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How many men / women have you slept with?

343 replies

ElizabethX · 01/08/2012 18:18

Assuming you can remember that is.

Today for the first time ever I counted and it is 14 / 0*.

I am 35. This is just under 1 a year since I became sexually active (started late...4th term at uni). I'm not counting youthful messing about, I mean full sex.

This doesn't seem so many to me and obv its going to depend when you became monogamous anyway. But, I have seen articles that suggest a much lower figure, eg 7 for men 4 for women.

Am I a bit of a slapper (which I would be fine with, I enjoyed it) or are all these people just lying? I think the latter, because judging by who I have spoken to 14 is much more typical than 4.

  • 14 men I think ** no women I am sure
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solidgoldbrass · 01/08/2012 22:45

Oh there have been quite a few women as well, maybe 10/15? Haven't done anything for ages now though; lack of opportunity and (for some reason) being menopausal has made me lose interest in actually going on the hunt. But I find it really rather weird that some people have only had one partner in 20 years or so. I sometimes think that this may be an important reason why so many women seem to lose interest in sex and/or have lower libidos than their husbands - he's actually rubbish at it and you've nothing to compare it with, so you think that 'sex' isn't all that, really. (I am quite aware that some people who only have one partner get lucky the first time and their one partner is a good sexual match for them, but it's luck more than anything else).

Devastatedgiraffe · 01/08/2012 22:51

Dh was my 19th, I was 22 when me wet. 0 women!

Still on 19. Age 35.

Devastatedgiraffe · 01/08/2012 22:52

Met!! On iPhone, can't see!!!

Nuttyprofessor · 01/08/2012 22:53

1/0 in 34 years.

KirstyWirsty · 01/08/2012 23:01

I am 44

2 marriages

27 sexual partners .. 4 of which were women (one of those was in a threesome which wrecked the couple involved's elationship) ..

It's funny this came up in conversation in the last week and that's how I know how many ...

ElizabethX · 01/08/2012 23:07

giraffe

that typo is Freudian genius! "when me wet" indeed ...

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berlinnovels · 01/08/2012 23:10

4/0

Age 29. Long-term relationships for 8 of the last 9.5 years...kind of wish I'd shagged around more in the gaps.

NoComet · 01/08/2012 23:11

1/0
Not in the least Blush, I slept with My now DH on our first date and had sex on our second. Back in the dark ages, neither of us had condoms just in case.

If I had, had it would be 2/0

Halfling · 01/08/2012 23:13

1/0 in 34 years. Became sexually active at 24 years. But then I am from a different country and culture where this is pretty much the norm.

ColinFirthsGirth · 01/08/2012 23:25

1/0
Just my husband who I have been married to since 22.

To whoever said they were sorry for women that had only slept with their husband -Please don't feel sorry for us! I don't care what other women do but from my point of view I love the fact that I have only ever slept with my husband whom I love very much and have done for 14 years since I was 20.

carernotasaint · 01/08/2012 23:29

solid has a good point. I have slept with five men and only two of them actually cared about my pleasure and whether i had an orgasm.

Offred · 01/08/2012 23:33

10/1 28 been with DH since 23. Out of those 4 have raped me two of those have been in relationships. Out of the other 6 I regret 2.

Offred · 01/08/2012 23:36

3 have cared about my orgasm. Doesn't mean they are nice blokes. DH is, first bf was other was violent alcoholic as it turned out.

carernotasaint · 01/08/2012 23:43

I dated this boy in college when i was 17. Didnt sleep with him. 18 months later i had an affair with his dad (who was divorced) i was seeing him 18 months after i split with his son. The exes father cared about my orgasm but i later found out he was also chasing the married woman 2 doors down so i know what you mean. But i was only 18 then and thought differently to the way i do now. If i was in this situation again i would just treat it as great but casual sex and just make sure it was safe.

KissMyEmbroideryHoop · 01/08/2012 23:48

Gosh around 28. I think.

I'm not blushing. I am almost 40 and had a very good time for a few years.
Two long relationships...during which I was faithful...then met DH when I was thirty.

Active since age 16. So.

NotLikeThatYouWont · 01/08/2012 23:57

Depends on what you count but 12/1 by strictest definition. Am in 40s and monogamous 14 yrs now so it was a while ago.

roughtyping · 02/08/2012 00:03

4/0

I'm 26. No 1 was my DS's dad. Got together with OH when I was 18 and DS was 9 months. OH and I split up but got back together 2 years ago. The other 2 were in between splitting up and getting back together with OH.

roughtyping · 02/08/2012 00:04

And I'm engaged to OH so imagine it will stick at that number!

akaemmafrost · 02/08/2012 00:14

Over 30 men and 0 women.

I have reached an age where I finally realise that I don't care if I am not respected because I have had a lot of sex. When I think of the opportunities I have passed up I could weep!

northcountrygirl · 02/08/2012 00:40

oh fuck - I really am a slut. Thought my score was the high side of normal but clearly it isn't...

gobbledegook1 · 02/08/2012 01:27

5 men, 0 women, active since the age of 13.

I am currently 27 & engaged so hopefully it will stay at that number.

Challen · 02/08/2012 01:40

Age 43.

Somewhere between 7 and 9. But that's not including the 'almosts' which just involved a bluddy lot of snogging and er, everything but Blush then it's probably around 11 or 12.

I was a late starter too, at 21.

Three long term relationships of 4 years, 7 years, 7 years respectively.

I'm currently single and definately haven't had enough! I bluddy love sex and affection and want to still be doing all this lovely stuff into my 90s (I plan to die at 100) :D

lauratheexplorer · 02/08/2012 01:49

23 years old.

  1. No women but have kissed women in my experimental years.
fridakahlo · 02/08/2012 02:03

Come on, north, fess up, no-one is judging, that I have noticed anyway.

TheBolter · 02/08/2012 04:19

21/2

I think. I'm a bit hazy on the 21, it might be 22.