# Guys; Dead puppies or what do you REALLY think about durring sex? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440 "2004-10-04T10:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/1 "2004-10-04T10:50:27Z")
I’m starting this thread because I think some women are CLUELESS when it comes to how hard we guys work to NOT unleash our load to soon while having sex. You know what I’m talking about guys, it starts to feel to good too soon so we (try) to think about something else to pre-occupy our minds in order to hold out just a little longer. I’ll go first; Me I think about: Dead puppies, Grandma in a teddy, (not MY grandma but the one on “The Beverly Hillbillies”) Work Actually I’m really starting this thread because after having this conversation with some ladies at work; they think I’m quit the loon. Who knows? They could be right, I’m just hoping I’m not alone is all… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/2 "2004-10-04T11:41:48Z")
My chafing you-know-what wishs you wouldn’t take quite so long sometimes. Really. It ain’t all about longevity. Sometimes those moans are moans of pain, dammit! (Umm…not you, personally. I don’t think I know you. But if you’re Mr. Never Anything Under An Hour, stop it.) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/3 "2004-10-04T11:53:06Z")
Typewriters. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/4 "2004-10-04T12:40:59Z")
Y’see, that gets problematic. I used to think about my grandma in a teddy, but the pavlovian reinforcement was such that now I can only finish if I have a picture of my grandma in a teddy taped to my girlfriend’s forehead… Actually, that’s a damn lie. I don’t have a girlfriend. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/5 "2004-10-04T12:42:07Z")
I very rarely have to do this, but when I do I just fixate my gaze upon anything in the room that doesn’t have anything whatsoever to do with sex, and think about that. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/6 "2004-10-04T13:09:14Z")
Geez, that’s never been a problem. Then again, I don’t have sex with womenfolk. HMMMMMMM… wonder if that does have anything to do with it? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/7 "2004-10-04T13:12:27Z")
I used to think of used socks soaking in vinegar. Now I have better control. 🆒 (Re. the Pavlovian thing: I once whispered to my friend, as he was taking a girl home from a party, that when he undid her bra, he would suddenly have a mental image of me, naked, playing guitar and eating a pickle. It worked. :D) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/8 "2004-10-04T13:14:55Z")
Sorry. I don’t suffer from premature ejaculation. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/9 "2004-10-04T13:17:16Z")
To tell the truth, I don’t have to think of repellant things during sex to slow down the action. Never have. I’m kind of glad, too. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/10 "2004-10-04T13:24:34Z")
Man, thinking of grandma in a teddy would make things go decidedly, erm, south. Nope. I think of auto repair. Step by step things, like going through in my head all the steps needed to replace the rear axels of a 1998 Ford Explorer. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/11 "2004-10-04T13:44:03Z")
Sorry, don’t have this problem, unfortunately I’m the complete opposite. Sadly I think I have ‘conditioned’ myself to react to what feels good, and since sex isn’t nearly as familiar as my own hands, while sex feels great, I’m not worried about thinking about baseball or grandmothers in lingere or anything like that to keep from losing it, rather, I’m concentrating on how great it feels. ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/12 "2004-10-04T14:48:47Z")
Sorry SHAKES, another guy checking in to ruin your hypothesis. The only thing I think about is making sure she’s enjoying the experience. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/13 "2004-10-04T14:52:34Z")
Ex-Atlanta Braves great, Mark Lemke (I hope this doesn’t make me gay) ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/14 "2004-10-04T14:54:11Z")
Yep, same here. No thinking about unpleasant things. Why do that? It just wrecks the experience. You just gotta learn to pace yourself. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/15 "2004-10-04T15:47:47Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > Actually I’m really starting this thread because after having this conversation with some ladies at work; they think I’m quit the loon. Who knows? They could be right, I’m just hoping I’m not alone is all… 😃 Er…I’m under the impression you’re not all that old, SHAKES. So I’d like to point out this isn’t so much a guy thing as a _young_ guy thing. So all the old guys here getting smug about not having this problem are just jealosy 'cause they also don’t get hard at the drop of a hat anymore 😃 Or to put in another way, you’re not a loon. ---
**Author:** ![aaslatten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/16 "2004-10-04T16:44:51Z")
I also think of your grandma in a teddy. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/17 "2004-10-04T18:23:00Z")
I usually think of **SHAKES** in a teddy, holding a dead puppy while at work. But that just turns me on even more! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/18 "2004-10-04T18:46:38Z")
Another guy who doesn’t seem to have that problem. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/19 "2004-10-04T18:59:34Z")
Nope, I don’t have that problem either. I can orgasm whenever I choose and also multiple times if I want up to no real limit that I have found other than simple exhaustion. ---
**Author:** ![BytopianDream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@BytopianDream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BytopianDream)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440/20 "2004-10-04T19:15:04Z")
“Oh yeah, girl… Oh yeah, girl… I am so hot! You are soooo lucky to be being done by me! Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! That’s right, girl… I am so damn hot!” “Oh my, look at that fine ass! Look at it! YOU CAN’T STOP LOOKING AT IT!!! How fine is my ass! Uhhh… yeah… Look at it! Girl, you know you are soooo lucky being done by this fine ass!” “I am a STUD! Studly McStud reporting for duty Ma’am! You know I’m a stud! Look at my stud rod! LOOK AT IT!!! Yeah, you know you want it! What woman doesn’t want it? Even men want my stud rod! How hot am I? Too hot to handle! LOOK OUT WORLD!!! Mr. Studly Super-Studly McStud is coming to get you!” What? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-dead-puppies-or-what-do-you-really-think-about-durring-sex/267440.md?page=2)