# What is your longest/shortest sex session **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 29, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185 "2016-07-29T13:04:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/21 "2016-07-30T01:04:27Z")
There was one that was about 20 minutes when we were trying to get pregnant, so we were doing it once a day, at a minimum. Longest was a Blondie tape, a CCR tape, and a mix tape that was 90 minutes per side, and I think we may have played one side twice. There was another one with a different person that was an Indigo Girls CD, a 10,000 Maniacs CD, and some renaissance dance music, the length of which I’m not really sure of. It could have been longer, but I don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/22 "2016-07-30T01:23:26Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > We must have differing definitions of “sex session”. For me, an erection is a prerequisite for an experience to be considered a sex session. There is no humanly way I could have one for that long. Are you trying to say that, between you and your partner, there was at least one erect penis for 10 straight hours? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/23 "2016-07-30T02:09:23Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > For me, an erection is a prerequisite for an experience to be considered a sex session. Uh-Oh… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/24 "2016-07-30T02:21:47Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > For me, an erection is a prerequisite for an experience to be considered a sex session. There is no humanly way I could have one for that long. Are you trying to say that, between you and your partner, there was at least one erect penis for 10 straight hours? Two words brush burns (“belt sander” accepted as well) ETA “pharmacological assistance” recieves full credit as well. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/25 "2016-07-30T02:39:39Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > There was one that was about 20 minutes when we were trying to get pregnant, so we were doing it once a day, at a minimum. I was called out of a lecture hall in college because my (at the time) wife’s cervical mucous was ready for in vivo. All my friends knew what was going on. I stood up and jogged to the University Medical Hospital, was handed a vial, and filled it (not to the brim) as quickly as possible. I handed my container to the nurse and ran back to lecture. I wasn’t gone long. The professor commented that I hadn’t missed much (and I later learned that was due, in part, to the fact that he had talked about my situation the entire time I was gone. Making jokes. We were drinking buddies/he was an alcoholic). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/26 "2016-07-30T02:45:16Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Uh-Oh… Sorry, im wrong here. Female arousal alone qualifies as well (I ain’t no pig! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/27 "2016-07-30T03:28:52Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > For me, an erection is a prerequisite for an experience to be considered a sex session. There is no humanly way I could have one for that long. Are you trying to say that, between you and your partner, there was at least one erect penis for 10 straight hours? Actually, there were two. And besides, are you saying that men who don’t get erections don’t have sex? How about lesbians? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/28 "2016-07-30T03:31:59Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Actually, there were two. > > And besides, are you saying that men who don’t get erections don’t have sex? How about lesbians? I amended my original comment. However, I find it laughable to claim a 10 hour erection. Having one for more than 4 hours is considered a medical emergency (priapism). ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/29 "2016-07-30T03:50:06Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I amended my original comment. However, I find it laughable to claim a 10 hour erection. Having one for more than 4 hours is considered a medical emergency (priapism). I’d think that a sex session could also count as several instances of sex in which the only downtime was, you know, down time. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/30 "2016-07-30T04:17:36Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > For me, an erection is a prerequisite for an experience to be considered a sex session. There is no humanly way I could have one for that long. **Are you trying to say that, between you and your partner, there was at least one erect penis for 10 straight hours?** I should clarify my answer to “yes, there was at least one erect penis, but not always the same one.” I still say, though, that no erection is necessary for sex. People have hands, fingers, feet, mouths . . . eyes, ears . . . and especially hearts and brains. [Tantric Sex 101](http://mytinysecrets.com/tantra-101-a-super-simple-guide-for-tantric-sex-beginners/). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/31 "2016-07-30T04:31:34Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’d think that a sex session could also count as several instances of sex in which the only downtime was, you know, down time. True but I intetpteted the OP to mean one-single-uninterrupted session. But I concede your point. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/32 "2016-07-30T05:29:32Z")
Shortest: -52 minutes. It was during the change from DST to Standard Time. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/33 "2016-07-30T05:51:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Hey, I paid for an hour, I’m hanging out for the remaining 57 minutes. I’m pretty sure those ladies are like psychoanalysts, they call it an hour session but it’s really 50 minutes. They probably spend less time thinking about penises than psychoanalysts, though; and there’s probably more chance they will accept your insurance. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/34 "2016-07-30T06:24:48Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’d think that a sex session could also count as several instances of sex in which the only downtime was, you know, down time. If that’s the case, my GF and I often have all day marathons. Actually quite impressive for two people in their mid 40s. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/35 "2016-08-01T17:21:33Z")
In that case, my GF and I have had several week long marathons. It’s actually quite impressive for a human. ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/36 "2016-08-01T19:36:26Z")
> [@](#): > > For me, an erection is a prerequisite for an experience to be considered a sex session. There is no humanly way I could have one for that long. Are you trying to say that, between you and your partner, there was at least one erect penis for 10 straight hours? you must be pretty boring in bed if that is your only definition of sex. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/37 "2016-08-01T20:04:50Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Shortest: -52 minutes. > > It was during the change from DST to Standard Time. oh! wins the science portion of our program 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/38 "2016-08-02T00:02:54Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > you must be pretty boring in bed if that is your only definition of sex. I misspoke earlier. Obviously male arousal isn’t the only needed component to consider an encounter “sex”. I was replying to a poster that i knew was gay and in that context I would think at least ONE erection would be needed to consider something as sex. Sent from my LG-K330 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/39 "2016-08-02T01:27:07Z")
Shortest about 3 minutes many years ago. Longest about 3 hours. I’ve recently discovered what appears to be for me the perfect amount of alcohol for optimum performance and control. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185/40 "2016-08-02T05:36:05Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I was replying to a poster that i knew was gay and in that context I would think at least ONE erection would be needed to consider something as sex. What context? Do you really think gay sex is all about erections? There are many things we do than don’t require either of us to have one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-longest-shortest-sex-session/761185.md?page=3)