# What's your "cigarette" after sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459 "2004-10-15T21:17:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/1 "2004-10-15T21:17:20Z")
For example as soon as we’ve finished my girlfriend desperately needs a cup of tea. I, on the other hand, am happy just to stay and hug. What do you do? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/2 "2004-10-15T21:18:53Z")
Take a two hour shower, moaning “can’t get clean… can’t get clean…” Then tea. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/3 "2004-10-15T21:28:22Z")
depends on time of day. mrAru likes to snuggle, I like to snuggle and we watch tv and go to sleep if it is night time, if it is morning then we take a shower and get ready for the day - coffee breakfast and email/computer all around=) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/4 "2004-10-15T21:38:02Z")
Middle age. ---
**Author:** ![Marathon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Marathon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marathon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/5 "2004-10-15T22:01:00Z")
There are few things more satisfying than the Post-Coital Cuddle. Then, coffee. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/6 "2004-10-15T22:05:38Z")
Immediate unconsciousness. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/7 "2004-10-15T22:11:24Z")
A cigarette. Oh yes, and a Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/8 "2004-10-15T22:38:33Z")
A bottle of water. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/9 "2004-10-15T22:39:52Z")
I call it “sleep.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Niceguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mr.Niceguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Niceguy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/10 "2004-10-15T23:01:15Z")
A cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/11 "2004-10-15T23:06:54Z")
Zzzzzz ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/12 "2004-10-15T23:11:09Z")
More sex. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/13 "2004-10-15T23:29:57Z")
Her = water Me = beer 😃 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/14 "2004-10-16T00:12:50Z")
> [@Aeschines](#): > > More sex. My sentiments exactly. And I keep some water handy. It’s thirsty work. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/15 "2004-10-16T00:26:20Z")
He: Do you smoke after sex? She: I dunno…I never looked. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/16 "2004-10-16T00:32:03Z")
Anybody care to help me find out? ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/17 "2004-10-16T00:53:22Z")
A pee and a glass of water. It’s almost like getting some sperm means my body needs a fluid change. Oh, and cuddling, too. I dig cuddling. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/18 "2004-10-16T02:31:24Z")
Cuddling. No cuddling? I get up, go home and smoke. Or go home and cuddle with my roommate. My old roommate & I were cool that way. Platonic, but cuddling was always cool. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/19 "2004-10-16T03:11:47Z")
> [@](#): > > What’s your “cigarette” after sex? Still a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459/20 "2004-10-16T04:34:00Z")
Cuddling or, more specifically, being stroked. If the sex has been mm-mmm-good, my body feels like my nerve endings are on super-alert, and just having my partner’s hands/fingers run over my body feels oh-so-wonderful. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-cigarette-after-sex/269459.md?page=2)