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[NSFW] Women: are you interested enough in your friend's or potential lovers sex lives to ask them about it?

Asked by wundayatta (58722points) August 6th, 2010

It seems to me that it’s a topic that rarely comes up… or is allowed to come up in real life. We might talk about it here, but in real life? I don’t know.

I know that conversations with my male friends that are about sex are rarely, if ever enlightening. Women seem to be more willing to talk about it, although it’s still touchy because you never know if this is just a talk or a talk with an agenda.

What’s your experience with this or thoughts on the subject?

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SuperMouse's avatar

My mommy buddies and I talk(ed) about sex mostly to the extent of how little we were having and in some cases, how little we desired it. Now this was before my divorce and sex was one of the many issues in my marriage so my thoughts on the subject were pretty jaded.

At this point I don’t have any female friends with whom I discuss my sex life. It is not a case of unwillingness to discuss it, it is more because I have not made any friends in my new city that I am close enough to to be willing to talk about sex.

Pied_Pfeffer's avatar

I can count the number of times friends/family members have mentioned sexual relations on one hand, and none were in detail. My SO and I have both said, “I’ll tell you anything about my past that you want to know,” and that’s been the end of the sexual history topic.

KhiaKarma's avatar

Every once in a while my close, close grilfriends and I will talk about sex. Sometimes it’s after a few drinks. I never say anything that my SO would be embarassed about though.

I haven’t really talked to potential lovers about it much, unless they brought it up. Could be too serious of a conversation….

NaturallyMe's avatar

I don’t talk to my friends in depth about this, mostly because it just never comes up, haha. I also have no desire to discuss it.
Also, neither my husband nor i have previous sexual partners, so fortunately that’s never been an issue.
Were i ever to become involved with someone else (hypothetically speaking), i’d be interested in asking them about it. In what detail i’d want to know what, i can’t say. (this would only arise if the relationship is becoming serious though.)

marinelife's avatar

I have talked about sex in not great detail with my sisters. Not really with friends.

I had a co-worker once who talked about it incessantly. To the extent of way too much information. Like that her live-in boyfriend had trouble keeping an erection. Imagine how I felt when I met the man. It was like he had a sign hanging around his neck. She also told us she did not wear underwear. People then conspicuously followed which of the shared workstations she used, because no one wanted to sit there after she was there.

Neizvestnaya's avatar

My friends and I rarely ever have sexual inquiries and I’m okay with that.

MyNewtBoobs's avatar

Friends, sure. Lovers? It’s usually much ado about nothing, so I don’t ask unless it’s actually necessary (like an ex keeps harassing me, or they have a kid together – but not about that one trip in Barbados.)

ANef_is_Enuf's avatar

My friends and I have always been very open about our sex lives. Usually no holds barred.

DrasticDreamer's avatar

Yeah, I talk about it with my friends. Only to the extent that it doesn’t invade my partner’s privacy, though.

nikipedia's avatar

My girl friends and I talk about sex at least once per day.

Facade's avatar

I love to talk about sex, but most of the people I’ve met don’t feel the same way.

pearls's avatar

I would not be interested in a s/o sex life and I would never share information regarding mine. Those are words that are better left unsaid as far as I am concerned.

Frenchfry's avatar

I have friends I talk to. and I have some I feel are too prim and proper I wouldn’t. I know when to draw the line, and with who.

saraaaaaa's avatar

Me and my friends talk about sex daily, I find it to be an interesting topic and good for a frame of reference for my own sex life. In sharing knowledge we are able to understand more about ourselves, wants and desires and such and learn new things. Humans do this with nearly every other aspect of their life so why should his one be any different?

Luffle's avatar

I don’t ask my friends about their sex lives because I’m not interested. If it was a potential lover, I’d ask them just to know who and what I was getting involved with.

Brenna_o's avatar

My friends talk openly about it.. At first it was a little weird, but we trust each other and dont hide like anything so if the subject comes up we mostly just discuss it pretty openly and freely.. Not like to where people can hear but it is discussed in details at times and we share tips and things like that lol.

mollypop51797's avatar

It’s an open topic out there with my friends for whoever wants to talk about it, but it rarely comes up in conversation. I don’t want to, but I don’t not want to either. It’s a neutral feeling on whether or not I’m comfortable on talking about it, but it’s not really a topic of conversation with my friends.

Artistree's avatar

If not your friends, then who do you talk to about sex?

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