Thanks for the back up. 
I SAY RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS LEAD TO WHACKIN IT!
Otherwise you wouldnt need to. Cessandra needs an SO 
"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
Um, what? As several people already stated, masturbating isn’t a sign of problems in the relationship. Also, Cessandra HAS an SO, so you’re wrong on all counts.
Thanks for playing!
“I’ll tell you a secret, baby - maybe you can’t do better - gotta settle for second best” - the Judybats
Never heard of masturbating with condoms. But from reading the other posts, sounds like it might be kinda interesting.
And NO, masturbation is NOT a sign of a problem in a relationship. Mutual masturbation is quite fun, and the periodic solo flight when one’s partner isn’t around isn’t bad, either.
Changing my sig, because Wally said to, and I really like Wally, and I’ll do anything he says, anytime he says to.
Um, I’m engaged. I get it whenever I want, honey, and I still fly solo.
I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!
… and she flies with a crash helmet, apparently …
Coldfire
"You know how complex women are"
I love watching my wife masturbate. I think it’s very erotic. She seems to enjoy watching me do the same. (I believe the quote that applies here is “You’ll put someone’s eye out with that thing!”)
I hardly think it’s a sign of a bad relationship. I’ve been married over 17 years. Does that also mean it’s a sign of a bad relationship if we don’t “Make Love”? 'Cause I gotta tell ya, we still get pretty nasty once in a while. Oh yeah, I think I’m going home for lunch today.
In, out, repeat if necessary.
Enright3
What I’m wondering is why people who start threads about masturbation can’t SPELL the flipping word correctly? They couldn’t spell it right on the old AOL MB, and they can’t spell it right here either!
And Goddammit, the second vowel in the word “separate” is an A, not an E!!!
Ranger Jeff
*The Idol of American Youth *
Riders In The Sky
Good point, RangerJeff. I am reminde of this feature from the Brunching Shuttlcocks a few months ago.
[Typos in the above post only included to comply with the rule that any post relating, however tangentially, to someone else’s spelling mistakes must contain at least two spelling mistakes of its own.]
Masturbating does not mean you are cheating. Sometimes you may not be able to see you sweetie when you have the need so you take matters into your own hands. Plus, I have read that if a guy has proble with control he should “do the deed” before trying to have sex because he will last longer. Masturbating is just an intimate experience that can be solely your own, it’s not cheating, it relieves stress, relaxes and brings things down to a fundamental, primal level, what’s wrong with that?
( Staring in disbleief at the attacks a mere 24 hours can bring, and by WOMEN no less)
Im almost tempted to ask my SO to umm 'perform" while I watch now. But again I must say, why ohhh why would you substitute fake for real, when you have real?
I mean cmon people, if you all made it without sex (partner included) at least for a year somehwere in your adult lives. Whats a week, or even a month without, if you have an SO? If not and you are single, I say this with pride and having done so myself… exhaust yourself, its fun.
But dont attack me!!
"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
Marv, honey, I don’t mean to attack you. Really.
But (blushing, because I’m normally not this open about stuff like this) there is a whole lot more to my sexual life with my SO than just the regular old “sex” you seem to be referring to. Mutual masturbation being one of them…along with a host of other things I’m not going to get into here. And no, there’s no cheating going on.
Can I just share a really bizarre story that really made me shake with laughter?
Once this one guy and I were getting it on, etc., but I didn’t want to have sex with him on that occasion. So he was straddling me and started jerking himself off. All of a sudden he got up and left the room.
He came back from the bathroom with a handful of tissues, spread them out into nice little rectangles, wrapped the “pancake” over his penis and continued to jerk off.
I was trying really hard not to laugh and managed to ask him what the hell he was doing. He said the tissues were softer than his hand and preferred to use them instead. He had to periodically stop and readjust and refold them. HILARIOUS.
I never took him seriously and showed him the door shortly afterwards. Men, please, if you do this IRL, don’t do it in front of a woman.
Thanks.
Formerly unknown as “Melanie”
Damn it, I don’t know how that happened. The second paragraph of that last post are my words, not Ranger Jeff’s.
Masturbation wearing a condom…That’s just about the safest sex possible!!! Dr. Ruth would be proud!
Because it is a totally differet thing? I don’t even consider them to be that related. I masturbate when I want that and I have sex whe I want that. Sometimes it’s nice to have that selfishly intimate time with yourself.
I’m closing in on 2 years, myself, and I’m married. I just don’t want sex (medication side effect). That is irrelevant though. Personally, I’d think it was pretty weird if the guy I was with NEVER masturbated. Again, it has nothing to do with whether or not (or how often) you’r getting “real” sex.
The story in the OP sounds hauntingly familiar! Long ago, in a life lived far, far away, I saw a comdom wrapper in the bathroom garbage when I got home from work (late at night). I asked the (now former) SO about it, and got the same story as the girl in the OP.
The dickhead in my story said he did it in the shower! Why in the hell would you want to “not make a mess” when you are in the %#@ing shower*?!)
I believed it, for a while, because I wanted to. This proved, not long after, to be another stupid mistake on my part. (He had a prior record, but I sowanted to believe him when he swore he’d changed!)
Oh well.
Of course I don’t think all these guys who say they have used condoms to masturbate (not cheat) are lying. Just that a lot of assholes who cheat aren’t smart enough to hide, flush, or destroy the evidence.
Voted “Most Popular Small Appliance” on the SDMB 1999
(ok, so I made it up!)
Chrome Toaster
Truth or truth, a new game similar to truth or dare, but here there are no dares!
So tell me people, what have I been “missing” in lacking a very kinky side?
My SO and I have done the anal (on her :D) thing, and every position God let us bend into, and in great places, and of course, analingus (on her :D), cunnilingus, and felatio. So what am I missing, honestly?
"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
What are you missing? The scorecard, for one. Jaysus Christ, sex isn’t about what you did in what position for how long. And until you figure that one out, you’ll be missing a lot. 