My friend went to see her boyfriend the other night, and noticed a condom wrapper in an otherwise empty garbage pail. When she asked him about it, he said that sometimes he likes to wear a condom while he jerks off because it’s ‘less messy’.
When she told me about this, I laughed and said something along the lines of ‘yeah right’. Amazingly, she seems to believe him. If a man gave me an excuse like that I would probably be angrier at him for insulting my intelligence than for the apparent cheating.
Admitting that I can be a bit of a smarty-pants at times, I’ve decided to do a little research to back up (or debunk) my claim that the wearing of a condom while masturbating is nothing more than a quickly (and poorly) thought up lie.
What does the SDMB think?
Damn it. Fine - for the sake of education . . .
Its a good lie, it has worked for me before.
Besides, condoms cost how much ? He’s gonna use a condom everytime he wrestles with jimmy?? Uhhuh. Sure.
A quick excuse, she is getting played.
I have to admit, I’ve often thought about doing this. It would be less messy.
Gabriel’s got a good point, though–it’s just not cost effective.
“The true founder of civil society was the first man who fenced in a piece
of land, thought of saying ‘This is mine,’ and came across people simple
enough to believe him.”
–“Discourse on the Origin of Inequality” Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I don’t necessarily think he’s cheating. I’ve done it once or twice for the hell of it; however, it’s less expensive to employ tissues. If he hasn’t cheated on her or doesn’t have a record of cheating and there aren’t any problems in the relationship, I don’t think it’s naive to believe it. Now, if I visited my girlfriend and there was a condom wrapper in HER garbage pail, that’d be a different story altogether. 
I knew a guy who did this, though he claimed it was for the ‘unique sensation’ not the easy cleanup. I wasn’t dating him, so presumably he had no reason to lie.
(Then again he was a weird one… actually tried the peanut butter + dog trick on a dare)
Yes, I offen use condoms when I masterbate, but then I’m a neat freak. Also I did volunteer work for and AIDS Org.,I had so many free condoms lying around the house, I had to do something with them. 
I did it a long time ago (I swear it was a
looong time) I did it when I was trying to figure out what type of condom I liked best. Bought one of each and spent a week on it. Then I waited for real live sex to experience the victor. Still waiting…
“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions” -Oliver Holmes
I’ve done it.
Like some of the people above, they were available, I had some time on my hands(so to speak), I thought it would be a little different. It felt pretty neat because it felt different. Hell of a lot better than lotion, which I understand is a personal fave of many people.
Ramses Rule!
Enright3
I think that the nasty, rubbery smell that condoms leave on your hands far outweighs the “neatness” factor.
Yucky.
sigh
I confess…I’ve done it, and not to cheat.
Different sensation, and trying different brands.
I found 4X Lambskins to be the most natural feeling, in or out And no Latex smell.
A little pricier than the others, but worth it!
Besides, if I were to cheat, as suspected in the OP, I sure as hell wouldn’t leave ANY evidence around! Wrappers go down the toilet, too!
VB
I could never eat a mouse raw…their little feet are probably real cold going down. :rolleyes:
Apparently guys are not the only ones. Went to see Nina Hartley when she sis this seminar on sex and pleasure, women are advised to use condoms on their toys, keeps them more sanitary.
That’s why I love Ramses (Ultra? The ones in a silver box with reddish/maroon writing). Trojans, for example STINK! The smell alone from opening the package makes me not want to wear them. Lambskins are not your best protection from STD’s, by the way. But, you probably already know that.
Enright3
I once asked if you have herphes there if you should where a condom so you don’t give yourself a herphes infection in your eye, if you should rub your eye later. Half the people say yes, the other half say if you already have herphes, you can’t then get it in your eye too.
But the question I’d like to know is why is a guy jerking himself off when with his girlfriend?
Um…because she’s not there 24-7? Because even if she is, she might not want to have sex? Because sometimes, if you just want to get off, it’s a lot easier to do that than to worry about pleasing a partner?
Sheesh.
“Buffalo Bills? Oh, yeah. The guys that always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.” --WallyM7
Seems to me I have a solution to this mystery. Your friend needs to pull up a chair and say “well next time I want to be here to watch, and maybe I’ll even return the favor of the show with one”.
Also seems that she isnt umm “meating his needs” (like that spelling huh?). If he would
A. be smacking it and not be single
B. be cheating
then they are
C. not doing well all around, therapy time or more sex time.
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. "
Jonathan Swift
Drain Bead, thank you for trying to explain…
People, just because he masturbates, does NOT mean they’re having problems in the relationship! Good Lord, what a leap in logic THAT is!
Uhhhhh, I hate to say this, but I’ve used a condom from time to time in my past to masturbate. It changes the sensation and, well, ah…, if you apply a bit of oil to your hand, the feeling is … unique. Of course, if the guy was cheating, I think he would have either flushed the condom or wrapped it up and tossed it somewhere hard to find.
I once got asked by a girl if only a little bit of sperm in her boyfriends rubber meant that he was cheating on her because usually he dumped a lot. She suspected he was ‘drained’ from doing some other chick. I had to assure her that various things affected the amount of sperm a man discharges, like being tired, sick, masturbating before sex, and so on.
Wow, I was shocked that someone on this board would actually suggest that just because he’s jerking off their relationship must be in trouble. Please. How many people actually stop masturbating just because they’re getting some? Not me.
I’ve done that. It works.
I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!
It’s never even occured to me. He thinks fast on his feet, though.
If chickens could pee, they would be wet on the bottom.
And then there was the time I noticed a used condom in my girlfriend’s trash can. She said that a couple of her friends who were a couple had come over, and wanted to get it on, so she let them use her bed. Riiiiiiight. We broke up not long afterward.
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