Julianking93 said:
Welllllll, I think it depends on how you are wired. Some people view sex as the end all be all, ultimate reason for existence. It is their highest state of being. So they pursue it in its many forms and imitations all the time with as many people as they can. Hence your triple digit friends. (I'm fairly certain a good number of my friends are in the double digits)
Which in my humble opinion makes them animals. Not that this is a bad thing, we are just jumped up animals after all, but I like to think there is more to life than the orgasm. Thus, I would say that it's better to be in a relationship if you're having sex. I just don't like the idea of hooking up and casual sex. It quite frankly bothers me. I let it go, I don't condemn it, but I find it pitiable and beneath us.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think people should wait for marriage if they don't want to, but have some feelings for the person. Make the sex mean something and it should be better.
That and having sex with a lot of people screws up the hormones in us that bind us to other people. Oxytocin in particular (released during birth, breast feeding, and during intercourse) emotionally binds women to their child/mate. It's released in men too during sex, does the same thing. Get bonded to t a lot of people, and you will never have more than a casual sex relationship, or at least you will be emotionally changed one way or another.
Of course being still a virgin, I could be wrong. So, just my opinion. And I stick to it ^_^