# Whats the farthest you've traveled for sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 9, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116 "2007-10-09T17:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/1 "2007-10-09T17:03:09Z")
Many years ago, when I was living in Chicago, and my brother was in school at Champaign / Urbana, he came up to visit for the afternoon. He brought a friend, and she and I hit it off quite well, so later that day I went back down-state with them to spend the weekend with her. How far have you traveled for a sure (or even potential) thing? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/2 "2007-10-09T17:05:26Z")
I travelled 1500 miles for a sure thing. It’s over a decade later and I’m still here. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/3 "2007-10-09T17:09:48Z")
Looks like about 215 miles, but that was not just for sex; it was a long-distance relationship. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/4 "2007-10-09T17:14:01Z")
I flew a Cessna over 500 kilometers for a fun night with an ex. Good times had by all. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/5 "2007-10-09T17:15:45Z")
70 miles for a good chance something might happen. It did. Never again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/6 "2007-10-09T17:30:10Z")
100 miles. A friend with whom I have a mutually beneficial relationship lives in NYC. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/7 "2007-10-09T17:34:57Z")
Chicago to New York once…however far that is (I flew and it was for a long weekend). 180 miles driving for a night (Chicago to Indianapolis)…was totally worth it…I miss her. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/8 "2007-10-09T17:35:50Z")
Across the Atlantic - 4,000 miles according to MapCrow. A girl I’d been seeing at college who went home to the US. I turned her down in the end, though, because she treated me badly while I was staying. Namely: for the first week I was there, her boyfriend was too. His presence, and the fact that she’d got back with him, was something I hadn’t been told prior to my arrival… ---
**Author:** ![Contrary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Contrary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrary)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/9 "2007-10-09T17:38:30Z")
I’ll be traveling about 1500 miles for a sure thing–from Kansas City to Boston for some hot monkey lovin’ with my husband. Does that count? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/10 "2007-10-09T17:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Across the Atlantic - 4,000 miles according to MapCrow. A girl I’d been seeing at college who went home to the US. I turned her down in the end, though, because she treated me badly while I was staying. Namely: for the first week I was there, her boyfriend was too. His presence, and the fact that she’d got back with him, was something I hadn’t been told prior to my arrival… [/QUOTE] Man I’d be pissed. Least she could do was set you up with a friend of hers so trip wasn’t a total waste. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/11 "2007-10-09T17:40:56Z")
Hey same as me \*\* jjimm\*\* Mind you mine was an unexpected encounter in a hotel in Tinley Park, Chicago. Bless her little cotton socks for making an Englishman feel welcome in the US ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/12 "2007-10-09T17:42:25Z")
161 miles. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/13 "2007-10-09T17:42:45Z")
3000 miles. NJ to CA 6.5 years later and it’s as good as ever. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/14 "2007-10-09T17:45:11Z")
1620 miles. Definitely worth it. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/15 "2007-10-09T17:57:57Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] 1620 miles. Definitely worth it. [/QUOTE] Anytime, baby. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/16 "2007-10-09T18:06:11Z")
For the last year, my wife and I have been living about 17,000 km (11,000 miles) apart. So do our infrequent visits to each other count? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/17 "2007-10-09T18:07:29Z")
This discussion would not be complete without a mention of [The Sure Thing](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090103/). ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/18 "2007-10-09T18:13:07Z")
Wife-to-be lived in Chicago. I lived in a southwest suburb. We met on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. We didn’t go that far specifically for sex (ok, I did), but that’s how it worked out. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/19 "2007-10-09T18:14:12Z")
Reno, Nevada. (~450 miles) ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116/20 "2007-10-09T18:15:48Z")
Google comes up with 8.5 miles, but I remember taking a lot of back roads and it was after midnight and I was riding my Dad’s bicycle with the stripped right crank so it seemed farther. I may have traveled farther later in life, but that trip sticks out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-farthest-youve-traveled-for-sex/422116.md?page=2)