# What would you say the chances are of you ever having sex again (after today)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221 "2015-06-10T23:59:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/61 "2015-06-11T16:30:06Z")
100% depending on my minute-by-minute motivation level and how soon before I die. Married with an on-demand sex supply is nice. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/62 "2015-06-11T16:37:24Z")
99.97%, based on actuarial tables. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/63 "2015-06-11T17:12:11Z")
If I don’t lose weight: 60-70% If I lose weight: 100% (43-year-old single female) ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/64 "2015-06-11T17:37:02Z")
Those of you who’ve stated there is zero percent chance you will have sex after today make me sad. I never know when I will next have sex as the frequency has waned as we have gotten older but it usually happens at some point in any given week, sometimes more than once a week, although that is a rare occurrence. When I was in my 20s, the idea of going more than a day without sex seemed inconceivable to me, crazy really. When I think about it, I am amazed how comfortable I am with 3 to 4 times a month now. So yeah, barring death or incapacitation, 100% for me. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/65 "2015-06-11T17:48:10Z")
> [@Teach-me-not](#): > > Before my death? The odds are pretty high, I hope. Do we need a separate post-mortem thread? ---
**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:** [June 11, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/66 "2015-06-11T18:10:39Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Those of you who’ve stated there is zero percent chance you will have sex after today make me sad. It shouldn’t. I haven’t been with anyone in 18 years (the experience in question was, once again, rather disappointing and underwhelming). I simply have found tons of fulfillment and joy in other areas of my life. Now, if the right person would hurry up and come along, then yeah, but I have never been interested in the act purely for the sake of. So flip a coin, Ms. Right either shows up, or she doesn’t, so 50%. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/67 "2015-06-11T18:34:26Z")
100%, unless I die sometime tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/68 "2015-06-11T18:43:42Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 52 and separated. > > To be honest sex is one of those activities that is OK, but not really near the top of my list of fun things. I like it OK, but it has ever been an urgent goal of mine to go out and get laid. It seems exciting the first few times with a new person, but then it seems to become routine and expected, like shaving or trimming your finger nails. > > I should maybe start a new thread. > > I love companionship and sharing thoughts, meals, movies, a golf game perhaps or a walk in the sun? Sex is overrated for me. I worry too much about the other person to focus on my own pleasure. And I have no problem occasionally taking care of my own pleasure. > > Yeah. I’m weird, I guess. > > ETA: After all the above I’m still 100% sure I’ll have sex again. When I’m ready. And right now I’m not. You feel the same way about sex I do. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/69 "2015-06-11T18:46:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > To be honest sex is one of those activities that is OK, but not really near the top of my list of fun things. I like it OK, but it has ever been an urgent goal of mine to go out and get laid. It seems exciting the first few times with a new person, but then it seems to become routine and expected, like shaving or trimming your finger nails. > > * * * > > I love companionship and sharing thoughts, meals, movies, a golf game perhaps or a walk in the sun? Sex is overrated for me. I worry too much about the other person to focus on my own pleasure. And I have no problem occasionally taking care of my own pleasure. **Leaffan** , will you marry me? I feel exactly the same way: Sex is overrated. Yes, it’s fun, especially when you’re newly in love but there is so much more in life to enjoy. You’re the first man I’ve ever heard voice this opinion. It is my dream to find a partner who feels that way. All the men I’ve known want sex first and foremost and will do the other things – companionship, sharing thoughts, other activities – only when there isn’t sex to be had or a sporting event on tv. Me, bitter? Why would you say that? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/70 "2015-06-11T18:53:02Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Those of you who’ve stated there is zero percent chance you will have sex after today make me sad. No need to feel sad on my account! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/71 "2015-06-11T18:58:46Z")
[quote=“Onomatopoeia, post:64, topic:722221”] Those of you who’ve stated there is zero percent chance you will have sex after today make me sad. QUOTE] Feel free to cry for me. Mine isn’t (mostly) by choice. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/72 "2015-06-11T19:10:35Z")
100% ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/73 "2015-06-11T19:31:19Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > It’s probably 95 percent likely I’ll have sex tomorrow. Engaged, and we have a very healthy sex life. How was it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/74 "2015-06-11T20:28:56Z")
> [@2ManyTacos](#): > > Fuck if I know; 23 year old male virgin here. We’re just about even. I didn’t get laid my first time until I was 24. > [@2ManyTacos](#): > > The people who say it’s impossible to get through college without finding willing sex partners are lying. Hear, hear! ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/75 "2015-06-11T20:29:16Z")
Although I sometimes feel [Sex is Overrated](http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=6816&songID=4464066&showPlayer=true), usually I don’t, and my girlfriend feels the same way. So my chances of having sex are 100% unless one of us dies in the next few days. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/76 "2015-06-11T20:35:24Z")
0%. And I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/77 "2015-06-11T20:43:35Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Those of you who’ve stated there is zero percent chance you will have sex after today make me sad. It _does_ seem rather sad but as I’m finding out the “urge to merge” isn’t always as strong when we’re older as it is when we’re young bucks (or does)! > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I never know when I will next have sex as the frequency has waned as we have gotten older but it usually happens at some point in any given week, sometimes more than once a week, although that is a rare occurrence. I think you and I are pretty much in the same boat on this. > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > When I was in my 20s, the idea of going more than a day without sex seemed inconceivable to me, crazy really. When I think about it, I am amazed how comfortable I am with 3 to 4 times a month now. Things change and I’m with ya! > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > So yeah, barring death or incapacitation, 100% for me. I’m still sticking with the 99.9999% that I posted earlier but…yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/78 "2015-06-11T20:50:32Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Those of you who’ve stated there is zero percent chance you will have sex after today make me sad. How do you think we feel? ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/79 "2015-06-12T02:30:29Z")
What are you doing about it? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221/80 "2015-06-12T10:45:39Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > What are you doing about it? Everything I know how, which seems to not be enough. Actually, that’s too flippant an answer to a sincere question. I kind of agree with **Leaffan** ’s post. If I just wanted sex, divorced from all sense of responsibility, companionship, and bonding, then I could go someplace where prostitution is legal. That doesn’t appeal to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-having-sex-again-after-today/722221.md?page=5)