What's a normal number?

Anything between 1 and 1000 is a normal number. Anything outside that range and questions need to be asked.

This is me too. But my number has only increased by 1 person since I was 28, the woman I'm now married to.

OP, you mentioned a 'wild few years in college', I didn't have that, I'd slept with maybe 4 women by the time I was 22. Went out with a girl for a couple of years, she broke up with me. I'd a wild two years then getting under as many women as I could to help me get over her in mid 20s.

That right blend of being in better shape, being in a social circle at the time with a lot of women, friends of housemates, etc etc, going with the flow on drink culture all equalled regular sex.

I'm late 30s and I think I'm at about 10

3 relationships, 1 paid for her time and whatever the remaining number is were one night stands and casual hook ups where we would sleep together but bump into each other regularly and repeat.

I know some of my friends reached and exceeded my number by age of 20

Yeah, I tried to get away with it but she bloody counted and I had to pay the rest.

Sounds like a conversation between 15 year old.

50 partners for a person in their 30's, while not average maybe, is completely credible. If someone's going out regularly and is interested in hook-ups, it makes sense.

From 20 to 30, 50 partners is 5 per year. Hardly earth shattering. So if someone's in their mid 30's, it's more like 16 - 35 you're talking about, basically twenty years.

Some people also have quite a lot of relationships. I'm in my 30's and I've had about 9 girlfriends for example. I really could not care less if my partner had 2 previous partners or 200.