# Those... err... "special moments." **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 5, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024 "2009-04-05T02:14:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/1 "2009-04-05T02:14:23Z")
Does anyone else have the experience of your blood singing or ringing in your ears during… err… “those special moments?” Any idea if it’s indicative of a disorder or dysfunction at all? Circulatory condition? Or just one of those inestimable differences among individuals? “—Once. In 1960. For 20 minutes.” I could not resist. Still a serious question, though. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/2 "2009-04-05T02:42:29Z")
All I know is I want the phone number of the girl you were with. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/3 "2009-04-05T03:58:52Z")
As always, you should not seek medical advice on an online message board. But for what it’s worth ringing in the ears can be a sign of high blood pressure. See if you can convince your partner to dress up in a sexy nurse’s costume and take your blood pressure during sex. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/4 "2009-04-05T04:39:48Z")
Do you mean when you have an erection, when you actually come, or something else? Be specific, man! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/5 "2009-04-05T04:47:12Z")
I agree with Little Nemo. Go to the doc, tell them what’s going on, and at the very least have the doc check your blood pressure. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/6 "2009-04-05T05:42:46Z")
When you go to the doc, be sure to talk to him about the possibility of having a restriction in a blood vessel in your neck. My doc says that’s one thing which can cause you to hear ringing or heartbeat in your ears. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/7 "2009-04-05T07:56:36Z")
Thanks for your concern; however, _I’m a girl._ And actually, my blood pressure tends to be a little low. Perhaps my vein walls are unused to the increased blood pressure of, er, you know. **NinetyWt:** Now, that’s something I hadn’t thought of. But it is the kind of thing I had in mind. Well, plus I just wanted to know if other people had this happen. Heh, Rule 34! ---
**Author:** ![Ellef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8dc957/32.png) [@Ellef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellef)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/8 "2009-04-05T08:27:05Z")
My ears whistle a bit sometimes and it’s because of wax buildup. There must be a way for you to romantically work this into the pillow talk during a “special moment”! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/9 "2009-04-05T08:49:39Z")
I sometimes hear my pulse pounding . . . during and immediately after orgasm. Never anything that I’d describe as “singing” though. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/10 "2009-04-05T15:32:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Thanks for your concern; however, I’m a girl. Sorry about that. I was thinking you had recently posted that you were a man despite having a feminine sounded username. I must have been thinking of somebody else. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-err-special-moments/492024/11 "2009-04-05T18:20:18Z")
**Brewha** , maybe? What it sounds like actually is a very hydraulic kind of sound – like you might hear in a pump room. A rhythmic, well, whoosh, but I mean the word in the original sense. “Blood singing in your ears” is an expression that may have become old-fashioned. It is associated with … you know, I’m not really sure. Usually it’s used in literature at a point where the narrator has come to some kind of epiphany or crisis. So it seemed like the right expression to use. I googled the term and got this thread. :dubious: