# Your longest bout of celibacy... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303 "2003-02-06T20:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/21 "2003-02-06T22:31:32Z")
Since I became an adult I haven’t had to wait much more than a month. If I count after I became sexually active (I was young) then my longest was a little over 2 years. ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/22 "2003-02-06T22:40:34Z")
18 years and some. 5-6 if we’re only talking puberty+. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/23 "2003-02-06T23:58:42Z")
**cadolphin** I _can_ top that!!! It’s been twenty three years, since February of 1980. ---
**Author:** ![TitoBenito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2acd7d/32.png) [@TitoBenito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitoBenito)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/24 "2003-02-07T00:02:04Z")
If you don’t count the first 18 years of my life, 3 weeks. It was hell. ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/25 "2003-02-07T00:23:51Z")
One year, eight months. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/26 "2003-02-07T00:40:06Z")
9 months. 4 times in my adult life. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/27 "2003-02-07T01:19:54Z")
I’m currently in the longest period of celibacy in my life, and it’s been waaaaaaaay too long and I’m perfectly willing to have the streak broken. Not that I’m looking for volunteers. Okay, maybe I am, but I’m trying not to be obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/28 "2003-02-07T01:40:00Z")
Maybe 2 months (since I started, of course). Oddly enough, the longest bouts have been within relationships, rather than between them. Damn those long-distance romances, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/29 "2003-02-07T02:02:57Z")
Coming up on four years. _sigh_ I _miss_ sex. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/30 "2003-02-07T02:13:15Z")
When did _Independence Day_ come out? ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/31 "2003-02-07T02:29:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Baker \* > \*\ ***cadolphin** I _can_ top that!!! It’s been twenty three years, since February of 1980. \*\* My condolences **Baker**!!! Kathy ---
**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:** [February 7, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/32 "2003-02-07T04:05:28Z")
Sorry, Baker; thirty-seven years, here. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/33 "2003-02-07T04:15:21Z")
Am I the only one who scanned the “Location” fields in this thread looking for candidates? My patheticism knows no bounds. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/34 "2003-02-07T04:15:28Z")
Wow. For some strange reason, I feel better now. It’s only been 7 1/2 years for me. Actually, seven years, five months, 14 days, six hours and 20 minutes, but who’s keeping track… ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/35 "2003-02-07T04:19:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*When did _Independence Day_ come out? \*\* July 4. ::d&r:: ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/36 "2003-02-07T04:20:57Z")
Lessee, 18 years, then seven years, then three months, and I currently have it down to about two weeks tops. There is hope. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/37 "2003-02-07T04:28:45Z")
The longest: near a year and a half. The latest: since Dec 23 last year. Not desperate yet… really, REALLY. I mean **REALLY** , **Really!**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/38 "2003-02-07T07:46:18Z")
Y’know, if we combined this with a “Where are you, really” kind of thing, I’m thinking we could shorten some of these times. Given that no method of contraception is foolproof (Mary was a virgin and man, if you don’t think same-sex relations can produce children you are way behind in your fanfic) we could even claim to be aiding Cecil in fighting ignorance by giving smart people the chance to spread their genes. Yes, it has been about two weeks, why are you asking? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/39 "2003-02-07T07:53:45Z")
August 10th 1999 to January 12th 2002. After reading some of the responses here, I feel like the luckiest man alive. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303/40 "2003-02-07T08:22:09Z")
'Bout three years. It was not an intentional celibacy, more that there was just no likely candidates nor opportunity. I didn’t really think much about it at the time, but now I look back…sheesh, how the HELL did I survive? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-longest-bout-of-celibacy/153303.md?page=3)