Same problem. Unfortunately, the sponge was how I found out I was alllergic.
Hmmmm I think I have proven myself spongewothy.
Roughly ten odd years ago, I endured the wrath of my boss to go home and help my live-in babe extract her sponge.
You see, the elastic band had gotten tucked in there too far (no doubt because of my enormous cock), and she couldn’t retrieve it.
A forty-five minute drive and 10 seconds later I achieved what she could not, and received oral pleasure for my efforts.
She did get a little pissed off when I told her that I leveled with my boss, however.
Hey he was only a couple years older than me, and when you are earning four times your age…
Ew. Not being able to feel the difference between my innards and the sponge is not a good experience. Knowing what to yank on is sort of important. I am reminded of a day in the bathroom at a pizza joint (why I felt it necessary to exract the sponge there escapes me), It was a small room and I had to contort myself to the point where I was almost stuck because my knees were lodged between the wall and the toilet and…well, you know. And if you don’t know, trust me, don’t go there.
That being said, it is a fabulous thing, I do have my own stash that I got from a Canadian internet pharmacy. It’s nice cause you can leave 'em in for a day and you can do as much rutting as you want. I think we’re gonna get my husband neutered though so we don’t have to worry about that 12% failure rate.
I used them once or twice, and always found that after the festivities had ended, that the sponge had flipped over inside, with the concave side facing out. I figured having an internal dancing sponge was not all that conducive to the intended purpose, and didn’t use them again. However, they were nice to use. Easy to get in, and the partner at the time couldn’t feel any difference.
:dubious: I think we’ve finally arrived at a working definition of “contraceptive underwear.”
You might want to try the Canadian Protectaid sponge. It’s not concave/convex the way the Today sponge is. It’s harder to put in the wrong way.
It is, however, a little harder to reove unless you’ve got long fingers.
I had the same problem, except it wasn’t my mom who removed it - I eventually managed to extricate it, but I must have been in the bathroom, trying, for a good half hour. A guy friend (not the one who was reason for the sponge - oh God no!) had stayed over the night before, and he was worried that I’d been gone so long, but had no idea what I was doing in there. He yelled through the door to ask if I was OK, and did I need any help. I told him no thanks, I was OK, and trust me, there wasn’t anything he could help with. He kept asking whether I was really sure. The prospect of having this particular friend aid in this endeavor is even weirder than having my mom do it - it would be like incest.
Yeah, no more sponges for me. Plus I’d never rely on them as a sole contraceptive method - they do have a pretty high failure rate.
Oh, this was many years ago, and I’m quite happily surgically altered now, but thanks for the suggestion!
Still too small to wash the car with afterwards, but an improvement on the original sponge as I remember it.
Is the Femidom (female condom) still around? That was a very effective contraceptive, in that by the time you’d worked out what to do with the plastic ring, at least one partner would have fallen asleep.
Why do images of SpongeBob SquarePants pop into my mind?
Yikes! The way the woman’s hand is holding that sponge all kind of squished, it looks like a pair of lips, like she’s going to start a Señor Wences act or something.
“S’alright?”
“S’alright. Close the door!”
On a side note, I was using a dandruff shampoo a while back that made my scalp extra tingle-y. What provided that tingletastic essence?
NONOXYNOL-9. WTF?!?!?!?!?
Am I the only one that saw this?
Damn funny.
Actually, I had a couple of alarming instances in which I couldn’t find the little loop to pull the thing out. I consulted with a friend by phone who was a longtime user of the sponge, and took her advice: Bear down like you’re doing your business or, for the mommies, like you’re about to give birth.
I tried it, and the sponge popped out into the potty, and voila! Problem solved. 
The sponge is so gross. As I recall, the box actually told you to dispose of it in the outside garbage (and don’t flush it), but didn’t say why. I lived in a hot apartment when I used it and found out why pretty much overnight. It stinks! Plus, it’s very hard to get out. AND, in the little indentation had all like yellow snot in it.
Bolding mine.
I read this as live-in baby sitter :smack: .
It’s so your hair won’t get pregnant. Duh.
Because having your mom do it wouldn’t be like incest? :dubious: :eek: