Sex or Food- which would you choose?

[timjd]

Let's say a higher power has come down before you, and faced you with the following unpleasant proposition:

 

You have to forgo either all sexual pleasure, or the pleasure of food, for the rest of your life. (I'm not suggesting you starve, merely you can only eat tasteless pap for all your meals).

 

There are no half measures or escape clauses, it's a simple either/or choice. Sex or food. So which would you keep?

 

Personally I would choose to keep food. I can't imagine life without chilli mmm

[Beec]

Death, perhaps.

 

No higher power would ever for that choice upon me, but I certainly would not choose to give up ALL of the pleasures associated with sex.

[Scout]

I would choose to give up the pleasure of food. Maybe that would help me maintain the ideal weight I'd like to be at!

[renaissancewoman101]

Actually, I think I would forgo sex for food. I love food, all the different kinds and varieties. Yeah, it leads to weight gain and other problems but I can control that with portion control and food choices.

 

Sex is great and I love sex, but I have learned that sex usually has some emotional consequences that lead to pain and suffering, always on my end, so I am not sure.

[Day_Walker]

At that point I would blasphem the name of God and tell the being that they are obviously not God because he/she would never do that and then I would pick sex.

[Dako]

Gimme Food.

 

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[renaissancewoman101]

Am I the only one that seems to want to give up sex over food?

 

I must be pathetic.

[timjd]

The reason I started this thread is that as a paraplegic this decision has already been made for me. (I can't feel from the waist down). I'm glad people are choosing food (although it is mostly women, interestingly)!

 

Just feel sorry for the poor saps who are fed through a tube.

[Scout]

I only chose food from the weight perspective. Plus, at some point as we age, our desire for sex rapidly diminishes anyway.

[BellaDonna]

Bye Bye to food then. lol

 

I seriously think I could eat to live instead of living to eat. I would get used to the bland meals, and as Scout said, probably have no problem staying at a good weight either. No more worrying about "willpower" over resisting brownie sundaes.

 

Good thing I never have to make a decision like that, but I'm certian I'd choose to keep sex. lol

 

BellaDonna

[Jayar]

I'd give up sex and keep food (provided, of course, that I could still PERFORM the act for my partner and maintain an emotional relationship). But I don't care if I never got pleasure from it again. I would not choose food over an emotionally satisfying relationship, however.

[chai714]

Let's say . . .

You have to forgo either all sexual pleasure, or the pleasure of food, for the rest of your life. (I'm not suggesting you starve, merely you can only eat tasteless pap for all your meals).

 

There are no half measures or escape clauses, it's a simple either/or choice. Sex or food. So which would you keep?

 

 

This is a no brainer - the tasteless pap would provide me energy for sex. So bring on the tasteless pap. I can't imagine forgoing all sexual pleasure.

[BornToResist]

Very intersting thread, and intersting timing.

 

I know for the past couple months I have been fantisizing about my Thanksgiving dinner...

 

But honestly, I can't imagine life without having sexual gratification.

 

But then again....what about my chocolate addiction? Wow this is tough.

[chigal28]

Hmmm...maybe I haven't had enough amazing sex in my life, but I think I would give up the sex....however, I would definitely eat plenty of chocolate so I might still approach that same blissful feeling!

[Alezia]

I'd stay with food, i never really enjoyed sex anyways

[shes2smart]

I'd rather have food.

 

I notice the majority of the folks saying they'd pick sex fall into the "under 35" crowd.

 

One of the books I was reading over the summer put forth the theory that given some of the whacked-out ideas about ideal weight and appearance and food-phobias we have here in the good ol' US of A that "food" is our new porn....which would make Food Network the new Playboy Channel. The author went on to compare food and sex, and how deriving full pleasure from either source is frowned upon in some cirlces.

 

The author continued on this subject, discussing how, for most people, after a certain level of sexual experiences, everything starts to be vaguely familiar. The outcome becomes predictable. Enjoyable to be sure...but predictable.

 

On the other hand, food can offer you nearly limitless sensual pleasure. There is probably always going to be some food or combination of foods you haven't yet tried, and the outcome of sampling food is not always predictable. Like sex, food can be enjoyed with all the senses, not just taste -- the sight of a fancy dessert, the smell of cookies baking, the sound of popcorn popping, the way eating your favorite meal makes you feel content both physically and psychologically.

 

One quick look at this very message board will also demonstrate that there's a lot of additional associated BS when it comes to sex, too . On the other hand, food doesn't turn you down, it doesn't say "no," it's generally available whenever you want it, it doesn't care if you're interested in other food, it doesn't criticize you and so forth.

 

So, it's not a difficult choice. I'll take food, thanks.

 

Doesn't mean I wouldn't miss sex...only that I'd miss food more.

[unface]

I'd rather have food.

[Newo Ikkin]

Um...Music?

[Scout]

I guess my take on food is that in this country, and in other prosperous countries, eating is practically form of recreation, rather than nourishment to sustain the body. The end result is often a lot of health problems, not to mention millions of animals slaughtered every year or kept in deplorable conditions so we can get certain ingredients from them, i.e., milk, cheese, and eggs. Of course, to be fair, there are plenty of vegans who over-gorge on food.

 

Sex (and not just in the form of intercourse), on the other hand, is a way to express physical intimacy, which leads to emotional intimacy, and love. I'm pro-love!

[Slacker]

Now, i just have to jump in on this.... I may be from the "under 35" crowd, and allthough i've been having sex for a while, i just tried the "Making love" thing, and wow am I blown away. But if i had to choose between that, and enjoying food. I would take the sex. If i had to chose between starving to death, and not being able to enjoy sex, i would by far choose sex.

[PrincessJOA]

food food food food. food comes first. end of story.

[chai714]

I'm not sure everyone understood the question. See, you get to eat and you'll live no matter what. The only possible loss here is any kind of sexual gratification. So basically, the question amounts to: which one would you pick: good flavored food or sex. If you pick the food, you get no sex. If you pick the sex, you get bland food but you will still live.

[timjd]

If i had to chose between starving to death, and not being able to enjoy sex, i would by far choose sex.

 

you obviously don't realise how painful starvation is. you might regret it. lol

[Survictor]

I would choose sex every time. Maybe it's because I have dined reasonably well recently and have partaken of some wine even more recently! lol.

[RayKay]

I would say bye bye to food. Don't get me wrong, I love food and taste, but I also see it as fuel and often eat just to fuel my body and get through my training and my day. I tend to eat pretty healthy (to some maybe it would be bland already!) so for me not a huge jump. Then again, I also unfortunately had severe eating disorders when younger so am not that tied to food really.

 

So, even though it would pain me to turn down mum's cooking ( ) I would be okay. I can still enjoy my family and holiday memories without great tasting food!

 

Sex though, no....unless I was physically unable to do it, I would not choose to give it up. That intimacy is important to me with my partner.