Quick, Before You Get Married
I heard an interesting statistic on my morning radio show: Men, before they get married, will kiss an average of 24 women, and women, before they get married, will kiss an average of 17 men.
Who in god's name keeps track of these things? And 17 men? I had probably smooched 17 men before I even got to college. Did these poor women not play spin the bottle or 7 minutes in the closet as kids?
21 Comments:
At March 08, 2006 10:03 AM, Sparklebot said…
Seriously. 17? That's like, three months worth of kissed men.
At March 08, 2006 10:39 AM, Anonymous said…
You have to factor in all those people who married a high school sweetheart, or dated someone throughout college and married them.
Or, possibly, the "kissed" number was actually used as a proxy for "carnal knowledge"? ;)
At March 08, 2006 10:48 AM, Asian Mistress said…
I think I've only ever kissed...25-30 men in my life...does that make me a prude? ;)
Besides, what you talkin about numbers for?>
At March 08, 2006 11:03 AM, O-FACE said…
As I read and cringe. I shutter to think, because I always wanna believe i'm the first and last. But reading the comments and post makes me wanna wear penicillan on my lips the next time I kiss a girl. This is eye opening.
I used to wonder why oral herpes is considered the 2nd most transferrable disease and now I have my answer.
At March 08, 2006 11:35 AM, I-66 said…
Cooks, the scary part about this is that for every person who kissed something like 5 people, there was someone kissing WAY more than the average that balances it out.
At March 08, 2006 12:13 PM, lordscarlet said…
I am by no means a prude, and I'd say, counting middle schoool, my number is around 10-15. (and I'm 27 now)
At March 08, 2006 1:16 PM, Roar Savage said…
O-My-Gawd.
I could dwell on how this makes me look, but I'd rather turn it around: This might explain all those BAD kissers we all run into...
At March 08, 2006 2:24 PM, Heather B. said…
I like Roar's idea. You have to go through the bad to get to the good...
At March 08, 2006 3:03 PM, lordscarlet said…
Some of us have a) many long relationships and b) not as many people interested in kissing us. ;)
At March 08, 2006 3:12 PM, Washington Cube said…
The figures don't disturb me as much as the fact that someone is out there calculating this nonsense.
At March 08, 2006 3:20 PM, Jessamyn said…
17? yeah.
this statistic was taken in 1963.
At March 08, 2006 4:09 PM, Anonymous said…
I.FEEL.LIKE.A.BIG.PRUDE.
At March 08, 2006 4:45 PM, Mamma Bear said…
What if you have kissed 17 men in one night? What would that make me?!?! HA ;0)
Things have been super busy and I am glad I had a second to read your blog - love it - as you know!
P.S. Glad the dad/prince charming meeting went well (awwwww!!!!)
At March 08, 2006 5:40 PM, Drunken Chud said…
those are startlingly low. i have a friend who calls me daily, and i'd say she posts numbers of at least 2 new guys kissed per week. she's a make out queen.
At March 08, 2006 10:55 PM, Barbara said…
Even I beat those stats and I led a pretty sheltered life!
At March 09, 2006 12:05 AM, Asian Mistress said…
Rebecca Knox - so do I! That's how I know I've only kissed 25-30 or so...that's anybody I've kissed once to people I have slept with. Haha we're really cool. But, at least I can say I don't really make out with random guys at bars...
At March 09, 2006 12:06 AM, Asian Mistress said…
PS - for the record my "sex number" is nowhere near 25...not that it's anyone's business, but just wanted to clarify. Thanks. :)
At March 09, 2006 1:58 AM, Anonymous said…
Keep in mind that in middle america, the average age for marriage is close to 22.
At March 09, 2006 8:30 AM, kris said…
Clearly I'm low on the kissing pole.
I'll talk to Knox about this offline. ;)
At March 09, 2006 11:18 AM, Namaste said…
ha.
oh, that's genius.
At March 09, 2006 12:30 PM, Marci said…
17? In a lifetime? Heysoos. I kissed like 17 last month alone.
Of course I'm exagerating, I am not a kissing ho. Except for maybe a little bit.
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