When a girl tells you how many partners she’s had, it’s usually...
44%
We’re all a bunch of liars.
- Jennifer M., 25, from New York, NY
"Haha, why do you want to know that?" - Priya M., 28, from Flushing, NY
"Ugh... the numbers tend to be 'skewed' on both sides!" - Sara K., 28, from Youngstown, OH
"No one answers this question honestly. No one." - Laura L., 33, from New York, NY
"Taking the fifth on this one..." - Alison D., 29, from New York, NY
"She doesn't want to look like a prude or a slut so she finds a happy medium." - Claire W., 23, from Santa Cruz, CA
"Please... like you're telling the truth." - JoAnna D., 22, from Boston, MA
"Also, who really remembers?" - Renee L., 28, from New York, NY
"No one's actual number ever matches up with the guess." - Sandy T., 30, from Chicago, IL
"I don't think anyone tells the truth." - Justine B., 24, from Chicago, IL
"No one wants to admit their true number!" - Julienne I., 25, from Los Angeles, CA
"You are not getting the truth out of me; I have anything to hide but some things I keep to myself." - Jessica G., 23, from Boca Raton, FL
"Are you supposed to keep track ?" - Marisa Z., 25, from Brooklyn, NY
"Plus, minus whatever - it's all an 'interpretation' right?" - Ashley H., 22, from Los Angeles, CA
"It's hard to always be honest." - Erika T., 23, from Miami, FL
":X" - Amber S., 31, from Brooklyn, NY
"We know it matters to you, and we wouldn't want to let you down." - Ashley W., 23, from Chicago, IL
"It usually depends on how many she thinks you've had." - Emily W., 24, from Brooklyn, NY
"If you aren't the one and only we know you don't want to hear the truth." - Samantha C., 22, from Brooklyn, NY
"I haven't the slightest idea..depends on the person." - Karoline D., 22, from Bernardsville, NJ
"I wouldn't trust the first thing you hear." - Ashley B., 24, from New York, NY and Miami, FL
"I don't lie about important details, but you will never fully understand the number!" - Marianna B., 21, from Miami, FL
"Some can be honest as much as some can lie." - Dominique J., 27, from Los Angeles, CA
"Sometimes you forget people on purpose." - Amy S., 23, from Chicago, IL
"Plus or minus 20%. Though I am always honest and many other girls are, too..." - Deeana L., 22, from Miami, FL
"Do you really even want the truth if she isn't a virgin???" - Ashley P., 24, from Milwaukee, WI
"You add to your number, we subtract from ours, who knows why." - Kristin C., 22, from San Francisco, CA
"It's the truth...." - Jackie R., 23, from Miami, FL
"I'm honest, but that's only because it's neither here nor there." - Rosie D., 27, from Dallas, TX
"We don't want to tell you." - Genevieve M., 25, from San Francisco, CA
"No judgement." - Corey G., 23, from Chicago, IL
"Usually people are embarrassed, small or large number." - Kira W., 25, from Washington, DC
"No one can handle the truth." - Kara K., 23, from Chicago, IL
"You never know." - Alexis P., 21, from New York, NY
"It's none of your business." - Jacquelyn T., 29, from Miami Beach, FL
"No need to even ask." - Kate C., 25, from Syosset, NY
"Who cares." - Grace K., 27, from Los Angeles, CA
"You don't want to know." - Jen G., 27, from Reston, VA
"What you don't know, won't hurt you. and really, it's none of your business (and vise versa)." - Jessica B., 22, from Chicago, IL
"She is probably only counting the relationship-related partners." - Maya C., 22, from Boston, MA
"She probably doesn't want to hurt your ego or make you think too much about it." - Kimone C., 25, from Palm Beach, FL
"She never tells." - Becca S., 27, from Brooklyn, NY
"And who is counting." - Senait M., 28, from San Francisco, CA
"she doesn't usually count the 'non' relationship guys! Lol!" - Jill H., 32, from Astoria, NY
"Just don't ask the question!!" - Wendy L., 21, from Alhambra, CA
"It's true, I ratted us out." - Elise S., 34, from Seaford, NY
"...a competitive response!" - Doris P., 25, from Springfield, MA
"Ha"
41%
Dead-on.
- Kate B., 24, from Chicago, IL
"For girls, usually dead-on." - Tiffany D., 30, from San Diego, CA
"I don't know about other girls but I'm honest." - Sarah C., 25, from New York, NY
"It's ok to tell the truth." - Lauren M., 24, from Dallas, TX
"Why lie...it's 2009." - Katrina R., 26, from Charleston, SC
"I don't lie about that kind of crap." - Stephanie S., 28, from New York, NY
"I'm all about the truth." - Lisa M., 25, from New York, NY
"Unless she has something to hide..." - Erika S., 30, from Larkspur, CA
"Benefit of the doubt. Innocent until proven guilty. This is not MTV." - Miranda E., 30, from Chicago, IL
"No reason to be ashamed." - Vida J., 26, from New York, NY
"I've never felt the need to lie about this." - Kate D., 23, from Morristown, NJ
"No reason to lie." - Emily P., 27, from Brooklyn, NY
"Hopefully she doesn't have a reason to lie..." - Sara B., 21, from Urbana, IL
"What is the point of lying about it?" - Mercedes T., 21, from New York, NY
"I've had two and that's the truth." - Whitney R., 23, from Princeton, NJ
"I can't speak for other women." - Rebecca N., 23, from Los Angeles, CA
"Honesty is the most important part of the relationship." - Danielle L., 24, from Chicago, IL
"I can only speak for myself." - Jennifer B., 24, from Chicago, IL
"I have always been truthful." - Sara J., 22, from Carol Stream, IL
"We don't feel the need to lie about that sort of thing." - Vanessa J., 26, from San Leandro, CA
"Unless it's a one-night-stand. Then she may have reason to lie." - Luana S., 23, from Boston, MA
"At least in my case." - Heather C., 23, from Chicago, IL
"I'm not totally sure." - Susie J., 27, from Naples, Fl
"We are pretty thorough." - Anne C., 22, from Miami, FL
"Well at least for me it is. Other girls, I don't know." - Miana D., 31, from Chicago, IL
"Most of us really don't have anything to hide." - Molly M., 21, from San Francisco, CA
"You need to be up front and honest if you want to get with me." - Lucy M., 24, from New York, NY
"Yeah right." - Jessica C., 28, from Los Angeles, CA
"At least I'm honest." - Kate S., 29, from Chicago, IL
"Real women have nothing to hide." - Wendy F., 42, from Charleston, SC
"Women rarely lie about sexual history. They just don't have that kind of ego." - Shannon H., 22, from New Orleans, LA
"I hate lying and am terrible at it." - Veronica C., 22, from San Diego, CA
"Who knows?" - Kylan C., 22, from Chicago, IL
"I've never lied about it!" - Johanna B., 27, from New York, NY
"I'm just speaking for myself. Why would I lie?" - Nora L., 29, from Milwaukee, WI
"Unless you seem judgy about it, in which case you suck." - Nadia R., 26, from Brooklyn, NY
"in my case at least...and my friends too..." - Deborah L., 21, from La Jolla, CA
"We don't have that many partners to lie about." - Regina M., 29, from Los Angeles, CA
"But I wouldn't trust a slut ;)"
15%
Twenty percent less.
- Jessica A., 21, from Palm Beach, FL
"This should never be brought up. Her past is not your future." - Anna B., 21, from San Francisco, CA
"Red smile:)" - Dominique V., 21, from New York, NY
"Unless my number is like, 5, you're not going to ever know." - Jessi O., 26, from Chicago, IL
"Nobody wants to admit it." - Rachel U., 24, from New York, NY
"Ballpark numbers are numbers." - Grace H., 20, from San Diego, CA
"It really depends. But no one wants to seem like a slut." - Britt A., 24, from New York, NY
"In the case of a serious relationship, it's better to be a virgin than a whore." - Frankie R., 34, from Chicago, IL
"Ladies never tell.... I don't. Tried and it backfired." - Alicia C., 35, from New York, NY
"We tend to leave off a few from time to time..." - Pïenby L., 23, from Jersey City, NJ
"The double standard makes most women feel the need to undercut the real number." - Tiffany C., 23, from richmond, ca
"Not everyone is an angel." - Cat D., 23, from New York, NY
"We don't want to seem like sluts." - Elinor N., 21, from New York, NY
"I don't count the ones that I am trying to forget about..." - Paula L., 26, from Miami, Florida
"We don't want to."