What is the significance of the number of "love" partners a person has?

I don’t know if there is a different kind of person who has fewer than five partners compared to those who have 25 or fewer partners compared to those with between 26 and 100 partners compared to those with 100 or more.

The definition of sex partner of “love” partner is up to you. I think most people will think of it as number of people you have had intercourse with, but other definitions are certainly acceptable.

In 2002, the most recent for which I could find data, 74% of women ages 15–44 had 6 or fewer partners; 16% had between 7 and 14 partners; 9% had fifteen or more partners. Among men, 57% had six or fewer partners; 20% had between 7 and 14 partners and 23% had 15 or more partners.

I’m curious about the judgments you make about a person depending on the number of partners they have. If a person has a lot of partners, do you think they have a problem, or are they a slut or man-whore? At what number of partners do you think the person has a problem?

Do numbers mean something else to you? Say, experience, or a willingness to be open or a neediness? What?

In a potential partner, is there a certain number that is a red flag for you? A place where you worry? What do you worry about?

Do you not care about your partner’s number of partners? No matter what the number is?

And if someone has only had a low number of partners, what does that mean to you? Does it suggest religious beliefs? Lack of popularity? Lack of desire? Lack of opportunity? Something else?