# Would you play "spin the bottle" as an adult? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525 "2009-12-08T22:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/21 "2009-12-09T20:30:05Z")
Probably not. I don’t need no stinkin’ bottle to permit me to kiss people. We played as kids because when you’re a kid, kissing is a **BIG DEAL**. Now, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/22 "2009-12-09T22:36:56Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > No. The risk of locking lips with a woman after she just locked lips with another guy doesn’t appeal to me. Just have everyone do a shot of vodka in between spins. Mmm, sanitizing. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/23 "2009-12-10T16:45:31Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Probably not. I don’t need no stinkin’ bottle to permit me to kiss people. We played as kids because when you’re a kid, kissing is a **BIG DEAL**. Now, not so much. _Kissing_ may not be a big deal as an adult, but I suspect that, for most of us guys, the opportunity to kiss several attractive women in one evening would be. Sure, if I was single, I’d go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/24 "2009-12-10T16:56:27Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > for most of us guys, the opportunity to kiss several attractive women in one evening would be. Comments like this remind me of why I love my girlfriend so much. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/25 "2009-12-10T17:41:11Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Comments like this remind me of why I love my girlfriend so much. Then I’m glad to have added that reminder to your day. But what does that have to do with this discussion? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/26 "2009-12-10T17:44:56Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Then I’m glad to have added that reminder to your day. But what does that have to do with this discussion? Does she let him kiss lots of girls in an evening? That’s how I took it. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/27 "2009-12-10T18:43:54Z")
Unless she rounds them up for him, it still seems a little out of place. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/28 "2009-12-10T19:07:46Z")
I have never played, what are the rules? If a girl spins the bottle and it points to another girl what happens? Do you keep spinning until it points to someone of the opposite sex? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/29 "2009-12-10T19:22:28Z")
It would depend on the ratio of women to men. 3:1? Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/30 "2009-12-10T19:27:28Z")
Hmmm, maybe we should start a thread on what the ratio of (relatively good looking) members of the preferred sex to members of the other sex there would need to be in a circle for you to want to play spin the bottle, provided that you _had_ to make out with whoever the bottle pointed to, _no matter what their gender_. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/31 "2009-12-10T19:34:36Z")
I already answered that. Total number of participants: 4. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/32 "2009-12-10T19:47:50Z")
It was only vaguely exciting then (and presumably now) if there was at least one person in the circle I was secretly interested in kissing. Everything up to him would be just pointless and possibly icky. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/33 "2009-12-10T19:50:50Z")
Now that it has been healthily established that a decent number would be willing (if single I guess :rolleyes: ) when and where are going to hold the first monthly SDMB Spin The Bottle game? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/34 "2009-12-10T20:03:35Z")
> [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](#): > > Never played, but if I’m single, absolutely. > > I’m almost surprised my group of friends hasn’t drunkenly gone there. We’ve always stopped at Truth or Dare, though. Less kissing, more nudity. You stop at kissing? Back in college, we played a lot of Spin the Bottle, Truth or Dare and Never Have I Ever. Once we played Strip Spin the Bottle because the regular version was getting too boring. I would play it again, if my fiance was okay with it or if I were single. Our rule was that you didn’t have to kiss anyone you really didn’t want to, but it was strongly discouraged to refuse. The hottest guy-on-guy kiss I’ve seen to this day was during a game of Spin the Bottle. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/35 "2009-12-10T20:44:11Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Hmmm, maybe we should start a thread on what the ratio of (relatively good looking) members of the preferred sex to members of the other sex there would need to be in a circle for you to want to play spin the bottle, provided that you _had_ to make out with whoever the bottle pointed to, _no matter what their gender_. I’d have to be the only guy in the game. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/36 "2009-12-10T20:51:07Z")
Yup - absolutely - I’d play. Course, my bf would have to be in the circle. But why play spin the bottle when you can play with the naughty dice? (Y’know, one die has body parts on it, the other die has action verbs on it. So it says stuff like “lick” and “neck”). ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/37 "2009-12-11T00:01:31Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > This would stop me from playing it, I think. Of course if it was summer time (not flu season) and I was single, a wee tipsy, and surrounded by 8 gorgeous swedish chicks… maybe then. Mmmm, tastes like herpes… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/38 "2009-12-11T00:13:52Z")
Definitely . . . but only if they were all guys, and my partner were one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/39 "2009-12-11T00:26:52Z")
There was at least one strip poker game at every party I hosted in college. Spin the Bottle seems a bit tame in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Me112233](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Me112233](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me112233)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/40 "2010-10-08T00:17:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > Can and have, although I’d hate to catch something. What’s a little kissing between friends? Or strangers? I must agree – kissing never hurt anybody. In fact, kissing tends to uplift folks and I’ve never had one of those “I shouldn’t have done that” feelings the day after I kissed somebody. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525.md?page=3)