Does he know your number?
Men are said to inflate their actual number of partners to boost their egos and make themselves seem more experienced. Women are said to do the opposite — reducing their figures to make themselves seem less experienced.
Does your partner know your actual number, or the extent of your experience?
Gavin, 30:
She thinks she knows how many sexual partners I have had in the past. But every man knows there will always be that one forbidden woman — the woman or women you loved in another life and she doesn’t need to know about that.
Gail, 38:
Yes, he knows. I believe in honesty when it comes to relationships. I’m not playing dolly house with any man and so if I’m going to take something seriously it is important for me to be straight with him and he with me. I am getting older now and so I have to get serious about the relationships I’m in. I don’t want any skeletons in my closet because they have a way of just falling out at the most unexpected times. Next thing I’m getting married, and it’s my ex lover that you see objecting in the wedding!
Tina, 31:
If you want honesty in a relationship, you have to be willing to be honest with your partner. From the getgo I get everything out into the open, I am completely transparent, no funny business whatsoever.
Camesha, 29:
I usually give them a ball park figure, plus or minus three men. But I really don’t see the use of getting into the past and giving them every nitty gritty detail. Rehashing the past isn’t going to help either of us. Most times its best to just move on. Plus for them they want to know if they can satisfy you in bed, and so for his sake too it’s best if he doesn’t know.
Colin, 37:
Yes, I’m straight with her. She knows my sexual past. I tell her my past so that she will feel comfortable in telling me her sexual past. Especially for us men, we want to know if our girlfriends have been around the block a couple of times. It’s an ego thing.
Patrice, 29:
He doesn’t know. Will I tell him a fake number if he asks? Yes! It doesn’t matter, what happened in the past stays in the past. Plus if we should ever break up I don’t want him to tell anybody my business.
