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^^^ What he said ^^^

Numbers....keeping score is so high school.


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And while i understand the meaning of 'upping the numbers' i don't quite go with that as a phrase, cos it does imply numbers are important.


Yes! Exactly. They're not. Thanks Mischief!


Yeah....that's a good point. Even though I don't like people judging it, I'm naturally keeping count because I think it's important. I guess that's what you do sometimes, if other people are doing.

And when I say 'upping the numbers' what I mean is 'getting more experience' Big Grin


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I was just annoyed at how my friends were made to feel that their numbers were bad in any way, because of what other men had said.

When one of my friends told her boyfriend she had had a one night stand, he retorted with "Oh my god, how could you do that? I feel I don't know you any more!"


I have to say, if a man I was having a relationship with made me feel bad about my sex life, or made such a comment about one-night stands, I'd be seriously re-considering my relationship with them. Which, btw, is what the men themselves should be doing if what their girls had done was SO outrageous and SO out of their understanding, instead of putting them down so they feel ashamed.
I doubt they'd say to a male friend of theirs 'OMG you had a one-night stand I don't know you anymore'. Even if they didn't do the 'Right on, mate, good job' thing, I bet they'd just shrug and think 'To each their own'.

Kind of reminds me of a friend of mine, with whom I used to go out with. She did as she pleased with whoever she fancied (and she was lucky to be able to chose almost any guy she wanted). Anyway, she got together with this guy and, suddenly, she started being ashamed of her 'past'. Whenever we were all together and one of us would start telling an anecdote from 'way back' (there were loads of funny ones, which she herself used to tell) she'd give us a look to mind our words, and we couldn't mention guys she'd snogged or things she'd done. She even said to me she was 'ashame dof herself' (which wa snot true, as her behaviour while he was not around evidenced.)
I wonder what went on when they were both alone, whether this censorship was self-imposed or whether he had something to do with it. At any rate, I found it extremely sad that my friend now is ashamed of what she used to do so freely just because he might not approve (considering he's a guy who used to get together with his rich friends and have 'luxury nights' in which they'd hire a hotel suite, hire prostitutes or strippers and drink champagne and snort coke all night and spend like 6000€ a night, just to feel important). I think it has to do with her having more sexual partners than him, despite being 15 years younger.

[inner alert is screaming, "control! control! control!"]
 
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Yeah, that's the problem my friend is having.

It really sucks, and I can't help feel it will hinder them in the future if they keep on thinking like that.

And yeah, my friend said that in the office she works in it's mostly guys. One guy had just split up from his long-term girlfriend and said how he was going to sleep around for a bit to get it all out of his system. The guys were like, "Yeah, good for you." And my friend said, "Well, what if it was a woman saying that?" and they all tutted and said it was "different" for women.

I have a completly different experience, as many men I speak to about my sex life care neither hear nor there about the whole thing!


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what a bunch of tossers, then.


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Numbers do not concern me (or at least not in any meaningful or lasting way), I want that shi ...

But they don't. I know that as long as that person is with me, they have chosen to be with me. If anything, I would appreciate their experiences, if they chose to tell me.

And I would not keep count for myself either and, honestly, I don't think I'd be entirely comfortable talking about or certainly bragging about numbers in any way. Someone earlier said it is the quality of sex, and not necessarily the quantity of people you have it with. Or, if you'd like the quantity of sex, and no so much the quantity of partners. I agree with that statement.

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And yeah, my friend said that in the office she works in it's mostly guys. One guy had just split up from his long-term girlfriend and said how he was going to sleep around for a bit to get it all out of his system. The guys were like, "Yeah, good for you." And my friend said, "Well, what if it was a woman saying that?" and they all tutted and said it was "different" for women.


I don't think you have to strain your imagination to know that my answer to that is "Bullshit." To each his or her own.


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Everyone has made that "OMG, what did i just DO. or WHO rather?" mistake.


no, not everyone has.


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Everyone has made that "OMG, what did i just DO. or WHO rather?" mistake.


no, not everyone has.


alrighty then, not everyone.


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And my friend said, "Well, what if it was a woman saying that?" and they all tutted and said it was "different" for women.


*blinks*
Ofcourse it's "different" for women. Didn't you know? Women are mutant space-bunnies, put on earth by kindly aliens to amuse and otherwise please men who are Doodieheads and would otherwise have a great deal of trouble having any sort of meaningful conversation at all.

It's not like women are people or anything. They're just here to look interested when double-standard issuing clots want to talk about themselves.

(Tosspots is right....)


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and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be 
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you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~
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well, it is a *fact* that if women have sex with enough people, they develop a disorder of the brain.


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*blinks*
Ofcourse it's "different" for women. Didn't you know? Women are mutant space-bunnies, put on earth by kindly aliens to amuse and otherwise please men who are Doodieheads and would otherwise have a great deal of trouble having any sort of meaningful conversation at all.

It's not like women are people or anything. They're just here to look interested when double-standard issuing clots want to talk about themselves.



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Sweet of you to say so. You're welcome to it ofcourse Wink


~You are a *Taverner*.
Sometimes patrons want to go where everybody knows their names, though it helps 
when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, 
they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, 
and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be 
mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication,
you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~
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Didn't you know? Women are mutant space-bunnies, put on earth by kindly aliens to amuse

Yes, I did know that *pout*

And anyways, who cares how many people it was. I want to know if you're any good at it. That's a lot more important.
 
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Thing is, I'm sure there are people out there who would say that you can't be any good at it if you've only had 1 partner.

And for the uninitiated, Xine is our Resident Space Bunny, so of course she knew.


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And anyways, who cares how many people it was. I want to know if you're any good at it. That's a lot more important.


Ah-men Spacebunny!


~You are a *Taverner*.
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when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, 
they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, 
and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be 
mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication,
you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~
-Royko
 
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mhm
oh yeah


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I think we have a movement.
The Ah-men Spacebunny Church of Good Sex Big Grin

Halleluja!


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Bwah!
Ah-men Sister Spacebunny Church of good Sex!

*snort*

But isn't it copyrighted by Xine?


~You are a *Taverner*.
Sometimes patrons want to go where everybody knows their names, though it helps 
when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, 
they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, 
and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be 
mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication,
you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~
-Royko
 
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We'll make her Pope.


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Can I convert? Smile





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