June 04, 2004

So is keeping track of lovers a worth while exercise?
posted by theoss 20 years ago
  • yes
  • Reminds me simultaneously of two movies: Reality Bites (Janeane Garofalo's character), and Truth or Dare, where Warren Beatty asks Madonna "does everything you do have to be on-camera?" Number between 1 and 10, 10 being the highest, that reflects on how much I care about this: -40.
  • No interest in the human condition or learning from your past there longtimelistener? I'm a big proponent of trying not to repeat past mistakes or retread destructive patterns. But, that's me, perhaps I'm just more prone to those things than the average person.
  • Nothing says "classy" quite like an exhaustive statistical analysis of the 36 guys you've slept with. Reminds me of this...
    DANTE: What the hell is that anyway, "something like thirty-six?" Does that include me? VERONICA: Um. Thirty-seven. DANTE: I'M THIRTY-SEVEN? VERONICA: (walking away) I'm going to class. DANTE: Thirty-seven?! (to CUSTOMER) My girlfriend sucked thirty-seven dicks! CUSTOMER: In a row? ... DANTE: Every time I kiss you now I'm going taste thirty-six other guys.
  • Worthwhile, no, but a good way to waste ten minutes (which is longer than I've wasted... no, I'm not gonna finish that sentence; I'm not THAT self-effacing).
  • Oh my. Well, I've never really counted. Just a moment, dearies. I'll go look. *GramMa gets up from rocker, moves to heavy studded door, brushes away cobwebs, and turns old, rusted key. GramMa moves to dusty old trunk steamer trunk set on a table covered with a moth-eaten lace cloth, and fumbles with the latch of the trunk. The rusty latch crumbles, the trunk opens, and a FULL SCORE of HUMAN SKULLS tumbles onto the table and down to the floor. "Let this be just our little secret!" she titters. *blush
  • God, no. If you haven't had so few (or so memorable) that you can't produce an analysis like that off the top of your head, then it's not worth the effort. Just take a purity test. If your hazy memories make you fudge it some, that's an extra point, you know. (That would be the "Have you ever lied on a purity test?" question, there.)
  • Sadly, most of my exes know each other. Kinda my fault, seeing as I stayed friends with most of them. It got to be sort of a running joke after a while that I kept track of them numerically (for tax purposes) and sent out a quarterly newsletter to all of them keeping them abreast of each other's activities. Yeah, my life's pretty bizarre.
  • So is keeping track of lovers a worth while exercise? Er, did you like them?
  • Well, this thread seems to have opened a can of--well, okay, it's just opened a can, all right? (-;
  • I had sex once.
  • Some people even put it to music.
  • Love that song, Rocket. Good call. =)
  • i'm with iggy on this one: yes. i'm about to turn 44 and just the other day started thinking about my past lovers -- serious, long-term, one-night stands -- and found (gasp!) those memories are becoming hazy. it's part of who you are. yes, you should keep track. someday it'll be wonderful to sit down and remember them all. even the bad ones. it's your history.
  • Hell FUCKING no. Jeebuz K. McSucktalkin' Christ on a Platter.
  • A sad thought: Sidedish, in the rocking chair, wondering what THAT THING was for.
  • Number of people I've slept with: 36 ... Number of of guys I was in love with: 4 Considering the rest of the list, I don't know why that bit surprises me so much.
  • BlueHorse: that thing, it vibrates? BWHAAA HA HA! hee hee.
  • 1) Clearly you guys haven't seen High Fidelity. 2) It may not be important to count how many people you've had sex with, but it is important to remember relationships and what you've learned from them. Unless you don't learn from relationships in which case, carry on. 3) Publishing the list on the internet is a completely different ball of wax. 4) I ordered a burrito and it was the size of a new-born baby. That's just not right.
  • Kimberly, considering that the USAnite's average conception of a burrito is that of Taco Bell's I'm not surprised. Burritos are suposed to be that size! And you have never seen a "Pirata" taco.
  • I think that's a "Burro" if it's that big. Y'know what I'm diggin lately? chipotle - something I never would like simply because of the name. Some chipotle salsa on a burrito would rule about now. /*chomp*
  • SideDish: Won't vibrate if you're senile and forget to put in batteries.
  • I can remember their first names. But I swear to god I only know half of their last names. And maybe 3 middle names. EEP.
  • Totally worth keeping track. Maybe one of 'em will end up rich. It is funner if in the morning you both have to edge around the conversation as neither of you remembers the other's name. Then, when they guess wrong, you confess and the two of you have something to bond over.