# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/41 "2010-10-08T00:29:40Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/42 "2010-10-08T00:52:03Z")
Huh. I think that, were I single, I’d do it in a group of friends and friends-of-friends, but yeah, I’ll admit I’d have to be the only guy, I think. I’d like to think I’d be more open-minded than that, but the idea, thinking about it, just holds no appeal for me. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/43 "2010-10-08T00:56:09Z")
Well, seeing as I never played any of these games as a kid, I think it might be fun. But only while I’m single, as everyone else has said. So, anyways, Truth or Dare? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/44 "2010-10-08T01:07:59Z")
Hell no. Given the laws now about sexual harassment, sexual assault, etc., I wouldn’t even suggest it, much less participate. Truth or dare is just annoying. “Doctor” is an assault charge waiting to happen. Mistletoe is another one. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/45 "2010-10-08T06:44:35Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > “Doctor” is an assault charge waiting to happen. I maintain that they gave their consent when they agreed to handenbunging in the first place! Re The Spinning Of The Bottle I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/46 "2010-10-08T07:07:23Z")
Whoever makes the last post in this thread is really gonna feel rejected. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/47 "2010-10-08T08:54:52Z")
I never played it and only have a vague idea how it goes, for me it’s “one of those foreign pop culture references”, as is the assumption that kids will play doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/48 "2010-10-09T06:12:47Z")
I never played it, mostly because I never got invited to parties where they played it. I would play now, probably. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/49 "2010-10-09T06:38:55Z")
If we are going to play spin the bottle, just give me a heads up so I can buy some cherry chapstick and a vanity size scope or brush and paste. Lately, I have dry lips, but would probably be cured with a make-out session… I’m a good bussie. ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525/50 "2010-10-09T19:13:42Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I have never played spin the bottle, so I don’t know if I’d like it or not. I’ve never played, and don’t personally know anyone who has. To my knowledge, anyway – I know my middle school/high school friends never did. Some of the people I met as adults may have, I suppose, but it’s not like the topic has ever come up. This gets a “yuk” from me. In my experience, mutual attraction is an extraordinarily rare thing. If it’s there (and there aren’t other barriers that would make a “game” weird and awful too), then I’d already be involved with him/her and wouldn’t need a “game” as an excuse to make out. If I’m not attracted, I really don’t want to swap spit with him/her, thanks – gross. If s/he’s not attracted and I am, I can’t see how it wouldn’t be setting myself up for a shitload of heartache – no thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-play-spin-the-bottle-as-an-adult/520525.md?page=2)