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Sex Math…But Who Is Counting

Darcy Dates on January 4, 2012
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Sex Math

Jon Lajoie taught us the most important equation. Ever! 2 + 2 = Vagina

The other night I was sitting around with some of my girlfriends having dinner. As always, we were catching each other up on our personal lives or lack thereof. We have all been friends since we were teenagers, and are essentially sisters at this point. There is nothing we will not discuss. Naturally, the conversation turned to sex (yes guys, we discuss this too- probably more than you do), when the topic of how many partners we have had came up.

Juliette, one of my more…well, let's say, experienced friends was the first to answer.
“I have only had sex with 8 guys.” She says, rolling her eyes back and to the right as though she is trying to recall the lot from her memory. “That isn't so many.” She said, as she shrugged her shoulders.

We all furrowed our brows a bit. I cocked my head and watched Juliette speak as visions of her on stage in Cancun during a spring break bikini contest, and another of her doing a keg stand one summer in the Hamptons being held upside down by 6 guys, danced through my head. In all of those situations, let's just say she didn't return until the following morning. Wearing her clothes from the night before. Juliette was always the girl to disappear into the master bedroom at high school parties, and well, let's just say…we all knew her number was higher than 8.

One of my friends let out a belly laugh.

“Eight??? Come on.”
“Maybe eight this week?” Another chimed in. All in good fun.
“Are you remembering to factor in the Bartender from Righty's?” I asked, unsure of how she missed that one. She made me stalk him with her for nearly 6 months.
“No. He doesn't count.”
“Um…Juliette, just wondering…why didn't he count?”
“Because he never called me again. It was a one night stand.”

Crickets.

There you have it. Juliette was doing sex math. Everyone does it. A weighting system, if you will, as to what actually counts as sex and what does not. Everyone's formula is different. Even our own President had his formula when he uttered the words, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” Going on to claim he didn't know how to define sex. Of course, his sex math was based not so much on lying to himself, but lying to the nation to save his own ass.

It's similar to the “calories don't count if you only lick the spoon” philosophy. It's about helping yourself get through whatever pain or discomfort you have when faced with your own choices.

This wasn't the first time I had heard someone do convenient sex math. One friend told me one guy didn't count because he wasn't able to finish, one guy told me a girl didn't count because he really liked her roommate (Ouch). Whether you are playing “Just The Tip” like Vince Vaughns character in Wedding Crashers or decide to never acknowledge it happened at all, sex math is for you and you alone. Why? Because your sex life is your business. It's whatever you feel comfortable with. As long as you are being safe, and you are comfortable with the decisions you make, you are an adult. You want to leave out that jerk that never called the next day? The one that never told you he really had a girlfriend? Then leave him out you shall. It's not lying. It's conveniently adding the numbers in a way to spare you heartache and discomfort.

What is your sex math formula?

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Darcy was born and raised in New York City. She writes for the popular blog Darcy Dates (www.darcydates.com) on her adventures of dating in New York City as a mom after divorce. She writes about everything from her adventures in dating, her relationship with her mother, and her hatred of her GPS. She likes to dance in her elevator and her socks don't often match. Follow Darcy on Twitter @darcydates !

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  1. nikkib04 January 4, 2012 at 8:29 am

    Oh man. Sex math.

    One – I wish we lived in a world where no one did sex math to “hide” someone they’ve had sex with, because that would mean all of our sex was something we wanted and enjoyed and were not ashamed of.

    Of course, Two – that’s not to say we should get rid of sex math, because that would mean we’d have to find some kind of universal definition of what sex is, and I think that’s an individual decision. Don’t understand that? Well, let me put it to you this way: Are lifelong lesbians virgins? Can you have anal sex with your BF and still pretend your a virgin when you get married? What, exactly constitutes “sex” is not so cut and, er, dry.

    Did I just get too serious here? My bad. 😉

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    1. theurbandater January 4, 2012 at 9:05 am

      Butt sex counts as sex… So does the mouth sex for that matter. 😉 @nikkib04

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    2. Darcydates January 4, 2012 at 12:25 pm

      @nikkib04 I guess sex means whatever it means to you, and you only. As long as you are safe and comfortable with your choices…the good, the bad….and the ugly!

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