# Has this ever happened to you? (masturbation and spooge related) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 30, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085 "2005-05-30T13:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/1 "2005-05-30T13:55:13Z")
Have any of you guys ever experienced a dry orgasm? Today was the 3rd time that I know of that this has happened to me, but 1st time outside of sex. I’ll be going along with either masturbation or sex, and things will be climaxing, and then ORGASM! but there’s no semen. My penis then decides that it wants to go limp, and my body loses interest in sex, for at least 5 minutes. What causes this, or has no one besides me ever experienced this, and I’m just a freak? ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/2 "2005-05-30T14:32:09Z")
This happens to me when I am going for my third or fourth time and have exhausted my supply. I have also noticed it when I have taken cold pills containing pseudoephedrine. Since these also make it difficult to pee my guess is the pseudo side effect of a swollen prostate is also impeding the flow of ejaculate. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/3 "2005-05-30T16:00:14Z")
Cite? Photographic, preferably. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/4 "2005-05-30T16:05:18Z")
Not uncommon in prepubescent males, apparently. There’s a cite for this on another thread somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![MetroGnome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@MetroGnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetroGnome)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/5 "2005-05-30T18:20:46Z")
Here’s a nice informative article on [retrograde ejaculation](http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00648), and yes, it’s got pictures\*,…but unfortunately, no audio (my theory is that it sounds like a tiny wheezing cough). \*For some, the _enlarge_ button will not work as expected. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/6 "2005-05-30T23:58:17Z")
I know my husband experiences this from time to time. It’s actually getting more frequent as he gets older, although it still doesn’t happen often. Maybe once every six months or so. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/7 "2005-05-31T01:25:18Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Cite? Photographic, preferably. 😃 Well, there are some, but none in the shower, which is where it occurred this morning. I would want to pull the old bait-and-switch on you. > [@veedee](#): > > This happens to me when I am going for my third or fourth time and have exhausted my supply. I have also noticed it when I have taken cold pills containing pseudoephedrine. Since these also make it difficult to pee my guess is the pseudo side effect of a swollen prostate is also impeding the flow of ejaculate. Nope, this was the first time in the last couple of days. I try to do it in the morning so I’m not walking around with wood all day at work. > [@MetroGnome](#): > > Here’s a nice informative article on retrograde ejaculation, and yes, it’s got pictures\*,…but unfortunately, no audio (my theory is that it sounds like a tiny wheezing cough). I don’t know if that’s it because I didn’t notice peeing it out later. I did think of a common factor with at least 2/3 of the times that it’s happened (can’t remember the 3rd one), one of which was certainly today. It’s kind of TMIey, though. There was anal stimulation. ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/8 "2005-05-31T09:03:03Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > I did think of a common factor with at least 2/3 of the times that it’s happened (can’t remember the 3rd one), one of which was certainly today. It’s kind of TMIey, though. > > There was anal stimulation. Well, yes.I’ve found that when I add anal stimulation into the equation, there seems to be a definite lack of ejaculation. I wonder if it has something to do with a prostate-stimulated orgasm? This is only during masturbation, for me. I’ve not really paid attention during sex (my mind seems to be on other things…) YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/9 "2005-05-31T10:30:59Z")
> [@MetroGnome](#): > > \*For some, the _enlarge_ button will not work as expected. Ain’t that the truth! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/10 "2005-05-31T11:19:06Z")
Okay, to address those who have mentioned it: Mr. norinew’s ejacu-lacking orgasms are _not_ caused by anal stimulation, and in fact, when such stimulation is present, he _does_ ejaculate ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/11 "2005-05-31T17:23:07Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Okay, to address those who have mentioned it: Mr. norinew’s ejacu-lacking orgasms are _not_ caused by anal stimulation, and in fact, when such stimulation is present, he _does_ ejaculate [spoiler]Should you really be specifying who the person is? A much better approach would be to say, "An individual whom I have sex with, who shall go unnamed, . . . ". :)[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-to-you-masturbation-and-spooge-related/306085/12 "2005-05-31T17:48:06Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > [spoiler]Should you really be specifying who the person is? > > A much better approach would be to say, "An individual whom I have sex with, who shall go unnamed, . . . ". :)[/spoiler] Yeah, but if I said that and hubby read this thread (as he has a tendency to do with threads I’m subscribed to), he’d wonder who I’m having sex with besides him. 😛