I don't know if there's such a thing as "a" number that is 'too many.' It probably varies a lot from person to person, context to context. Tory, you should totally not lie to your BF, and not worry about your number being high. In my experience, women who are comparatively fearless about claiming their sexuality tend to have higher numbers than guys, just because they can. And in any case, best not to get hung up on numbers.
That said, IMHO, I think if your numbers are in the triple digits, you might have other issues you're sublimating with sex.... Not necessarily true of all, but...at that point, I'd question why so many partners instead of committed, exclusive relationships.
But that seems not to be an issue in your future, Tory, so I'd take a deep breath and just try not to sweat it.
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Dull sublunary lovers love,
Whose soul is sense, cannot admit
Absence, because it doth remove
That thing which elemented it.
(From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)
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