# What would you be willing to permanently give sex for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 10, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558 "2012-12-10T01:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/61 "2012-12-11T00:17:31Z")
I’d have to have a LOT of money sitting in front of me to consider it. A looooooooooooooot. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/62 "2012-12-11T00:26:23Z")
I didn’t willingly give up anything, I developed severe Depression and my libido went out for cigarettes, and didn’t come back for 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/63 "2012-12-11T04:00:42Z")
And as for me, I simply sublimated all the energy into other more worthwhile and satisfying pursuits. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/64 "2012-12-11T04:08:14Z")
I would be completely willing to give up all the sex I currently have in return for more sex. ---
**Author:** ![nion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nion)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/65 "2012-12-11T04:55:20Z")
> [@For You](#): > > Nice way to put that 🆒 😃 That’s damn close to being true, as well! ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/66 "2012-12-11T06:30:41Z")
I’d have to discuss it with my husband. I don’t want to give up sex in exchange for money and find out that I gave up my family as well. But we’d probably both have to take the deal - I can’t imagine knowing I gave up all ability to orgasm, and my husband gets to beat off whenever he wants. That’s a recipe for jealousy and disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/67 "2012-12-11T06:55:47Z")
Nothing. It’s my favorite hobby. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/68 "2012-12-11T12:21:42Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > So my sex drive stays the same? $5000 a month for the rest of my life. Whoa, dream big. 😉 Can’t think of anything, except maybe to save the life of someone I love. Maybe not though. Depends on the person. Have they already had a pretty good run? Because we’re talking about the rest of my potentially very long life here, which will feel considerably longer if I give up sex. Money? Hells no. Speaking as someone who’s having a mighty rough year on that front, it’s just money, there’s always a way to make more. With sex even, if it comes to that. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/69 "2012-12-11T12:49:21Z")
A happy relationship. Though once in that situation, still having a sex drive would be a pain. As it is, though, I tend to be celibate when not in a relationship, and only am in a relationship once every five years or so, so I tend to go without for years at a time anyway. I’m a better, happier person in a relationship, so I think I’d accept the tradeoff. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/70 "2012-12-11T14:13:07Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Nothing. Sex is one of life’s few sublime pleasures. This is like asking for what I would give up laughter or friendship. These are things that make me happy, and a life without them would just be sad. I agree wholeheartedly. But as long as I can still be intimate with my partner, I’d be willing to give it up. And the price? Living to 100 in perfect health. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/71 "2012-12-11T14:19:19Z")
No way man. I’m 37 years old and hope to have a long fulfilling life ahead of me. I’m not giving up sex, it’s one of the joys of this world. I’ll just have to take the rest of it as it (heh) comes. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/72 "2012-12-11T16:19:55Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > Because if it’s the first one, I’d PAY to be in that situation. Sex is overrated. That’s what they all say until they have sex with me. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/73 "2012-12-11T16:22:12Z")
In your dreams, man. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/74 "2012-12-11T16:37:37Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Whoa, dream big. 😉 That amount means I don’t have to work, and I’d be making twice what I’m making now. I have a very low sex drive - I only do it when my boyfriend wants to, and I only really want to masturbate during certain times of the month and not even every month. And maybe a tenth of that time I can’t get off anyway. Trading a couple of days a month of frustration for not working? Yeah, sign me up. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/75 "2012-12-11T22:40:50Z")
It’s kind of like asking how much would you be willing to give up going to the bathroom for. It’s a routine body function, and as mentioned, would require monitoring and probably physical restraints to enforce. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/76 "2012-12-12T02:24:20Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > It’s kind of like asking how much would you be willing to give up going to the bathroom for. It’s a routine body function, and as mentioned, would require monitoring and probably physical restraints to enforce. Uhh yeah not quite. Plently of people live celibate lives. No one lives a urination free life. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/77 "2012-12-12T02:26:22Z")
99% of people admit to masturbating, and 1% of people are liars. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/78 "2012-12-12T02:30:44Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > 99% of people admit to masturbating, and 1% of people are liars. nm ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558/79 "2012-12-12T03:36:48Z")
I can’t think of much I’d want in exchange for my sex life. I have a ridiculously high sex drive and to be unable to satisfy it would be maddening even if I were a billionaire. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-be-willing-to-permanently-give-sex-for/643558.md?page=3)