No sex for a year.

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Da Chi

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I don't want to count out anyone who hasn't had sex so this is quite a general topic. I was thinking about sex the other day, no real reason, just wishing I was having some at the moment. And I had a bit of a revelation. I understand that the human mind is somewhat geared towards sex. I've heard the male mind is cued up to think about sex every ten seconds or so. But what if you could turn that off? What if you decided to completely cut out sex from your life. How would your life improve and how would it get worse. Think about that. No sex drive at all. No thoughts, no urges, no need for sex. Nothing. How will it change your life.

I began thinking about this question from a bit of a logical standpoint. A lot more money in my pocket because of no sex. I thought about the amount of money I had spent in the last year simply going out to clubs hoping to get lucky that night. I thought about the money for dates, cabs and condoms. I thought about long distance calls to old flames, or new booty. Let me tell you, I spent a lot and really didn't get much sex in return. So without sex in my life I'd be a richer man. Though I once heard a great little quote "I've spent 90% on liquor and women, and the other 10% I waste". I don't plan on ever being rich because I ignore the fairer sex. And that isn't going to change.
Moving on, I thought about time. Time spent stressing over a girl I liked. The time spent making plans, hanging out, and the amount of time in the bedroom (Which, compared to the other two, is hardly worth mentioning). This one is a little odd to me though, cause without the time in the bedroom, it's a lot like making a new friend. So without the sex, there is no change to my time. It's neither better nor worse from the hypothetical standpoint.
Lastly I've thought about motivation. What kinds of things have I done that have been motivated partly or entirely by sex? Well, I've driven over 30 hours in one weekend to see a girl. I've learned how to surf, play guitar, and sing all in an effort to impress various individuals. I've fought and won fights, I've also been a gracious looser of a majority of them too. All because someone was offended that I would ever talk to their lady. I've moved to a new city twice in one year. I've seen a concert of a lifetime I would have never gone to had my interest not wanted me to go. I've watched the sunset three times in the last year next to someone important. Maybe those things aren't all about sex, but it had something to do with it. And I'd never give up any of those moments. So no sex, would really make my life miserable.

So I want to hear your thoughts. Make it short, or make it long. Just be honest
 

Dags90

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My life wouldn't be substantially different. I've put off relationships until I finish school, don't see a good reason to start an intimate relationship while planning on moving in the next few years.
 

IBlackKiteI

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I think that if a guy had no sex drive he just wouldn't have any reason to have anything to do with girls.

With my friends, when they communicate with the opposite sex it's almost always sexual jokes and slight flirting and that sorta thing.
Take that away and both sexes would just be...dead to each other.
 

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Disregard females, acquire currency.



But on a more serious note, I think that even without a sexual drive, you would still be driven to seek out close companionship with a girl, because not having someone would result in an empty hole devoid of emotional and intimate bonds. I'm 24, and I know that guys our age are only supposed to discuss "dat ass" and not talk about stuff like this, but the reality is that even in a fuck-buddy relationship, of which I've had several, there is something beyond sex that you can't get from mere friendship or relationships with guy friends.
 

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I don't think I have much room to comment. I think my life would be a little more boring without my sex drive, but my experience with actual sex (i.e. basically none) leads me to think that doing without isn't all that hard. And frankly, I'd assume women would be about the same.

Just had to comment on one thing.

Da Chi said:
I've heard the male mind is cued up to think about sex every ten seconds or so.
It's seven seconds.

Which doesn't matter, since it's a bullshit statistic someone pulled out of their ass one day which stuck in the collective subconscious.
 

Creepybard

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My sex drive was pretty much dead for a year while after I had moved, and... well, ever seen those renditions of Purgatory, where everything is all white? Basically that, cept with video games.
 

Da Chi

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NeutralDrow said:
I don't think I have much room to comment. I think my life would be a little more boring without my sex drive, but my experience with actual sex (i.e. basically none) leads me to think that doing without isn't all that hard.

Just had to comment on one thing.

Da Chi said:
I've heard the male mind is cued up to think about sex every ten seconds or so.
It's seven seconds.

Which doesn't matter, since it's a bullshit statistic someone pulled out of their ass one day which stuck in the collective subconscious.
Yeah, I agree it's kinda BS. If there really was a way to find out how often someone thought about sex people would be using it to their advantage. For science or course.

Ok, I'm getting off topic, but imagine if you could find out when someone is thinking about sex! Imagine everyone had a little red light on their temple that lit up whenever they thought about sex. You need a lay? look for the red light district
Sorry, back on topic
 

Ham_authority95

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Heh, I've gone without sex for 15 years, so I'd be quite fine without sex for a year...can't miss what you haven't tasted.

Masturbation will still be a part of my weekly routine, though. Nobody will take that away from me.
 

viranimus

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Welcome to the conundrum of relationships. I dont think this is so much about sex as it is about relationships. I think we all get to a point where we realize how obsessed we once were about sex really amounts to irrelevancy.

As someone who has had stints greater than 5 years alone and greater than 5 years in very deep and invested relationships, I honestly cannot even remotely advocate having a relationship, even if it is for the sex, because at some point you realize that those short moments in the bedroom that you invested days, weeks, months in setting up are not worth all the hefty investment.

Even in the best of relationships, I doubt you will ever get all the sex you want/need specifically in the way you want/need it. So you find yourself timesinking so much into trying to get it, that you realize there is far too little return on your investment.

I would say about the only thing that is a positive return on such an investment, isnt sex, but the byproduct of sex, in children, as they can be worth that level of time effort and investment, and if you do even a halfway decent job at it, they will be with you on some level basically for the rest of your life.
 

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Da Chi said:
But what if you could turn that off?
Erm.. I can do just that. :/

No big deal really. The hard part isn't to turn off the sex drive. The hard part is getting it back once you've turned it off.

It's hard to try to want something again that you've cut out from your sphere of interest. Not impossible though (as I've discovered), but difficult to say the least.
 

Da Chi

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Ham_authority95 said:
Heh, I've gone without sex for 15 years, so I'd be quite fine without sex for a year...can't miss what you haven't tasted.

Masturbation will still be a part of my weekly routine, though. Nobody will take that away from me.
The hypothetical isn't about "No sex" really. It's about no sex drive. No will and no urge to pursue the opposite sex. And no need for self gratification
 

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Da Chi said:
Ham_authority95 said:
Heh, I've gone without sex for 15 years, so I'd be quite fine without sex for a year...can't miss what you haven't tasted.

Masturbation will still be a part of my weekly routine, though. Nobody will take that away from me.
The hypothetical isn't about "No sex" really. It's about no sex drive. No will and no urge to pursue the opposite sex. And no need for self gratification
Oh, than in that case, my life wouldn't be that different besides the fact that a lot of fun and entertainment would be removed from things (including my relationship with my girlfriend)
 

wulfy42

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As you get older this becomes fairly normal (not for all guys but many) especially if you've been married along time. I go through long periods of time where I don't even think about sex at all, and then poof I'll suddenly be sexually active again for awhile. I did think about sex, date etc throughout my 20's pretty much and through my early 30's but by the mid to late 30's it was no longer a major motivator in my life. I never thought about sex all the time or even every 7 minutes (let alone 7 seconds) and it was pretty much always behind video games or even good books on my list of things I really cared about (at least after I turned 19 and actually had sex and a steady GF).

I guess if younger men had a similar sex drive to older men things would be very different, but even older men often take pills etc to boost their sex drive now adays. Me, I'm happy with a lower sex drive. I'm married and we have sex when we both feel like it or it's a romantic occasion etc but it's certainly not a daily occasion or even often a weekly one. I'm happy with that and so is my wife.
 

Housebroken Lunatic

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Da Chi said:
The hypothetical isn't about "No sex" really. It's about no sex drive. No will and no urge to pursue the opposite sex. And no need for self gratification
Well even if one doesn't have the "need" for self gratification one might still engage in it. Speaking as someone who've been suffering from a sleeping disorder for the better part of his life I can tell you that it's a pretty good method in order to fall asleep when you're supposed to.

But the question is: would that be the same thing as actually pursuing a sex drive or do you do it in order to get some sleep?
 

DanielDeFig

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Without a sex drive, i suppose life would seem dull and grey. On the other hand, my search for (usually somewhat useless) knowledge and information would be more effective, with nothing the mass media or the internet throws at me being able to distract me.

No monetary change, and i may never have been in a relationship, but even when i do get into one i doubt i will be spending a substantial amount of money on just sex (not saying what you're doing is wrong, im just a bit surprised). I might spend a substantial amount of money and time one the relationship, but not sex itself.

so overall, not much change beyond a colder and more efficient search for truth.
 

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viranimus said:
You Sir must have had an extremely sad life, and never have tasted a seriously deep relationship. Call me judgmental, but being in such a relationship myself, I simply can not see how someone who ever tasted that could talk such, excuse me, nonsense. As for me, that relationship is the best thing ever happened to me in my life, and I can only advocate everyone do their best to reach such a state. And if a higher sex drive helps the search then so be it.
 

Katherine Kerensky

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Eh, I'm nonsexual, so I am basically as you described, but permanently.
It made my life better because I can focus on more important and/or enjoyable things.
Don't know how it would effect a guy, but I know we have a few male nonsexuals on here, so they know.
 

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Ham_authority95 said:
Heh, I've gone without sex for 15 years, so I'd be quite fine without sex for a year...can't miss what you haven't tasted.

Masturbation will still be a part of my weekly routine, though. Nobody will take that away from me.
going on 19 years 8D hmm i dont think my life would be that diff. w/o a sex drive =\ maybe its just me
 

flim.geek.chic

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Being in a Long distance relationship cuts down on sex... Well physical sex anyway. I went 19 years as a virgin beforehand and to tell you the truth, even though sex is reeeeeeeeeally good ... it's not imposible to conciously to go without. Not even really that hard if you have some other intrest to occupy it's space.