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How Long Should Sex Last?

I think people who ask that question have it all backwards, don’t you?

Christine Stevens
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4 min readMar 16, 2025

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The better question is how long should NOT-having sex last? And the answer to that one is easy: not very long.

Not with most guys anyway.

I’m just speaking for myself. But doesn’t it ever occur to you that men have one function and one function alone? And if they are not performing that function, what are they even doing in my apartment?

Check that. There are some other functions from time to time.

Other functions for men besides sex:

— fixing my computer

It’s true, I still don’t understand how computers work, like not even one little bit. My current boyfriend says it’s because I missed the basic course, which would have informed me of something he calls the directory tree structure of file storage.

“It’s like branches of a tree,” he tries to tell me.

“What is?”

“The directories.”

“What’s a directory?”

That’s when he usually sighs or gets mad and tells me it’s hopeless. So I do need him around to help me when I get stuck on my…

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Christine Stevens
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Written by Christine Stevens

Funny lady, writer of satire and sex, proud Californian. Like me? You can buy me a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/xtinesteveO. Cheers!

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