# What fraction of your sexual partners do you regret sleeping with? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123 "2012-08-10T20:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/61 "2012-08-13T16:24:51Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > How can you not like banana pudding? Athena gave us banana pudding to make up for _Firefly_ getting cancelled. > > So do want the crunchy chocolate chip cookies, or the chewy chocolate chip cookies, or the chew chocolate cookies with chocolate chips as an added bonus, or the ginger snaps? I’m not a big fan of pudding in general - it’s a texture thing. Vanilla pudding is Ok, though, and I LOVE rice or tapioca pudding - but then the texture is totally different, isn’t it? And I will definitely take some of those chewy choco chip cookies. _YOINK_ ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/62 "2012-08-13T16:28:18Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’m not a big fan of pudding in general - it’s a texture thing. Vanilla pudding is Ok, though, and I LOVE rice or tapioca pudding - but then the texture is totally different, isn’t it? And I will definitely take some of those chewy choco chip cookies. > > _YOINK_ You realize that banana pudding includes vanilla wafers by definition? That along with the chunks of banana provides plenty of texture. Well…not by definition, maybe. I should have written “in civilized lands,” which obviously excludes the grits-less north. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/63 "2012-08-13T16:35:04Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > You realize that banana pudding includes vanilla wafers by definition? That along with the chunks of banana provides plenty of texture. > > Well…not by definition, maybe. I should have written “in civilized lands,” which obviously excludes the grits-less north. There are grits here! I eat them! I didn’t know that banana pudding contained vanilla wafers, though, and that sounds much more delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/64 "2012-08-13T16:38:41Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > There are grits here! I eat them! I didn’t know that banana pudding contained vanilla wafers, though, and that sounds much more delicious. There are _instant_ grits there. Instant grits are for women and Czechoslovakians. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/65 "2012-08-13T16:44:09Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > There are _instant_ grits there. Instant grits are for women and Czechoslovakians. Now you are going to think even less of me, but what other kind are there? I mean you don’t really suggest people down there, shuck corn or something to make their own brand spanking fresh grits? Besides instant grits can be made divine, with marscapone cheese and butter and salt and…YUM! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/66 "2012-08-13T16:56:13Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Now you are going to think even less of me, but what other kind are there? I mean you don’t really suggest people down there, shuck corn or something to make their own brand spanking fresh grits? > > Besides instant grits can be made divine, with marscapone cheese and butter and salt and…YUM! I don’t think less of you. I just feel sorry for you. Anyway… [How to make grits](http://startcooking.com/blog/360/How-to-Make-Grits). [Cheese grits](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/cheese-grits-recipe/index.html). [Shrimp & grits](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/shrimp-and-grits-recipe/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/67 "2012-08-13T17:08:56Z")
Well, when I visit your house, you can serve me those. In the meantime, instant it is! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/68 "2012-08-13T17:58:04Z")
Is the correct grammar “grits are disgusting” or “grits is disgusting”? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/69 "2012-08-13T18:03:02Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Is the correct grammar “grits are disgusting” or “grits is disgusting”? I have noted your insolence in your file and have further directed the minions to give your share of the tomorrow’s apple pie to **Mika**. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/70 "2012-08-13T18:05:55Z")
don’t like apple pie ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/71 "2012-08-13T18:08:50Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > don’t like apple pie Well, obviously we’ll throw away the apple pie and replace it with something you like, Ms. Short List. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/72 "2012-08-13T19:06:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Well, obviously we’ll throw away the apple pie and replace it with something you like, Ms. Short List. Thanks! You’re too good to me. You know, I might just be plotting _your_ overthrow. I mean, I get away with a lot with this innocent face. Of course now that I told you, it probably isn’t the case…_or is it_??? ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/73 "2012-08-13T19:45:59Z")
So I guess a choc’lit chip cookie is out of the question? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/74 "2012-08-13T19:47:57Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > So I guess a choc’lit chip cookie is out of the question? You have libeled grits. You’re lucky I didn’t release the wombats. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/75 "2012-08-13T19:51:32Z")
> [@markdash](#): > > 0/2 = 0% I went the other way with that, got a divide by zero error, and now I’m a virgin again. Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/76 "2012-08-13T19:57:28Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I went the other way with that, got a divide by zero error, and now I’m a virgin again. Sweet. Actually I think that means you’ve slept with an infinite number of people. Or at least been sexually unsatisfied an infinite number of times. Either way it’s either gross or depressing. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/77 "2012-08-13T20:04:23Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Actually I think that means you’ve slept with an infinite number of people. Or at least been sexually unsatisfied an infinite number of times. Either way it’s either gross or depressing. It can be both. Believe me. I only regret one… MAYBE two… of the women I’ve slept with. But I definitely regret \*not \* sleeping with more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/78 "2012-08-13T20:08:27Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > But I definitely regret \*not \* sleeping with more than that. Yeah, this. I wonder now, looking back, what refraining when I was single accomplished, exactly. There really isn’t any "purity’ award you gain. I should have slept around a whole lot more and dammit, enjoyed my life. I tried to be good for my parents but they kicked me out anyway…☹ ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/79 "2012-08-14T01:31:46Z")
No regrets here, there’s only been three though and each was a well-thought-out and sober decision. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123/80 "2012-08-14T10:12:05Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Regret? Probably 0. > > What fraction would I not sleep with if I lived my life again? A small but measurable portion. Yeah, this. I never had an STD, no-one got pregnant and there are no psycho partners. One was a bit weird afterwards though so despite enjoying the sex I’d possibly choose to not go there if I lived my life again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fraction-of-your-sexual-partners-do-you-regret-sleeping-with/631123.md?page=5)