ooops.
But not so good that you should risk going without one until you and your partner have been checked out.
Thanks for all the input so far, guys.
And for the record, I would never have unprotected sex until I was ready to have kids…I was just wondering if it was likely that using condoms as the method of protection would decrease feeling so much for my SO that it’d be better to opt for another birth control method, and what would be the best condoms on the market to minimize the loss. Thanks for the concern, though, guys.
Thanks again, and keep the recommendations coming. (Pun not intended. As if…that’s just vulgar. ;))
My brother “had” to get married as the result of an ultra-thin condom. The kid is pretty cute though.
I like Dennis Miller’s solution. He joked that he wore two condoms during his everyday life, then took one off to have sex and felt free as a bird. 
Without is more comfortable for me (the woman) but at first, I wasn’t willing to go without, pills or no pills. Fortunately, he was willing. I wouldn’t use them as primary birth control, but I’m paranoid.
I can’t quantify it either, but it was very different for us. Once we were both sure we were clean, she persuaded me to try it without a condom, and I haven’t even thought about putting one on since. All we’d used were Trojans (two different types, don’t ask me which) - two standard kinds. Knowing what it’s like without them, I can say they were not good. I’m sure better brands can be found, but I can’t help much there. Fortunately, other people here seem quite opinionated on the subject.
It goes without saying, of course, that it’s better to be safe and have sex of lesser quality. Sex is great, but it’s not worth that kind of risk.
Out of curiosity, has anyone tried the “female condom”? How does that feel, as compared to your ordinary run-of-the-mill male condom?
In college, I used the Kimonos everyone’s talking about, and they were better than the sheik ultra-thins my brother recommended. In fact, after a long time using them, I went back to a regular latex condom one night, when it was handiest, and nearly laughed out loud upon insertion - I couldn’t feel a damned thing. It was like my penis was just gone…!! Hilarious! Didn’t know her well enough to share the joke, though, and she might’ve taken some kinda offense or something…
Both my husband and I hate condoms. When we went off the pill and had to do the recommended 3 months of alternate birthcontrol we tried a condom once but halfway through the deed we stopped and got rid of it.
We switched to the sponge for a little while and that was fine … no sensation loss for either of us.
Oh yeah, I’d forgotten about those. I’d used them a few times. They were sort of comical to “install” but I didn’t notice any real difference in sensation. I actually heard it’s supposed to feel more pleasurable for the woman because the outer ring rubs the labia, etc during the act. How it feels for a guy I have no idea.