says the gum commercial, at least.

That can't be right. I would imagine that the average Puritan manages that.

1/30/2011 1:34:48 AM

28 seems kind of high to me.

1/30/2011 1:37:28 AM

you guys have been kissed before? NO FAIR

1/30/2011 1:37:42 AM

what does that even mean

1/30/2011 1:37:45 AM

the average person kisses 28 people

1/30/2011 1:39:57 AM

I've kissed more. but then again I just love making out, but just making out. haha.

1/30/2011 1:41:23 AM

I had the opposite reaction when I heard that commercial... I couldn't help but think there must be a ton of kissing whores out there

Y'all are going to regret kissing errbody when you get the herp

1/30/2011 4:10:57 AM

Just to throw another somewhat related number out there:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promiscuity

Quote :

"In the U.S., a 2007 national survey had the following results: the median number of lifetime female sexual partners reported by men was seven; the median number of male partners reported by women was four."

Quote :

"In 2008, a U.S. university study of international promiscuity found that Finnish people are the most promiscuous in the industrialized world, British people being most promiscuous among big western industrial nations. The study measured one-night stands, attitudes to casual sex, and number of sexual partners.[6][7][8]"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19374216/ns/health-sexual_health/

Quote :

"The median number of lifetime female sexual partners for men was seven; the median number of male partners for women was four."

http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/resources/FAQ.html#number

Quote :

"# Males 30-44 report an average of 6-8 female sexual partners in their lifetime (Mosher, Chandra, & Jones, 2005). # Females 30-44 report an average of 4 male sexual partners in their lifetime (Mosher, Chandra, & Jones, 2005)."

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/PollVault/story?id=156921&page=1

Quote :

"Median All 5 Men 8 Women 3"

The median numbers I'm seeing from these various sources say men 6 to 8 and women 3 to 4 sexual partners. Looking at average numbers and men go up to 20 (according to that msnbc link), but then again outliers skew the mean more than the median, and to more than double the median there must be some slutty outliers.

Still the median numbers strike me as lower than I'd expect.

1/30/2011 4:39:16 AM

The number of sex partners one's had is NOT something that can be polled. Noone is going to tell the truth and of course they are going to say any number under 10.

[Edited on January 30, 2011 at 5:52 AM. Reason : ..]

1/30/2011 5:50:57 AM

Quote :

"A new nationwide survey, using high-tech methods to solicit candid answers on sexual activity..."

Quote :

"In previous federal surveys on these topics, participants were asked questions in face-to-face interviews. The CDC believes that caused underreporting of behaviors which might be viewed negatively"

Quote :

"“The participants have a headset on, they hear questions, they touch the screen with responses. There’s no one else in the room and they can take as long as they want.”"

1/30/2011 6:01:23 AM

I need to sleep with five more women to be an average male and four dudes to be an average female.

1/30/2011 6:32:45 AM

I've probably had sex with more girls than I've kissed.

1/30/2011 7:42:19 AM

so you lead crotch first eh?

1/30/2011 8:31:29 AM

^no he visits prostitutes regularly

1/30/2011 8:54:17 AM

apparently i've been doing it wrong. very wrong.

1/30/2011 8:57:44 AM

The average person must not drink as much as I do

1/30/2011 9:08:06 AM

My sophomore and junior years of college skewed the national average. 2003 and 2004 was some good times.

1/30/2011 9:45:25 AM

I figured that sounded about right when I heard it. I'm way under par, but I already knew that.

1/30/2011 10:14:13 AM

I would like to see all these statistics just for college-educated Americans under the age of, say, 40. We tend to get married a good bit later than our peers who just graduated highschool and got a job. Plus, college facilitates whoring around, both culturally and practically.

1/30/2011 11:41:03 AM

this thread makes me feel like a man whore

1/30/2011 11:45:30 AM

Quote :

"I've probably had sex with more girls than I've kissed."

... that sort of surprises me. Maybe I just don't lead a raunchy enough life... has getting drunk and making out with every person in sight really become the "norm"?

1/30/2011 11:49:27 AM

Who keeps track of how many people they kiss?

1/30/2011 11:55:31 AM

i thought about trying to remember and start a little black book, but my whorish ways of the past got the best of me, i cant remember half of the women's names i've slept with, and i didnt feel like putting "fat chick with black hair from haloween house party 06" as an entry

1/30/2011 12:18:16 PM

I used to be able to tell you my exact number. Now I can only give an approximation, and I don't even know if it would be too accurate. (of sexual partners. Kissing, who the fuck knows.)

Quote :

"Maybe I just don't lead a raunchy enough life"

You'll get there.

[Edited on January 30, 2011 at 1:41 PM. Reason : .]

1/30/2011 1:40:09 PM

I don't keep count either. If you think about it, if you only had one sex partner a year (not whorish at all, even a little) and we started have sex at eighteen and you're twenty-five now, that's already eight partners. I know a lot of people get into multi-year relationships, if you average one new person a year that's "a lot" when you're thirty-five. I think most people get single, have sex with a few people, get into a relationship, have sex with one person, get single, have sex with a few people, get into a relationship and so on.

So yeah, I think a number under five is low for someone who's 30-44.

1/30/2011 1:51:16 PM

I keep track of everyone that I kiss. :\

1/30/2011 2:17:25 PM

Kim's the first girl I kissed.

1/30/2011 2:21:29 PM

Not a fan of kissing

<<<<<<<<<<germaphobe

1/30/2011 2:30:18 PM

I can probably give an accurate number of people I've kissed with a +/- 3 margin of error...


And that's saying a LOT



I can probably come close to the national average on any given Tuesday night at Bada...haha

Ok...not really....but a third of it realistically

[Edited on January 30, 2011 at 2:38 PM. Reason : past make outs....i dont make out with 8 people every tuesday]

1/30/2011 2:36:07 PM

^there is no way thats possible. How?

1/30/2011 2:37:10 PM

I think she's saying that she's probably drunkenly made out with half the people that go to trivia at bada.

1/30/2011 2:42:27 PM

Making out is fine as long as it doesn't lead to blowing them behind the Golden Tee machine

1/30/2011 2:48:01 PM

I think it's fine if she wants to blow me behind the Golden Tee machine

1/30/2011 2:59:47 PM

Quote :

"he number of sex partners one's had is NOT something that can be polled. Noone is going to tell the truth and of course they are going to say any number under 10."

I didn't realize you were a research specialist AND a pizza shop owner.

1/30/2011 3:57:24 PM

Quote :

"I don't keep count either. If you think about it, if you only had one sex partner a year (not whorish at all, even a little) and we started have sex at eighteen and you're twenty-five now, that's already eight partners. I know a lot of people get into multi-year relationships, if you average one new person a year that's "a lot" when you're thirty-five. I think most people get single, have sex with a few people, get into a relationship, have sex with one person, get single, have sex with a few people, get into a relationship and so on."

Exactly.

I'm 31, and I've slept with 20 or so. I think that's damn near chaste, considering how high that number would be if I'd started when I was 16-18, hadn't spent 13-14 months of my life in combat-zone celibacy, hadnt spent a couple of years trying to have a relationship with my daughter's mother, and so on.

By age 31, you could be up to several dozen without ever having to have acted like a giant whore. I mean, I've only averaged a couple of new girls per year.

As far as only kissing 28 over a lifetime, that just seems inconceivable, haha. I'd probably have to add a zero on the end of that number, and I'm no closer to settling down now than I was in highschool.

[Edited on January 30, 2011 at 4:15 PM. Reason : ]

1/30/2011 4:14:09 PM

you boys are just talking crazy...

there isn't enough room to suck a dick behind the Golden Tee machine at Bada...

[Edited on January 30, 2011 at 5:01 PM. Reason : i mean really]

1/30/2011 5:00:47 PM

this Duke sure thinks he's the bee's knees

1/30/2011 5:09:31 PM

i'll admit...

he's pretty fly for a white guy

1/30/2011 5:10:32 PM

At least when he is 50 and still fucking a couple new girls a year he knows that he can find a college message board to brag about it (which will be pretty necessary as all of his friends will have wives and families)

1/30/2011 5:13:03 PM

you obviously don't know the dude's he hangs out with

1/30/2011 5:13:42 PM

well in my circles the inability to maintain any kind of meaningful relationship isn't something that anyone is proud enough to brag about. i know they type, but they're wise enough to keep it to themselves.

1/30/2011 5:16:17 PM

Quote :

"I too have had a kiss"

1/30/2011 5:26:58 PM

what the fuck am I bragging about? the whole point is that I'm several times over the median, but haven't really been much of a slut to get there. If you're 30-something and never married, it would be really easy for many people to be up in the 30s or 40s. You'd never have to bring home a stranger from a bar every 2nd or 3rd weekend or anything like that.

those stats just seem awfully low. again, i'd like to see the numbers for people with at least a 4-year degree.

1/30/2011 5:33:04 PM

my favorite part is how you even try to brag some more in that very post.

dude, you're not impressing anyone

1/30/2011 5:38:41 PM

My favorite part is how you're a dipshit college kid who thinks he knows shit about shit.

1/30/2011 5:49:16 PM

oh no, here comes the badass military man to tell the little boy how little he knows about the world

do you realize how much of a walking stereotype you are?

1/30/2011 5:50:49 PM

1/30/2011 5:54:39 PM

bunch of real life statisticians ITT




tell me, what's the metric you use to measure your anecdotal evidence?

[Edited on January 30, 2011 at 6:11 PM. Reason : ^pissing contest. nice.]

1/30/2011 6:10:53 PM

28 is the average, is it?

OK, so let me do the math here...so if we include everybody from Feb. 1, 1985 until now, including drunken errors...

I fall 27 below the average.

1/30/2011 6:32:26 PM

Quote :

"28 is the average, is it? OK, so let me do the math here...so if we include everybody from Feb. 1, 1985 Aug 26, 1981 until now, including drunken errors... I fall 27 below the average."

Me too

There are people on both extremes.

1/30/2011 6:52:05 PM