# Wet dreams **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 24, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528 "2007-04-24T23:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/1 "2007-04-24T23:11:31Z")
Is it unusual for a man to have never had a wet dream? My girlfriend suggested that I had one when I woke almost urinating, but I was pretty sure that was urination and not ejaculation. Is it directly proportional to masturbation? I suggested to her that I relieve myself often enough to not have such dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/2 "2007-04-24T23:47:45Z")
Nothing solid, but some speculation from Kinsey: > [@](#): > > There may be some correlation between the frequencies of masturbation and the frequencies of nocturnal dreams. In general the males who have the highest frequencies of nocturnal emissions may have somewhat lower rates of masturbation. Some of these males credit the frequent emissions to the fact that they do not masturbate; but it is just as likely that the reverse relationship is true, namely, that they do not masturbate because they have frequent emissions. So basically, you masturbate too much for wet dreams. šŸ™‚ I have a mildly interesting anecdote about wet dreams. The night I caught my semi-girlfriend ā€˜cheatingā€™ (the relationship was kind of in a grey area) I had a nocturnal emission. I think my subconscious was trying to avenge me. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/3 "2007-04-24T23:55:54Z")
The problem with most self dream analysis is that you wonā€™t remember the vast majority of them. It isnā€™t like you wake up drenched or anything or at least I rarely have. I know I have something like a wet dream now but it pisses me off and wakes me up. Whoever the heroine is backs off at the last minute. I am not sure about full ones for myself either. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/4 "2007-04-25T00:56:35Z")
Iā€™ve only ever had one that I know of. Otherwise all systems are go, ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/5 "2007-04-25T02:12:10Z")
I wish. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/6 "2007-04-25T02:57:42Z")
Second that wish. Never had one, to my knowledge. Dreams involving even R-rated sex seem extremely rare. This is true whether masturbation or other sex is daily or hasnā€™t happened for weeks. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/7 "2007-04-25T07:50:23Z")
Another data point: Iā€™ve never had a wet dream. Sex dreams are also a rarity for me (perhaps three times a year at the most). ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/8 "2007-04-25T07:58:47Z")
Although, in the past year Iā€™ve had two sex dreams, something Iā€™ve never had before. And both involve rear entry to a woman, one an ex cow-orker I would never have touched with a barge pole and the other my girlfriend šŸ˜• And lets not forget the paintballing dream my philosopher girlfriend deconstructed to show me up as a completely sexist powermonger :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/9 "2007-04-25T07:59:45Z")
Never had one. Have sex dreams as often as any other ā€œtypeā€ of dream. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/10 "2007-04-25T08:06:44Z")
I had at least one (possibly a couple, canā€™t remember) when I was a teenager, but never since. Lately Iā€™m on a bit of a non-masturbatory marathon though, so I will be sure to let you know about anything that unexpectedly comes out of my penis. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/11 "2007-04-25T13:11:14Z")
I think I had one or two when I was in my early teens, but none since. I do have sex dreams every couple months, in which I ejaculate in the dream but not in reality. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/12 "2007-04-25T13:32:49Z")
To the best of my knowledge I have never had one. While I do sometimes have sex dreams - AFAIK I always wake up before the big finish. (even in my sleep I canā€™t get laid! šŸ˜ƒ ) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/13 "2007-04-25T13:47:20Z")
Iā€™ve never had one, either. Sex dreams are very rareā€¦I must have had more than one, but only one is memorable. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/14 "2007-04-25T14:26:05Z")
Been a while now, but my personal experience, ignoring observer error, has been that wet dream and masturbation frequencies are inversely proportional. So I keep my masturbation frequency high to avoid those pesky wet dreams, and reduce my risk of prostate cancer. Yeah, those are my sole reasons for masturbating. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/15 "2007-04-25T15:06:24Z")
[Hereā€™s an old thread in which the subject was discussed](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=326211&page=1&pp=50&highlight=masturbation+dream), and in which I gave up masturbation for two weeks (in the name of science) to see if that would be long enough to prompt a wet dream. It didnā€™t, which surprised me. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/16 "2007-04-25T15:15:35Z")
I havenā€™t had one since I was maybe 16 or 17. But I do have sex dreams frequently, and as **Khadaji** mentioned, I too always awake before the big finish. And believe me, itā€™s impossible to go back to sleep and try to reestablish the dream. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/17 "2007-04-25T15:20:37Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] I havenā€™t had one since I was maybe 16 or 17. But I do have sex dreams frequently, and as **Khadaji** mentioned, I too always awake before the big finish. And believe me, **itā€™s impossible to go back to sleep and try to reestablish the dream**. ā˜¹ [/QUOTE] I saw a comedian in the '80ā€™s- I forget who- but he did a bit about this. His line was something like: The other night I was having a great dream- I was naked, in a swimming pool, with Christy Brinkley. All of a sudden I woke up and I tried desperately to get back to sleep and back into the dream. It worked, but everything was off just a bit- I ended up naked, _shooting_ pool with _David_ Brinkley. It kind of sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/18 "2007-04-25T17:34:19Z")
My first orgasm was a nocturnal emission. After that, no more (wet dreams that is). Sucks ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/19 "2007-04-25T18:50:51Z")
I have had them five or six times per month since puberty- much more frequently when my schedule is too busy for waking action. I recommend them. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528/20 "2007-04-25T21:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] While I do sometimes have sex dreams - AFAIK I always wake up before the big finish. [/QUOTE] This means succubi are stealing your seed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wet-dreams/401528.md?page=2)