# Sexual braggers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086 "2018-06-14T13:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/21 "2018-06-14T16:06:04Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Did not know it was a contest. Ignorance fought. Ignorance won! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/22 "2018-06-14T16:35:09Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > Last night I made a comment to someone I have been listening to for the past 20 odd years who is constantly bragging about how good he is in bed. I told him the best judge of whether or not you are good in bed is how often the girls call you back for more. He seems to be pretty good at getting one night stands but he seldom talks about repeat performances. He got a dumbfounded look on his face and changed the subject. Well, I gotta be honest here, I am great in bed. I can go on my back, on my side, even on the front, and I can keep going all night long, sometimes even after the sun has come up. Not sure why girls would call about that, much less call back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/23 "2018-06-14T17:40:09Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > In my experience, there’s usually a type that brags about their sexual prowess. They drink to excess, never exercise, never engage in any sort of physical activity, and probably haven’t eaten a vegetable in ages. > > Yet, they are magically “great” in bed. > > I can’t help thinking to myself: Dude, _sex_ is a physical activity. And if you live a poor lifestyle, the chances of you being good at it are exactly nil. This is actually what I was thinking, I am in better shape than him and I poop out quick if I get going to hard and fast. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/24 "2018-06-14T20:10:39Z")
I agree with your thinking and I think Mr. Middle Age is an ass. Then again, if he were a teenager, I’d still find him to be an ass, but there might be a glimmer of hope he would at least grow up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/25 "2018-06-14T21:54:49Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Sometimes it’s better to not put on my reading glasses. “Sexual badgers” was an intriguing thread title. I would think sexual beavers would be more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/26 "2018-06-14T22:05:11Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Sometimes it’s better to not put on my reading glasses. “Sexual badgers” was an intriguing thread title. We don’t need no stinkin’ badgers! As for the OP, I have exactly two stories I can use to brag about my sexual powers, both from when I was in my 20’s, and even I am bored with them by now. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/27 "2018-06-14T23:20:55Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > One of the other guys lightly admonished me telling me I hurt his feelings. Was I rude? I still don’t think so. I kinda hate to say it, but I think you were, a little bit. It sounds like the guy has been an ass for a long time, but that doesn’t mean you have to lower yourself, too. If you were bothered by his bragging, and I don’t blame you one bit, it would have been kinder to approach him privately to tell him so. How about the guy who you say admonished you; did he call you on it publicly at the time, or bring it up privately later? He may have been rude, as well. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/28 "2018-06-14T23:29:54Z")
I’m of the opinion that anyone bragging about _anything_ is inviting others to tear apart their claims. If you put yourself out there to be admired, then you are putting yourself out there to be critiqued. If you don’t realize that fact that’s your problem. This belief is probably why I practically neg myself whenever I discuss myself in public. You can call it fishing for compliments; I call it pre-empting insults. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/29 "2018-06-15T01:47:29Z")
You did a favor to all mankind. And to all womankind even more so. The guy needed to be brought back to reality, and a good friend would have done it for him years ago. I say good on you! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/30 "2018-06-15T01:56:52Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > I am so not Googling that. I did. Most of the hits were about honey badgers. I found that amusing. And there was a link to some video of a sports team mascot. I decided not to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/31 "2018-06-15T05:18:35Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I kinda hate to say it, but I think you were, a little bit. It sounds like the guy has been an ass for a long time, but that doesn’t mean you have to lower yourself, too. If you were bothered by his bragging, and I don’t blame you one bit, it would have been kinder to approach him privately to tell him so. > > How about the guy who you say admonished you; did he call you on it publicly at the time, or bring it up privately later? He may have been rude, as well. I was admonished privately, I actually did feel a little bit bad about it today until I saw him and he was off and running as usual. It didn’t cramp his style at all. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/32 "2018-06-15T11:21:55Z")
I would just say “That’s adorable, you’ve used your penis a couple of times! Good for you!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086/33 "2018-06-15T20:30:22Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I kinda hate to say it, but I think you were, a little bit. It sounds like the guy has been an ass for a long time, but that doesn’t mean you have to lower yourself, too. If you were bothered by his bragging, and I don’t blame you one bit, it would have been kinder to approach him privately to tell him so. > > How about the guy who you say admonished you; did he call you on it publicly at the time, or bring it up privately later? He may have been rude, as well. > [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > …I actually did feel a little bit bad about it today until I saw him and he was off and running as usual. It didn’t cramp his style at all. That doesn’t really change my opinion. Perhaps if you’d talked to the braggart in private he could have changed his behavior and still saved face. As it is, if he changes now maybe he’s afraid that he’ll look like he’s knuckling under. There was a post just in the last few days that I thought was very interesting. It was something like “when people tell me I’m wrong I get defensive, but when I tell other people they’re wrong I expect them to agree with me.” Wish I could quote it specifically, but search is being uncooperative at the moment. I think it might have been in one of the fast-moving Pit threads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-braggers/816086.md?page=1)