Why have sex? You'd be surprised...

Believe getting jiggy with it is all about procreation or showing love for your partner? Think again. After asking nearly 2000 people why they had sex, researchers from the University of Texas have whittled it down to a choice 237 reasons. (Some people have all the fun jobs.)
But before I wow you with some of the wackiest responses, get this: 20 of the top 25 reasons given for having sex were the same for both sexes - and the study blasted the notion out of the water that men bonk because it feels good and women want sex for love.
Luckily, expressing love and showing affection for a partner made it into the top ten for both sexes. But nothing could knock "I was attracted to the person" off the top of the list. Like, duh.
Featured on the list are blatently honest responses such as, "I was drunk"; religious responses like, "I wanted to get closer to God", and sick-puppy-disturbing answers such as, "I wanted to give someone a sexually transmitted disease". Hmmm.
More reasons we indulge in the humble bonk include:
~ "To get rid of a headache"
~ "To land a promotion"
~ "To celebrate a special occasion"
~ "Someone offered me money to do it"
~ "I felt sorry for the person"
~ "The person was too hot to resist"
~ "I wanted to brag to my friends about my conquests"
~ "To get a favour from someone"
And my personal favourite:
~ "I wanted to punish myself." (Excuse me while I go and laugh my arse off.)

***Your homework this week kids? Click on 'comment' and list some of the nicest, nastiest or downright weirdest reasons you've had sex. Go on, you know you want to...