# How often do you masturbate? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533 "2006-06-28T19:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/81 "2006-06-30T15:40:36Z")
44 Male Straight In a relationship Once per day, maybe twice on Saturdays. Canola oil. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/82 "2006-06-30T15:48:08Z")
Straight male forties. I am taking a break to reply to this thread. Less frequently than I brush my teeth, more frequently than I brush my hair. Now. . . where was I? Oh yeah. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/83 "2006-06-30T17:39:26Z")
Regularly, every 28 d- Oh, _masturbate_. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/84 "2006-06-30T18:48:12Z")
Does anyone else hear the OP in the voice of R. Lee Ermey, from _The Boys In Company “C”_? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/85 "2006-06-30T18:49:00Z")
35, male, recently single, straight Sometimes twice a day, sometimes once a day. Some days I skip. I’d say 5-6 times a week. When I was in a relationship, I’d say from 0-2 times per week. Had to save up for the real thing! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/86 "2006-06-30T18:52:30Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I just assumed guys worked it out every time they showered. It’s already all soaped up, why not let er fly? I’m still unconvinced that this isn’t true. [/QUOTE] Not me. I used to in the shower, but hardly ever now. Like twice a year maybe. Of course if I had no other private place I would probably do it in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/87 "2006-07-03T18:53:18Z")
[QUOTE=Phase42] I hear ya. I’m uncut, so the lube thing isn’t a factor, but I just don’t like doing it standing up. I always feel … rushed (like trying to finish before the hot water runs out.) [/QUOTE] Yeah, I have always felt that the shower was the place where only the guys with no privacy at all jerked off. How can you relax standing up, hoping the hot water lasts? Plus, no can do on the soap…ever get soap in your urethra? It stings! :eek: BTW, I took a class once on masturbation. I thought, hey, been doing it a long time, but still might learn sumpin’ new. I did. _Coconut Oil…_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/88 "2006-07-03T19:20:37Z")
[QUOTE=Malienation] Yeah, I have always felt that the shower was the place where only the guys with no privacy at all jerked off. How can you relax standing up, hoping the hot water lasts? [/QUOTE] It just seemed cleaner. What are the methods for clean-up/spooje-containment in other locations? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/89 "2006-07-03T19:21:48Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] It just seemed cleaner. What are the methods for clean-up/spooje-containment in other locations? [/QUOTE] Sock. Towel. T-shirt. Basically anything absorbent that’s within easy reach. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/90 "2006-07-03T19:23:31Z")
I rarely do it in the shower, maybe once every 2-3 months. Most typical location is at the computer. Actually, not _at_ the computer, I just get worked up & ready at the computer. Then I go up to the power room and do it into the toilet. No muss, no fuss. On a rare occasion, if I wake up in the middle of the night and the wife is too tired to oblige me, I’ll just do it right there. I’ve woken up in the middle of the night to her taking care of things herself, so things are mutual there. ---
**Author:** ![Malienation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Malienation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malienation)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/91 "2006-07-03T19:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Sock. Towel. T-shirt. Basically anything absorbent that’s within easy reach. [/QUOTE] You got it. “Containment”? It’s not nuclear waste, for chrissakes… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/92 "2006-07-03T19:34:44Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] It just seemed cleaner. What are the methods for clean-up/spooje-containment in other locations? [/QUOTE] I’ve got an old towel right here next to me 🙂 Keep it rolled up and stashed in a niche between my computer desk and my writing desk. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/93 "2006-07-03T19:52:31Z")
male, 46, unattached loser, pretty much every day. I can’t believe I posted in this thread. No possible good can come from it. And yet I did it anyway. Posting in this thread constitutes _true_ self-abuse. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/94 "2006-07-03T20:00:51Z")
Male 37 single gay Typically I jerk it at least twice a day - once before going to bed, once when I get up. On weekends and lax days, maybe 3-4 times. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/95 "2006-07-03T20:15:32Z")
I just let it shoot on a paper towel folded in half. No mess, no funky towels to wash (bleh!) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/96 "2006-07-03T21:01:38Z")
[QUOTE=Malienation] You got it. “Containment”? It’s not nuclear waste, for chrissakes… :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] You mean it’s not supposed to glow green? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/97 "2006-07-03T21:12:46Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Basically anything absorbent that’s within easy reach. [/QUOTE] For what it’s worth, cats are not very absorbent. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/98 "2006-07-03T21:56:35Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] For what it’s worth, cats are not very absorbent. [/QUOTE] They are if you don’t pull out. sorry sorry sorry sorry ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/99 "2006-07-03T22:07:04Z")
Here goes: 32 Male Single 2 or 3 times a week Question for the group: Do you carry out the deed as quickly as possible or do you slow down and enjoy it for a while? I typically prefer the latter which is why don’t do it every day. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533/100 "2006-07-03T22:24:26Z")
I try to make it last, which is why I do it in bed, so when I’m done, I can go to sleep totally relaxed. On occasion, though, there is the need just to come and be done with it. That’s rare for me, because it’s not often than I come only once. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-masturbate/362533.md?page=6)