Do they come in sizes other than regular and Magnum?
One broke on me. Unfortunately it was during pitched action and I did not notice. A quick trip to the pharmacy for the morning after pill ensued. Then I think we went for ice cream.
She was on the pill by her next cycle.
I’ve seen Magnum XLs on store shelves a few times. IIRC, they are just longer than the regular Magnums, not wider (bot of course the regular Magnums are already wider and longer than normal ones.)
Wait, wait, back up. There was ice cream? Score!
Best condom slogan:
Come in all sizes!
I am pretty sure my daughter (much beloved and wanted) was a result of a broken condom…
Never told her of course…
FML
I’ve almost never had one not break.
Pretty sure that’s why I have 3 kids instead of two.
I’ve been present for three broken ones and far more “Omigod where’d it go?!?” moments than I care to contemplate.
Apparently there’s something about my natural motion that just shucks those suckers right off. I’d have given a small, unimportant body part to figure out what exactly it was back when condom use was a part of my life.* Failing that, I was never without a backup birth control method and only allowed hanky-panky after production of paperwork indicating recent, clean bloodwork.
*i.e., before I got married and we started failing to start a family. Now, I’ll take any pregnancy a’tall 
Well hello there. 
[Norma Rae]holding up sign UNION…! [/Norma Rae]
[Sally Field]“Wow. You like me. You Really Like Me…!”[/Sally Field]
One broke when I was 18; it was in the heat of the deed, so whilst I thought something was wrong I didn’t realize the condom had split wide open from the reservoir tip to about halfway down and was totally empty. That was a nerve-wracking couple of weeks until she got her period and all was well (although we did do the morning after pill). Our reaction to the situation (lots of screaming, blaming, she screaming at me ‘why did you even bother to tell me, I was never going to see you again’) kinda proved it was lust not love and we broke up soon after.
Since then I’ve had 2 get lost ‘in there’ which wasn’t much fun either… the morning after pill makes women a tad unstable, in my experience - it’s a fairly massive dose of hormones. Adding in the risk of STDs and I prefer monogamy with alternative birth control. Fiance has an IUD which suits her and me pretty well, and we were both tested twice a month apart for STDs before we went bareback; after we get married and squeeze out our three kids I plan on getting the big V shortly after.
I once had 8 in a row tear on me. Couldn’t figure out what the deal was, so she went to the clinic to see if maybe she was abnormally dry or something, causing excessive friction.
Turns out she had vagina dentata.
Good thing you were wearing 9, right!
I heard a comedian once say that he walks around all the time wearing 10 condoms. When he “gets lucky” he removes nine of them, and ohhhh man, the sensation!!
Yes. And the result will be leaving for college in two weeks. Actually, I’m not sure whether it was the condom breaking or the sponge that disintegrated that did it, but she’s all grown up and leaving home now. 
Okay, for all the breaking condom people, I truly don’t understand this. I’ve had sex with 150+ people and have never had a condom break (either their’s or mine), either putting it on or during, and I tend to use the durex featherlite ones too. I genuinely don’t understand how a condom can break on you.
TMI ALERT! TMI ALERT!
The one condom breakage incident I had was caused by a couple of things IMHO. The first was that he was huge (a full 9" when erect and very girthy) so the condoms were already stretched pretty tight, even though we were using Magnums. Second was that he lurved to fuck for long periods of time, and this particular time I was starting to get distracted by other stuff after about an hour and a half so I probably wasn’t as wet as I could have been.
Plenty of times.
Dont have to deal with the annoying things anymore, thankfully (long-term relationship), but I (well, we) used Durex “babymaker” Fetherlites because they’re one of the few you can actually feel anything through.
They do break occasionally, hence my nickname for them that I dont think they’ll use in advertising.
Most of the time it’s very easy to tell mid-stroke, things suddenly feel…well…a whole lot better. Sometimes, though, you really can’t tell until you get eyes-on the situation! Some guys may just lie about it, though, not the best time and place for clear thought.
The breakage I dealt with was during putting the condom on, and the guy had a significant girth when erect. Regular condoms tended to pinch around the ring at the base so he’d be adjusting and readjusting when putting it on, and bam. We made damned sure to stick with the Magnum XLs after a few of those.
Years ago, a young guy who was a bit of a playboy (just what is the PC Term for a male slut)?) asked me about condoms… along the lines of “Well, if I wear one, I’m safe, right?”.
He enjoyed rock climbing and rappelling, so I made this analogy for him…
“Imagine you’re rappelling down a cliff face, but your rope is anchored with a condom… things will be fine if it doesn’t break…now … how many times did you have sex last month?” (he admitted to 7 times). “so… let’s imagine you have 7 condoms tied end to end, holding that rope…”
In either case, having a condom break can be a life changing experience…
Regards
FML
This is extraordinarily bad advice.
Condoms fail because they are damaged when applied, applied incorrectly or they simply don’t fit. This includes both breakages and falling off problems. The people in this thread who have never had a condom fail are lucky in the fact that their equipment matches up perfectly with the standard size of the condom they use. In other words, it’s very important that you find the correct condom for you. They are not all the same and large ones are not the equivalent of buying a Porsche.
All condom brands vary slightly in their basic dimensions. Almost every brands sells multiple sizes and multiple shapes. Trojan sells their standard size, a standard large size, a Magnum size and a Magnum XL size. All these varieties are slightly different and it’s important that you find the right one or else you are going to be facing a lot of breakages or lost condoms. Unfortunately there’s no standard sizing or measuring system so it’s essentially a trial and error task. The best bet is to buy 3 packs of various sizes and brands and test them out, when you have one that goes on easily, stays in place and and doesn’t feel too restrictive you’ll know you have the right one.
The fact that most clinics and colleges only offer one brand in one size is a very flawed system. It’s better than nothing I suppose, but there are an awful lot of college kids wearing poorly fit condoms who are getting suboptimal protection and are disappointed in their use which discourages consistency.
Condoms aren’t all the same. They aren’t one-size-fits-all. The only failure rate that really applies in your choice should be your own personal failure rate. Durex condoms break when I use them more than half the time, but for other people they might be the most reliable and comfortable and that’s all that matters.