So how much of a lie do woman really make when talking about their sexual partner count?

[Anonymous]

Personal Life:

Coworker recently told me she has slept with over 70 guys. She is 22 and didn't start having sex until she was 19. I can't even look at her anymore. She has a boyfriend now and she said they really can't go out because everywhere they go she sees more or less 5 guys she has slept with.

Another incident:

I recently ran into my 26 year old ex. We started talking, hooked up and re-kindled.

Few weeks later, she asks me if I've hooked up with any girls since we separated 2 years ago. Thinking im treading in dangerous waters, like a naive idiot, I lie and say 2 (actually 4, 1 drunk one night stand, a girlfriend and 2 fwb)

Her response: "That's it? Thats awesome hun"

I make the mistake and ask her; her response

"Actually not that much either, only 4 or 5"

and I'm like... Wat? "ONLY" 4 or 5... I'm thinking to myself "Damn, promiscuous ass chick, dodged a bullet" I'm thinking total she's at about 15+ confirmed kills including these 4 or 5 dudes and me... No thanks, so I go NC.

Fast forward to this morning, I bring this up to a good 42 year old female friend at work and to my surprise, her response...

"That's not bad at all, typical 20 year old young woman. God knows I wasn't a little angel at her age"

Wtf? Is the real... Is this really the average girl? I did some research and am finding countless of chicks claiming 8, 10, 15 partners when the actually number is 20+, 30+, even 40+ and taking this real number with them to their grave...

"Girls I know all started off saying 8-10, then I told them my number and then they told me the truth. Knew one girl in Dallas over 500. Lived on McKinney Ave and would just go downstairs every night and grab a guy from a bar to take upstairs."

[BlueCoyote]

I think it really depends a lot about the type of girls (and people in general!) you're hanging out with. It's true that there are a lot of wild girls out there but your 40-year old coworker's statement is also a pretty big overgeneralization. There are also girls who keep the number really low (and don't lie about it). Not because they are trying hard to keep it low but simply because that's there style. For example I myself have 3 ex-girlfriends. My first girlfriend broke up with me when I was 16 and she found her new boyfriend pretty soon after that. They're still together now. They've been together for about 11 years now (not married though). I'm actually still buddies with her. My second girlfriend is now married. It's possible that she had a couple of guys between me and her husband but she got married very young, so I don't think it was too many. My third girlfriend was very conservative about sex and didn't even let me make out with her although we were together for almost a year. She also regularly told me that she wants to wait with sex until she gets married. I don't talk to her anymore but I strongly doubt she became super promiscuous. I knew her very well and it just wouldn't fit to her.
My current girlfriend was a virgin until she was 22. She lost her virginity with me (so I'm the only guy she's had sex with so far). My best female friend is 29 now and she's still a virgin (I've known her for over 13 years now).
So you see: I've had a lot of girls in my life that don't fit into this stereotypical promiscuous-girl overgeneralization at all.
How is that possible you might ask yourself? Am I a magician? No, I'm not. The reason for this is because I actually LIKE these type of girls.

Here's the issue: almost all guys CLAIM that they want the type of keeper-girls who would only have sex with 1-3 guys but the truth is they DON'T. They might THINK that this type of girl is what they enjoy but when push comes to shove, almost all guys always go for the wild, extroverted girls. It's like with women who CLAIM that they are supposedly desperately looking for a good guy but then, as soon as a bad boy comes along, they jump into bed with him. It's the exact same thing with guys too.
Most guys would find the type of girls I've dated boring. For example my girlfriend is quiet and shy, she never goes to night clubs and stuff like that. She reads a lot and likes to talk about academic things. And her sex drive isn't super high. She's the sweetest

[BlueCoyote]

person in the universe and perfect girlfriend/wife material but she isn't the type of cool/wild girls most guys are looking for. So in my opinion, this is also a bit of a double standard on the part of guys. Guys have to decide: do I want a extraverted party girl or do I want a nerdy, quiet girl. If you like the first type better, which is almost all guys, you have to live with the fact that these girls also sleep around a lot.

[AustinMan]

When it comes to sexual history, don't ask, don't tell.

[Anonymous]

It just depends on the girl. I've only been with one guy and I want to keep it as low as possible, because I want my sexual encounters to actually mean something. Some girls are honest, others are not. Some girls have a lot of sexual encounters, others don't.

[Anonymous]

I don't feel the need to reveal that to any man and i thought it was men who did that "Notch on the headboard rubbish.

[Jared____]

Everyone is different