# Would you being willing to have sex if it meant you'd get a cold? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 20, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797 "2009-09-20T03:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/21 "2009-09-21T02:17:01Z")
Depends on the sex. Mostly though, I would figure the same as many others here, in assuming LTR I’d be catching it sooner or later anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/22 "2009-09-21T02:46:17Z")
> [@miamouse](#): > > Depends on the sex. Yeah, I had the same thought. Is this really good sex we’re talking about, or the kind of sex I picture the couple in the KY Warming Gel commercial\* having? \*I mean, she buys warming gel and he’s rubbing it on her freaking shoulder? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2009, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/23 "2009-09-21T02:51:41Z")
Hey, once that train starts rolling, there aint much that can stop it. If aunt flow can’t stop me than neither can a cold. Personally, I think I might have some wires crossed as I get extremely horny when I have a cold. How backwards is that? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/24 "2009-09-21T02:56:03Z")
> [@sweetie pea](#): > > \*I mean, she buys warming gel and he’s rubbing it on her freaking shoulder? Quagmire: “Giggity, there’s a fourth hole! It’s like Hogwarts, you gotta believe it’s there.” ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/25 "2009-09-21T03:57:02Z")
You can wear a mask. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/26 "2009-09-21T05:00:58Z")
We all get colds. The prospect of getting another wouldn’t stop me from hooking up. ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/27 "2009-09-21T10:27:00Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > You can wear a mask. _wink_ SEXY! ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/28 "2009-09-21T13:39:17Z")
Wouldn’t think twice about it. A cold never stops me kissing/having sex/holding hands/tasting food off my girlfriend’s fork etc. We share a bed every night, I’m going to get the cold if I’m going to get it. No need to make us both miserable in the meantime. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797/29 "2009-09-21T14:34:09Z")
Ditto the ‘you’re married, you’re probably immune at this point’ thought process, but if you’re both horny enough for it but both equally turned off by the possibility that you’ll accidentally like up some of her infected snot or something, what’s wrong with a little mutual masturbation? There’s something about being next to each other, both of you rubbing one out but not touching each other, that’s extremely sexy. Sometimes we do it that way even when we’re not sick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-being-willing-to-have-sex-if-it-meant-youd-get-a-cold/510797.md?page=1)