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heretoinformheretoinform __BANNED USERS regular
edited January 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So this is a pretty embarassing topic for me, but I'd much rather be anonymous online than talk with someone I know about it. Anyway...

I masturbate pretty much everyday. It started in 7th grade (I'm a Junior now), and I of course did it every night then because it was exciting and new and felt awesome, but I still do it every single day. And when I try not to do it, I find that the next day I have a boner for a long time at random periods, which is very embarassing considering I still attend school. The boner also starts just when I look (correction: glance at a girl), and not even necessarily one that I like or am interested in.

Basically, are there any harms to masturbating as much as I do?

Also, how do I make the boners go away without masturbating the night before? I try thinking about nasty shit (the usual way I get rid of boners) but it does not work.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    You'll go blind.

    Seriously, aim that thing away from your eyes, it can be irritating.

    Other than that, go nuts.

    Random erections will decrease in frequency as you grow older.

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  • TrowizillaTrowizilla Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Nothing wrong with masturbating every day, or twice a day, or whatever. The only issue comes when it interferes with work, school, friendships...basically, if you can maintain a normal life alongside your masturbation schedule, you're fine. You might want to vary your touch just to keep yourself from getting overly used to a specific stimulation, but other than that? It's not going to fall off or anything.

    Most guys and a large percentage of girls masturbate daily. You're not unusual at all, especially for a teenager. Enjoy yourself and don't think anything of it.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Shit man, I'm 31 and I get grouchy if I don't do it at least 3 times a day.

    THREE

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  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Dude, go nuts.

    There's no health reason not to masturbate while some clinical studies have shown that regular ejaculation can lead to a stronger prostate and decrease the chances of testicular or associated cancers.

    Until masturbation gets to the point of interfering with healthy relationships, work, family, etc. (as with any addiction) you don't really have a problem. And even if you get to that point, it's not the masturbation that's the issue - but rather the addiction.

    Enjoy yourself. I usually knock out two or three a day.

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  • ED!ED! Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Damn three? I can see morning, and definitely at night - but where do you, ahem, squeeze the other one in?

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  • Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    It IS important not to use the ole' deathgrip while wanking. If you do that for a long long time eventually you'll get used to the death grip, which a vagina/mouth/anus can't really provide.

    Otherwise once a day wanking is fine for you, in fact it probably encourages good prostate health later in life. Just vary the technique and be gentle.

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  • MegaMan001MegaMan001 CRNA Rochester, MNRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    ED! wrote: »
    Damn three? I can see morning, and definitely at night - but where do you, ahem, squeeze the other one in?

    Morning, when you get home from work, before bed. Keep in mind this is my 'singles' rotation. If I have a steady girlfriend replace the latter two with sex - all three if we're living together.

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Aye, agreed with all the above.

    I was raised in a pretty strict Catholic family, and spent most of my childhood feeling ashamed and like I had done something wrong by masturbating.

    But when I got older, I realized that it's pretty much fucked up to make someone think they're guilty of doing something wrong when they're just relieving a pressure that would otherwise be relieved anyways. In fact, ironically from the perspective of my religious upbringing, my masterbatory habits were probably the only thing that kept me in control of myself enough to remain a virgin through high school.

    In short: it helps you to control your urges around others, keeps you out of things that could ACTUALLY be problematic (like having unprotected sex, thus causing pregnancy), for many people it keeps them from having nocturnal emissions (which are annoying as fuck), and it harms absolutely no one, including yourself. If God wouldn't approve of that, I'm not sure what he'd approve of.

    EDIT: Though I do agree to vary it up, for the reasons mentioned above. And if you find that you forsake relationships and friendships to do it, that's probably where it'd go too far. But if it's with the frequency and for the reasons you describe, I can't see anything wrong with it whatsoever.

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  • LykouraghLykouragh Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    You're fine. Do try to vary it up, as it is very annoying when you have to break the habit of orgasming due to only one sort of stimulus.

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  • KhaczorKhaczor Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Yeah masturbation like any other type of "hobby" is good as long as its in moderation. Also don't do the kung-fu grip on your package and vary it up using different hands in stuff. You don't want to develop muscle pain in your hands from spanking the monkey. Boners will go away eventually just do something else and you'll stop thinking about it. Boners only stay on for ungodly amounts of time if you are taking viagra.

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  • vytroxvytrox Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    As far as the boner thing, a trick I have used successfully is rearranging things so your dick is in your waistband.

    Untucked shirts are required of course, and you have to be careful to reposition things when no one is looking or whatever, but it will hide things, and then you will lose your erection.

    Hopefully you get what I mean by this. Your boner should be pointing towards your bellybutton.

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  • Limp mooseLimp moose Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    if you have the ability to stick your hand in your pants when you have a boner so no one sees Flick your balls. Or just nut tap yourself through your pants.

    This 9 times out of 10 makes mr boner go away.

    It also hurts like a mofo. So judge each situation, would I rather have everyone in the room see with a boner or get hit in the nuts? Its a choice only you can make.

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  • vytroxvytrox Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Limp moose wrote: »
    if you have the ability to stick your hand in your pants when you have a boner so no one sees Flick your balls. Or just nut tap yourself through your pants.

    This 9 times out of 10 makes mr boner go away.

    It also hurts like a mofo. So judge each situation, would I rather have everyone in the room see with a boner or get hit in the nuts? Its a choice only you can make.

    My solution doesn't involve hitting yourself in the nuts.

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  • Limp mooseLimp moose Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    vytrox wrote: »
    Limp moose wrote: »
    if you have the ability to stick your hand in your pants when you have a boner so no one sees Flick your balls. Or just nut tap yourself through your pants.

    This 9 times out of 10 makes mr boner go away.

    It also hurts like a mofo. So judge each situation, would I rather have everyone in the room see with a boner or get hit in the nuts? Its a choice only you can make.

    My solution doesn't involve hitting yourself in the nuts.

    true its not for the faint of heart But it works... AND FAST!

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  • noobertnoobert Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Yeah i used the tuck into waistband pretty often in highschool. Worked well enough.

    Also! it helps when wearing jeans and fooling around with girls... they think its the zipper.*

    *(that was such wishful thinking)

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    vytrox wrote: »
    As far as the boner thing, a trick I have used successfully is rearranging things so your dick is in your waistband.

    Untucked shirts are required of course, and you have to be careful to reposition things when no one is looking or whatever, but it will hide things, and then you will lose your erection.

    Hopefully you get what I mean by this. Your boner should be pointing towards your bellybutton.

    This'll work... just whatever you do if you decide to use this technique, DON'T let any portion of it be visible (even for a second). At best you'll end up being mocked by someone nearby. At worst, sexual harrassment lawsuit. Wear those shirts, and wear 'em long. Real long. No sense taking chances here.

    My technique in this scenario involved either (A) Sitting at long tables whenever possible (i.e. tables that were big enough that someone would have to duck under the table to see crotches down there), combined with (B) wearing pants, like dickies, that naturally have a "bulge" when you sit down. No one's going to call you on a dickies pants bulge (at least no one with any decency), so no one will actually ever know if it's full or empty. =) But it does have to be pretty loose pants at that point, and you'll still have a problem in transit between places where you can sit down... and if you have an outrageously large member, no amount of pants looseness will cover it up (but then again, in that situation I imagine the "waistband" thing would be difficult to pull off too). but still, food for thought.

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  • Dulcius_ex_asperisDulcius_ex_asperis Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Limp moose wrote: »
    So judge each situation, would I rather have everyone in the room see with a boner or get hit in the nuts? Its a choice only you can make.

    This made me laugh really hard.^

    My guy friends have said their ways of getting rid of boners range from imagining unattractive people naked to thinking about the act of catching a football. So maybe just try concentrating on something that turns you off?

    I can tell you that as a girl in high school the ONLY time I noticed a guy having a boner was when I was making out with him. I'm sure many a guy had a boner that I never noticed. Just as a comforting thought.

    Also, a friend of mine recently told me a story where he did the waistband flip-up at church...and then realized his penis was visibly sticking out. Funny after the fact, but maybe keep this in mind so it doesn't happen to you. 'Cause I guarantee you someone would probably notice that.

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Limp moose wrote: »
    So judge each situation, would I rather have everyone in the room see with a boner or get hit in the nuts? Its a choice only you can make.

    This made me laugh really hard.^

    My guy friends have said their ways of getting rid of boners range from imagining unattractive people naked to thinking about the act of catching a football. So maybe just try concentrating on something that turns you off?

    I can tell you that as a girl in high school the ONLY time I noticed a guy having a boner was when I was making out with him. I'm sure many a guy had a boner that I never noticed. Just as a comforting thought.

    You know, I've always wondered... never thought to ask a woman if she noticed how many men in high school walked around with unintentional boners. Given what you said, I wonder if all of the thought that we men went through in high school about how to hide it wasn't even worth the effort. =) Even today I've spent a good ten minutes trying to brainstorm and think if there was a new technique that I could post here to help this guy out with his problem... maybe something that I wasn't astute enough to think of back then. =) (EDIT: Upon re-reading this post and thinking about how I've spent most of today and yesterday after work posting on this board, I think I've become obsessed with giving people advice thanks to this forum. I think I need to cut down. But I digress.) Oh, the futile efforts of man.
    Also, a friend of mine recently told me a story where he did the waistband flip-up at church...and then realized his penis was visibly sticking out. Funny after the fact, but maybe keep this in mind so it doesn't happen to you. 'Cause I guarantee you someone would probably notice that.

    I think I've had nightmares about something like that.

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  • Dulcius_ex_asperisDulcius_ex_asperis Registered User regular
    edited January 2008

    You know, I've always wondered... never thought to ask a woman if she noticed how many men in high school walked around with unintentional boners. Given what you said, I wonder if all of the thought that we men went through in high school about how to hide it wasn't even worth the effort. =) Even today I've spent a good ten minutes trying to brainstorm and think if there was a new technique that I could post here to help this guy out with his problem... maybe something that I wasn't astute enough to think of back then. =) (EDIT: Upon re-reading this post and thinking about how I've spent most of today and yesterday after work posting on this board, I think I've become obsessed with giving people advice thanks to this forum. I think I need to cut down. But I digress.) Oh, the futile efforts of man.
    Well, honestly, I think every time a girl thinks a guy has a boner, she and her friends talk about it and laugh. However, we don't spend all day staring at your collective crotches, waiting for it spring into action, as it were.

    Don't get me wrong though, every time I sat next to a guy in church and he put a hymnal on his lap, I thought, "Hmmm...". I'm not oblivious, it's just not something I put a lot of thought into.

    But as a general rule, I think they go largely unnoticed by the female population.

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited January 2008

    You know, I've always wondered... never thought to ask a woman if she noticed how many men in high school walked around with unintentional boners. Given what you said, I wonder if all of the thought that we men went through in high school about how to hide it wasn't even worth the effort. =) Even today I've spent a good ten minutes trying to brainstorm and think if there was a new technique that I could post here to help this guy out with his problem... maybe something that I wasn't astute enough to think of back then. =) (EDIT: Upon re-reading this post and thinking about how I've spent most of today and yesterday after work posting on this board, I think I've become obsessed with giving people advice thanks to this forum. I think I need to cut down. But I digress.) Oh, the futile efforts of man.

    Well, honestly, I think every time a girl thinks a guy has a boner, she and her friends talk about it and laugh. However, we don't spend all day staring at your collective crotches, waiting for it spring into action, as it were.

    Ah, so our worries were justified to some extent. I definitely remember having nightmares about that as a teenager... as unlikely of a scenario as it would be. =)

    We'll keep brainstorming advanced boner-hiding techniques for the benefit of the youngins on the forum given this new information. It's like having a spy on the other team! :lol: ;-)

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  • Dulcius_ex_asperisDulcius_ex_asperis Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Hahaha. Advanced boner-hiding techniques are largely a wasted effort. Either we really notice because you're struggling to hide it, or we don't notice at all. Don't worry. Boners are funny, but they're normal. We know.

    Edit: And I still laugh at my boyfriend's a little. I can't help it. There is no comparison in females, ya know?

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  • RookRook Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Hahaha. Advanced boner-hiding techniques are largely a wasted effort. Either we really notice because you're struggling to hide it, or we don't notice at all. Don't worry. Boners are funny, but they're normal. We know.

    Edit: And I still laugh at my boyfriend's a little. I can't help it. There is no comparison in females, ya know?

    There's erect nipples, they can be equally as humourous in the wrong situations.

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  • DaemonionDaemonion Mountain Man USARegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I don't know one guy who doesn't. Go for it ....connect four!


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  • ZyreZyre Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Man after reading this thread I realize I am so fucked. Deathgrip/KungFu'd since I was 12. Then again other forms of stimuli still work, this just remains the prefered method.

    As far as how many times per day, once a day is pretty normal. In the past I used to do it 3 times. It all depends on your age. 16-23 I found my sex drive rather high, it's been slowly decreasing over the last couple of years, I get by on a few times a week now. It really depends on your environment though.

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  • DodgeBlanDodgeBlan PSN: dodgeblanRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    For me masturbation frequency is determined by a simple formula

    boredom * sexual frustration - outside aid= n

    n being number of times

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  • Deviant HandsDeviant Hands __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    Even though you CAN masturbate everyday, or 3 times a day, or whatever, it doesn't mean you should. You'll lose the eye of the tiger, and you'll have a lot less motivation to go after girls.

    Trust me, at the start of this year I challenged myself and I went for about 2 weeks without masturbation or orgasms. My way of thinking was completely different after about 5 days, and by the end of the second week I was thinking about fucking girls so hard that I knew I had to end it. But I'm glad I had the self control to go on for as long as I did. In March I plan to go for a about a month.

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Even though you CAN masturbate everyday, or 3 times a day, or whatever, it doesn't mean you should. You'll lose the eye of the tiger, and you'll have a lot less motivation to go after girls.

    Trust me, at the start of this year I challenged myself and I went for about 2 weeks without masturbation or orgasms. My way of thinking was completely different after about 5 days, and by the end of the second week I was thinking about fucking girls so hard that I knew I had to end it. But I'm glad I had the self control to go on for as long as I did. In March I plan to go for a about a month.

    True, if you did it a LOT you might lose motivation potentially... but I don't think once a day'll do it. Three times (as you said) might... (in honesty, I've never been able to have an orgasm three times in a day even when I tried... but perhaps I've said too much) But the appetite of a teen in puberty is pretty voracious. I wouldn't worry too much, especially if he's only doing it once a day.

    But indeed, it is something to be a little careful of... if you notice that you have absolutely no desire/attraction to women anymore, that might be a sign that you need to tone down. But I can't imagine that happening unless you were doing it extremely frequently... (but of course, YMMV.)

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  • Sword_of_LightSword_of_Light Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Two thoughts -

    1. Yes, Mr. Happy saying hello at random, inappropriate times (say, Math class) does happen less frequently as you get older - operative words less frequently. Not "never".
    It still occationally happens, and the only thing funny about it is all the lame attempts the spammers try when they try selling me Viagra. "Having trouble with your Soldier?" "Get a harder d!ck today!"
    Um. No. Go away. I dont need it harder or longer, I need it to mind its own business when I'm at work.

    2. Hard nipples on women can be fucking hillarious, at least to that sole neuron that isnt wholy involved in thinking 'breast'. Thus: One of my coworkers, a woman, just at random, decided to poke another of my coworker (also a woman) in the nipple. Poke.
    And second coworker's nipples popped like they were about to punch through her shirt, and she blushed somethin' fierce. I, who was next to the two of them when this occured, though to myself "Well, isnt that an interesting reaction."

    Hm. Maybe 'funny' isnt the right word.

    Hold...hold on a sec....um....I'll be right back.....

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  • saint2esaint2e Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I think I'm the opposite. I honestly can't remember the last time I came to fruition by myself.

    Different "intervals" for different people essentially.

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  • nosnibornosnibor Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    This thread reminds me of what my younger brother (a year younger than myself) told my youngest brother (six years younger) when the youngest "came of age" as it were.

    I bet you thought you invented it.

    On topic... by God, I sure hope once a day is normal. And why has nobody mentioned cold showers as an erection-reducing measure?

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  • heretoinformheretoinform __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    Yeah, don't worry about me losing motivation at school. I still physically admire women. In fact, to be completely honest, I masturbate mostly to observations I make throughout the day and then create fantasies based off of those situations.


    And as for the "death grip"... I think I do that pretty much all the time, which isn't that good, I guess. And I wasn't aware there were other "techniques" of masturbation; I mean, I pretty much just do it slow and sometimes fast.

    Also, I can only seem to masturbate with lotion. All my friends think this is weird because they say they don't use any lubricant at all. I've tried without lubrication, and I simply can't get anywhere.

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  • Deviant HandsDeviant Hands __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2008
    Yeah, don't worry about me losing motivation at school. I still physically admire women. In fact, to be completely honest, I masturbate mostly to observations I make throughout the day and then create fantasies based off of those situations.

    It's not that you lose an admiration for woman, it's that you stop pursuing them.

    Really from the sounds of your posts I think you should not masturbate for the next 5 days. So you can feel the difference.

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  • Jimmy KingJimmy King Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    nosnibor wrote: »
    This thread reminds me of what my younger brother (a year younger than myself) told my youngest brother (six years younger) when the youngest "came of age" as it were.

    I bet you thought you invented it.

    On topic... by God, I sure hope once a day is normal. And why has nobody mentioned cold showers as an erection-reducing measure?
    If I'm somewhere that I can just strip down and take a cold shower there's a good chance I'm somewhere that it's ok to have a random stiffy.

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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    About 33hz.

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  • TrowizillaTrowizilla Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Yeah, women notice sometimes, and more if you're trying extra-hard to hide it. We know about the waistband trick, too. Honestly, though, if a guy isn't making a big deal out of a random boner, we don't really care. Women randomly get wet sometimes too, which is also uncomfortable and irritating; it's just not so noticeable. A guy's best bet is to play it cool, not fidget, and think about something else, because women don't generally just stare at guys' crotches hoping to catch a glimpse of a hard-on.

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  • Xenocide GeekXenocide Geek Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Trowizilla wrote: »
    Yeah, women notice sometimes, and more if you're trying extra-hard to hide it. We know about the waistband trick, too. Honestly, though, if a guy isn't making a big deal out of a random boner, we don't really care. Women randomly get wet sometimes too, which is also uncomfortable and irritating; it's just not so noticeable. A guy's best bet is to play it cool, not fidget, and think about something else, because women don't generally just stare at guys' crotches hoping to catch a glimpse of a hard-on.

    all my preconceived notions... shattered...

    *sob*

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  • SilvoculousSilvoculous Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    nosnibor wrote: »
    I bet you thought you invented it.

    Didn't we all?

    I did it 4 times in one day once. That...was a struggle. Never again. 3 is the maximum.

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  • TubularLuggageTubularLuggage Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    To quote Seth in Superbad : I tuck mine up into my wasteband. It hides it, AND it feels awesome!

    But seriously, once a day is perfectly fine.

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  • VThornheartVThornheart Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    nosnibor wrote: »
    I bet you thought you invented it.

    Didn't we all?

    I did it 4 times in one day once. That...was a struggle. Never again. 3 is the maximum.

    Was cartilage coming out by the end? =) (I kid, I kid)


    Anyways... =)
    And as for the "death grip"... I think I do that pretty much all the time, which isn't that good, I guess. And I wasn't aware there were other "techniques" of masturbation; I mean, I pretty much just do it slow and sometimes fast.

    Aye, vary it up. Basically any position you can possibly think to get either hand in will work to do the job, especially when you're young. You could bring objects into the mix, but beware of things that may be pointy or generally non-smooth... and lubricate them before using anything "pocket-like" in shape, lest it chafe ye willy.

    But perhaps I've said too much. =)

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited January 2008
    To say that you should abstain from masturbation because you'll lose the "eye of the tiger" is ridiculous. After a sufficient amount of time without sexual release, the average man is wired to be thinking about sex on a constant basis, and any sexual relations that you have during this exalted state point will probably be with women that you would normally consider to be basically livestock. Masturbation is one of the key biological factors in prevent men from becoming gurning imbeciles due to their reproductive drive hammering at their brain, and to ignore it for some assinine concept like the "eye of the tiger" is ludicrous beyond belief.

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