
moonlight. anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/16 "2000-12-06T01:40:40Z")
If the lights are off, I can’t see the porn. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/17 "2000-12-06T01:41:45Z")
I like dim lighting… especially candlelight. Mmm. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/18 "2000-12-06T01:44:33Z")
Now ya all probably think these deaf people do it with a light on so they can see each other talk? Hmmmm. I’d say some of the time light on sometimes off, sometimes nightlight. Dunno about Andygirl, hey, tell us Andygirl. ---
**Author:** ![ShamaFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@ShamaFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShamaFrog)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/19 "2000-12-06T02:00:19Z")
Candle light - definitely. my roommate and I have a running joke that the difference between getting laid and not getting laid is 2 candles and a lightswitch. I think the candle light is a nice compromise between unflatteringly bright light and total darkness. You can still see what’s going on without feeling too exposed. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215/20 "2000-12-06T02:00:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Depends on the girl… sometimes all it takes is a paper bag! So do you usually tell them that they’re sleeping with the Unknown Comic? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-light-on-or-off/44215.md?page=2)