What Guys Really Think: About Your Number (Yes, That Number)

"Eh, I don't think anyone ever tells the truth about the number of partners. If television and romantic comedies are to be believed, girls round down and guys round up. To be fair I have a friend who tells me their number is in the 100s. Which makes me feel like I need a drink. That, in anyone's case, is probably a little too high. I wouldn't worry about a number unless they were telling me they used to be in porn." -Ryan, 31

"Zero is unacceptable as that is just all weird at my age. I don't see a clear cut off, and certainly not at the levels that American women seem to freak out at. I guess maybe at over 25 if you are dating you might start to wonder why they haven't slept with you already, which is unfair but that is quite a lot --beyond what could be considered having a phase of discovery and more a question mark of if long term relationships are their thing.." -Steven, 33

"I honestly have never cared about this. An acceptable' number is whatever number that particular girl feels comfortable with." -Lucas, 29

"I figure since an appropriate age to date can be answered with an equation (1/2*age+7), so can the appropriate number of sexual partners. Total

Me: (34-17)*1.25-8 = 13.25 (say 13) Reasonable ladies? I am good with a female having similar stats." -Don, 34

"The number is not very important. But low numbers indicate less experience and more repressed craziness. And high numbers mean that the craziness may have been expressed but there is a higher chance of HPV. Kind of a wash." -Matt, 39

"Less than five would probably be acceptable, but it would depend on the circumstances (i.e. one night stands vs. serious relationships)." -Tim, 29

"Number is less important that circumstance. Meaning I wouldn't want a persons 'meaningless' sex number to overrule their 'meaningful' sex number. Catch 22.... I'm also not into a woman that's been in love (hence made meaningful love) too many times.... So that number is probably fairly low." -Matthew, 34

What do you think of these answers? Do you care how many women a man has slept with?

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