# What do you like better: good sex or a good massage?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-better-good-sex-or-a-good-massage/474305>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 24, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-better-good-sex-or-a-good-massage/474305 "2008-11-24T19:28:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-better-good-sex-or-a-good-massage/474305/41 "2008-11-25T16:43:07Z")

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> [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](#):
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> I´m gonna go out on a limb here and say that when in need of sex or in need of a nice massage, I prefer a massage better than sex.

Well, should you be one who has LOTS of sex, and rarely get massages, you’d probably want a massage. Sex takes up a lot of energy.

Should you be one who gets LOTS of massages, and rarely get sex, you’d probably want the sex. Massages motivate you.

I’m guessing your sex life is A+… or possibly really sucks. I’m hoping it’s good, for your sake.

In a case where I was getting both sex and massages equally and had to pick between one or the other for the night… I’d probably stick with having sex.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-like-better-good-sex-or-a-good-massage/474305/42 "2008-11-25T16:58:52Z")

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Why can’t I have **both**?

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