I feel sick.
I am also in the “might as well” group. It doesn’t bother me. I have a strong stomach, but also, unfortunatly, a strong gag reflex. Have since I was little. So the whole concept of a blow job is not a good thing. I do anyway, though, and I’ve gotten better about that.
And anyway, HE doesn’t seem to complain…
Assuming a monogamous relationship and no chronic STDs like herpes or HIV, then yes, I’d swallow. Nothing like the glow of pride in a job well done.
Surprised to see me show up here? I thought not…
I certainly love swallowing, as long as goboy’s qualifications are met. Must be careful!
However, I also find that it’s nice to have my tits put to good use in this sense. 
I mean, what did you THINK they were there for?
-L
Well, since the OP is, “Is swallowing NECESSARY…” rather than “do YOU spit or swallow,” I will choose to answer the OP.
I’d say…no, it’s not necessary. There are a lot…a LOT…of men out there who are almost completely unable to orgasm exclusively from receiving oral sex, but they enjoy it a lot. If [generic] he doesn’t climax, is it his fault? The fault of the fellator (or fellatrix)? Is NO one at fault?
If a man climaxes in the course of a blowjob, I’d say that was a proper blowjob, whether it ended up down the recipient’s throat, all over his or her chest, or on the CAT, for cryin’ out loud. Even if the gentleman in question doesn’t achieve orgasm, I’d say that if he properly enjoyed the experience, it was a proper blowjob, and with the absence of climax comes the absence of a REASON to swallow.
I think that if I went down on a guy, and he came, and I didn’t swallow and he had the GALL to tell me, “Well, THAT wasn’t a proper blowjob,” that snowball cat would catch that asbestos rat in hell before my mouth went anywhere NEAR his penis again.
Well lah di dah!!!
(Just kidding.)
Ah, well, My apologies, Hamadryad (picky, picky).
My answer, then, is no, swallowing is not necessary. A lot of guys, including most of the guys I’ve been with and myself as well, are unable to achieve orgasm through oral sex, but they do find it highly stimulating. IMHO, a blow job followed by mutual J/O is the ideal way to get off.
It’s making me thing of MC Hammer. I’m not sure which is worse.
I say that if it ended up on the CAT, something went seriously wrong! :eek:
From the other side, I find the idea of coming in my dates mouth much more erotic in theory than in practice. In fact, I find it downright uncomfortable. So I usually interupt the BJ before it gets to that point.
I think that an important ingredient in a good blow job is enthusaism. I think that swallowing is only an extension of that. If you are giving head and you’re enjoying it then why wouldn’t you want to swallow?
I think dublos hit the nail on the, um, head. As long as you don’t pull away until all the thrashing and moaning completely dies down, I don’t think it matters whether you spit or swallow. Swallowing does seem a lot more convenient, and personally I prefer it, but the key is taking things up to and through the climax.
The few spitters I’ve been with always tended to leap away at the moment of climax like cyanide gas was about to come out, which is definitely not a good way to maximize the pleasure of the experience.
Gotta agree with Hypergirl.
I’m doing what I enjoy, he’s liking it, and there is no proper/improper between us. He doesn’t pressure me to orgasm, so why call it a less-than sucess story if he doesn’t? For me, swallowing is part of what completes the experience and if propriety must be served, I’ll wear my Queen Mum costume and he can wear his MC Hammer costume…wait. No. Bad visual. Don’t wanna be proper.
I’ve read and heard that the taste varies depending on what the “shooter” ate recently. I’ve also read a couple of recipes that should enhance the flavor.
I love to see my partner finish me off by jerking me off into her wide open mouth with her tongue out…it makes her look so hot and dirty.
I so love these boards. 
For what it’s worth. . .
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_054.html
And I’m in Commander Fortune’s school of swallowing, and then making him kiss me.
Blow it out of your mouth, that’s why it called a blow job, otherwise it would be called a swallow job.
What? Is that really the origin of this phrase? I’ve always wondered, but that really doesn’t sound plausible.
In any case, why is someone named handy talking about oral sex?
-L
Swallowing is not necessary, of course. It’s the thought that counts. And technique. That counts as well.
swallow or spit? … who really cares? …
Well, I do, a bit anyhow. When my lovely wife is giving me a blowjob, it is just not the same when it ends before I actually come. She has always been a dodger (as opposed to spit or swallow) … well, for me anyhow, the enjoyment does not end there. A tender tongue snaking up … a skillful mouthful coaxing and massaging … soft kisses …
well, you get the picture.
That said, I have only once come in her mouth (and that was 10 ten minutes ago (TMI that !)). Now having been there, I can tell you, I don’t care what she does with it, as long as I am in her mouth when I come. The experience was so different. The orgasm more full body as opposed to centralized to a single point.
Waah! I feel deprived, having never had a woman actually let me finish an orgasm in her mouth. They always leap away… which does wonders for the old self-esteem, let me tell you.
I’m wondering if I should try the same tactic on my wife just as she’s on the verge…
In a word, no.