# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/41 "2013-11-03T00:55:43Z")
What a delightful family reunion! (Wouldn’t concern me in the least – first cousin marriages in my family tree.) ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/42 "2013-11-03T02:14:55Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I’m confused about Bea and Kay. Were they your sisters or not? No. Just an incredible coincidence to meet two sisters named the same as my biological sisters that I never met. Bea and Kay were pulled from [thin air](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHTHo6vsWVY) to preserve the identities of the innocent. I assumed the Allan Sherman fans would pick up on it… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/43 "2013-11-03T02:23:39Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > 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. I didn’t think of the dick angle. I thought it may have referred to having experienced a **B K** “sandwich”. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/44 "2013-11-03T02:46:39Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > 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. Yes, because crazy hypotheticals are an exact mirror image of real life. /Sarcasm ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/45 "2013-11-03T04:48:43Z")
listen folks - you can wait 5 minutes to check/answer that text message - even if it is, in fact, life or death - those 5 minutes are unlikely to make any difference in the end. same rule applies when your driving. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/46 "2013-11-03T12:00:43Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > ETA: Even if I was opposed to it, we’ve already crossed the line, so might as well keep going. “Completion” doesn’t make it any worse. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > No, but “pregnancy” leaves “evidence”. Yes, but spermatozoa cannot “survive” the low pH of gastric acid. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/47 "2013-11-03T14:50:19Z")
It may be time for another poll: “Had you ever used the word ‘coitus’ before ‘The Big Bang Theory’ hit the airwaves?” Me: No. No problem with the consenting-cousin question here, either. Thanksgiving might be a little awkward, is all. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/48 "2013-11-03T15:37:16Z")
My cousin? Stop immediately, run do not walk to the doctor and get tested for all known venereal diseases and parasites. (This has nothing to do with her being my cousin, and everything to do with the kind of person she is. Eew!) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/49 "2013-11-03T19:21:05Z")
He’ll, it’s legal for 1st cousins to marry here. ---
**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 4, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/50 "2013-11-04T01:42:33Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I didn’t think of the dick angle. I thought it may have referred to having experienced a **B K** “sandwich”. Dick + Angle = Dangle. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/51 "2013-11-04T04:57:06Z")
I’m only grossed out by sex with my actual, known cousins when I’ve known since childhood. I’d totally date someone who happened to be an unknown bio spawn of one of my aunts. What’s the big deal? It’s not like all my boyfriends haven’t been just as crazy as my family, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/52 "2013-11-04T06:12:03Z")
Makes you wonder why Luke never tapped it with Leia. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/53 "2013-11-04T08:35:32Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > As a 17yo kid many years ago, I was staying with my 27yo sister and her husband for the summer. I met and became physical with two young ladies - both older than I - who happened to be sisters. One named “Bea”, one named “Kay”. 😉 > > Apparently my sister became aware of the full nature of my relations with the girls, and caught me coming home at 4am and sat me down. > > “We have to talk”, she said. > > Now, I am adopted. As an infant. I’ve known since I was able to speak. My parents kept nothing from me. Or so I thought. > > Turns out my sisters both knew far more than anyone ever told me. It’s OK, I guess. None of it is or would have been relevant or important growing up. > > My biological family consisted of 2 older sisters, 1 older, and 2 younger brothers. > The sisters? Bea and Kay. :eek: > > A few questions determined it to be an incredible coincidence, rather than incest but still. > > Could you continue THAT relationship? :dubious: You have so many incredible stories **ducati.** What I like best about them is how not made up they seem. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/54 "2013-11-04T11:48:40Z")
There was no poll option for “Ask cousin how they want to proceed” which is my answer - I mean, I’m cool with cousin-boffing, don’t see the slightest thing wrong with it, but informed consent and all that… …hell, it might even be a turn-on for her! It would be for one of my RL cousins. ETA; Or so I’ve heard… ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/55 "2013-11-04T16:06:52Z")
Maybe a better version of the hypo would be replacing the incoming texts with, “Hey, why do you have a picture of my grandparents on your dresser?” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/56 "2013-11-04T16:31:48Z")
Still trying to figure out how I would find out about this MID-coitus. shut up and fuck me harder ---
**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:** [November 4, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/57 "2013-11-04T17:25:09Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Still trying to figure out how I would find out about this MID-coitus. It would have to be a really quick message. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/58 "2013-11-04T17:44:13Z")
I can’t honestly say I’d stop if she died. I mean she’s still warm right? And rigor hasn’t set in. ---
**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 4, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/59 "2013-11-04T18:47:22Z")
Well, no, THAT I would stop for, and preferrably before then to call 911 and administer first aid (and put pants on before the EMS arrives). I mean, gotta take care of family first, right :D? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/while-mid-coitus-you-find-out-the-person-youre-boinking-is-your-cousin-continue-or-stop/672931/60 "2013-11-06T08:46:59Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > 1. [Map of where cousin marriage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_marriage_law_in_the_United_States_by_state) is legal. As long as you’re on your phone, look it up. Legality wouldn’t enter into it. I would recognize my one female first cousin. Any secret cousin, aunt, or uncle would be born out of wedlock, and would not legally be my first cousin. The same basic thing goes for second cousins and first cousins once removed. So we’re dealing with a cousin that is at least three degrees out, and I am unaware of any place where that’s illegal. That said, even if it were possible, the scenario makes it clear that we didn’t grow up together, so it would not be squicky to me. Though I am surprised that most everyone else is okay with it. It makes me wonder why such is used as a negative stereotype about hillbillies, with jokes about us going to family reunions to pick up dating partners. [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=2) [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=4)