Somebody needs to have talk with him about it, but preferably a male. Nothing creeped me out more than my mom trying to have that talk with me when I was 12 or 13 (and had already been doing it for years by then!). It would have been alot better coming from my dad, I think.
Here’s hoping the best, though!
Yeah, that won’t develop a serial killer later in life at all…
Kleenex gets expensive, a roll of TP is just as good.
Also- aloe vera gel. The cheap bulk bottle.
Just saying, ya know.
I thought he was already doing 4 - 7 loads a night…
Setting: Freshman year of college, my first apartment, roommates were out of town.
Mission: See how many orgasms I could manage in a day, single handidly.
Results: Chaffed member and a little over 20 orgasms IIRC.
7 a night is possible. But draining. I’m inclined to think a pre-pubescent boner drain as was mentioned earlier, or a medical condition.
puns italicized for your convenience
[Darth Vader Voice]
Impressive
[/DVV]
Zebra, Are you trying to* imply *something by including
in the quote discussing my member? Huh? HUH!?!?
Ah yes, the H2O’Reilly factor.
No no no… TP is designed to fall apart when moistened in the toilet; Kleenex is sturdier to hold in all the snot. Shoot a load into TP and it just soaks through to your hand and you end up with TP glued to your fingers. Besides an open Kleenex provides a bigger target.
12 yo? I must have matured slowly. My first time was at 13 1/2.
I’d suggest having Keanu Reeves talk to your son. It worked pretty well in Parenthood. Maybe you could rent the movie one night, and watch how he reacts during that scene.
Tell him he’ll go blind if he keeps it up!
Conversation:
(Mother) : “If you keep doing that, you WILL go blind!”
(Son): “OK Ma, can I just do it till I need glasses?” 
Heh!
Not necessarily. I was wanking daily by the age of 8, but didn’t produce any “evidence” until I was 13 or 14.
And as for the slippery tub phenomenon… I switched to vaseline for a wanklube as a teen, and soon discovered that no matter how much soap you use to wash it off, it coats the tub floor if you wash it off it in the shower… quite hazardous on porcelain.
And more… another veto of kleenex or tissue. Not only is it flimsy, as CFOHG points out… but semen sometimes gets sticky as it dries, making cleanup with tissue rather frustrating. Paper towels are required at the very least.
Or you can do what I did, and keep an old terrycloth rag under the bed and use that until it gets so smelly the dog steals it.
My recommended solution – make him wear underwear to bed under his PJs. If he’s complaining of “leakage” then take him to see a urologist. If it’s a real problem, the doctor will find it. (If it’s not, the prostate exam will make him find another tactic and/or excuse.)
But seriously, don’t ignore his behavior… it may be a real medical problem. Take him to the doctor.
Just print out this thread and leave it lying around.
Bwa ha ha ha ha - they will revoke my Bachelors degree in psychology for that…
12 year old boy? Clothing that comes anywhere near his penis is suddenly ends up in the laundry much faster? Evasive answers when asked about it?
Yeah, he’s probably sick. :dubious:
Seriously, don’t talk to him about masturbation. He doesn’t want to talk about it with you, and your opinion on what’s normal will not reassure him at all. Get him a good straight-talking book on sex and masturbation. Just give it to him, tell him to feel free to ask you questions about anything and then don’t mention it again unless he brings it up – I guarantee you he’ll read it cover to cover. If the laundry situation doesn’t improve after a few weeks, suggest that he does his own.
To cover the incredibly unlikely possibility that he does have actually some sort of weird discharge and that wasn’t a made-up excuse, ask him to keep an eye on it and let you know if it doesn’t go away so you can take him to the doctor.
Four to seven times a day for an extended (hi-yo!) period of time? Wow, I thought it’d fall off if you did that.
Maybe once in a while, sure. Not several times a day.
I’m liking the “do your own laundry” idea, but if this has really been going on for a whole year, if I was a parent I might be a little desperate.
Semen’s hydrophobic, and just lodges in place if it coats the tub during a shower. You’ve gotta actively scrub it off to send it down the drain.
I find it weird that your son wears underwear and pj’s to bed… but it could be bedwetting and not wanking. But 4 to 7 changes a night is truly strange. Evidence of masturbation should be readily evident-- as would urinal leaking.
I do hate to hijack, but I’m getting an odd feeling here that people think it’s unusual to wear underwear with one’s pajamas? Really? It never occurred to me that you wouldn’t, unless you’re sleeping naked. Please fight my ignorance.
I never heard of people wearing underwear under their pajamas. That’s sort of the point of pajamas – the comfort factor. I can understand why a woman would wear underwear if she were having her period, but otherwise, why?
Along with the “don’t talk to him directly about it or he’ll die of embarassment,” I’d also say don’t get him maxim or hand lotion or whatever, either, unless you want him to think of you every time he uses the lotion or looks at the magazine.
About the panty liner thing: Oh. My. God. No. No. NO! The only thing worse would be to have him wear a training bra if he is a bit tubby and has ‘boy boobs.’
Haha. That might put a quick stop to this.