# While mid coitus, you find out the person you're boinking is your cousin.. Continue or stop? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931 "2013-11-02T16:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/21 "2013-11-02T19:45:20Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > 1. The sex must be pretty bad if you’re answering a text. Yeah, I think we need this option in the poll. I won’t even interrupt _dinner_ to answer a text. But my take on the cousin issue: not such a big deal, really. And it wouldn’t be any kind of issue for me personally, but I might hesitate to pursue a future round two if I felt like it would make things unusually awkward at family gatherings. The cousin and I would have to have a conversation about this over breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/22 "2013-11-02T20:33:23Z")
I live in the South, but I wasn’t born here. So this is a really tough decision. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/23 "2013-11-02T20:38:47Z")
I rather glad the title did not have a ‘need answer fast’ part. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/24 "2013-11-02T20:41:54Z")
Good sex or mediocre sex? It makes a difference. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/25 "2013-11-02T20:43:47Z")
Candy’s dandy When it’s handy Vice Is Nice But Incest is best Put your sister to the test ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/26 "2013-11-02T21:00:20Z")
All human beings are cousins. I live in California, a first cousin state, for a reason. The weather and I was born here. I’m confused about Bea and Kay. Were they your sisters or not? Cousins? Why did you tell us this story? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/27 "2013-11-02T21:10:43Z")
For all the people who are side-stepping the question by getting affronted by a partner taking a text message: Let’s say it’s an answering machine instead, and you _both_ hear your mom’s message. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/28 "2013-11-02T21:10:50Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > Could you continue THAT relationship? :dubious: If you explain what the relationship actually is between you and Bea/Kay, maybe I could. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/29 "2013-11-02T21:23:41Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > All human beings are cousins. I live in California, a first cousin state, for a reason. The weather and I was born here. > > I’m confused about Bea and Kay. Were they your sisters or not? Cousins? Why did you tell us this story? Bragging, I assume, though I’m not sure if even Ducati believes his various tall tales. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/30 "2013-11-02T21:44:25Z")
I’d be freaked out and stop, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/31 "2013-11-02T21:57:58Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > All human beings are cousins. I live in California, a first cousin state, for a reason. The weather and I was born here. > > I’m confused about **Bea** and **Kay**. Were they your sisters or not? Cousins? Why did you tell us this story? [bold added] I believe that’s some sort of code for **B** and **K**. I think he’s trying to say he has a ‘Whopper’. I don’t know if it that refers to the story or his dick. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/32 "2013-11-02T22:45:21Z")
This could never happen to me. I don’t have a cellphone. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/33 "2013-11-02T22:52:46Z")
Me either. My mother never sends texts. What with not having a cellphone. And being dead. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/34 "2013-11-02T23:04:30Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > [bold added] > > I believe that’s some sort of code for **B** and **K**. I think he’s trying to say he has a ‘Whopper’. I don’t know if it that refers to the story or his dick. No, I think the answer is here, emphasis added: > [@](#): > > A few questions determined it to be an incredible coincidence, rather than incest So, not his sisters or cousins. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/35 "2013-11-02T23:08:14Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > And being dead. So what if you had a special ringtone for your moms old cell phone and it rang with that tone…would you stop sex then. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/36 "2013-11-02T23:13:16Z")
> [@drachillix](#): > > So what if you had a special ringtone for your moms old cell phone and it rang with that tone…would you stop sex then. I’m pretty sure that the answer is always “don’t stop in mid-sex.” There are, of course, exceptions (which would be a splendid topic for a thread) but finding out that you’re partner is your long-lost cousin isn’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/37 "2013-11-02T23:15:24Z")
I’m seconding **dracoi**. OTOH, > [@astro](#): > > Good sex or mediocre sex? It makes a difference. 😃 😛 But hey, it’s two of us, remember – OK so we both hear it over the answering machine (who still uses that sort of answering machine? everyone I know uses voicemail! never mind)… and what if \*\*\*she \*\*\* is like _“oh, wow, keep doing that you were doing, don’t you stop nooowww!!”_. …I’d feel kind of obligated to follow her guidance, y’know 😉 [sub](feel free to modify pronouns to adjust for heteronormative language)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/38 "2013-11-03T00:11:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > No, I think the answer is here, emphasis added: > > So, not his sisters or cousins. So is it the story, or his dick, that’s the ‘Whopper’? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/39 "2013-11-03T00:39:24Z")
Is this a “need answer fast” situation? Help me understand. Do you always check text messages from your mom during your first sex with exciting people? If so, I’d say the texting is the thing you should stop. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/40 "2013-11-03T00:40:00Z")
I chose option 4 (dogs and cats…) because who the heck picks up their cellphone for a text mid-coitus? Even Jack Bauer would wait until afterward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931.md?page=3)