# What's your orgasm like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760 "2006-06-22T19:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jombi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jombi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jombi)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/1 "2006-06-22T19:44:01Z")
My SO (and the previous SO wannabes) have always noted that I have startlingly vigorous orgasms. By this, I mean that I am quite animated, vocal, physically active in every way during an orgasm. I mean it’s a real mind-blowing moment in which it feels like my head is exploding (in a good way) and there is no way in hell I can prevent myself from grunting, groaning, screaming, convulsing, and generally thrashing about, clutching her hard, etc. Basically your full blown, all out, full body orgasm. Many times I have opened my eyes to see my partner looking concerned and maybe just a little frightened, until I explained that this was normal and I wasn’t dying or possessed by a demon. Now my SO is used to it, even enjoys seeing that she can do that to me. Also, my orgasm tends to last a good long while. I’ve taught my SO that it lasts longer than she might think, and if I’m not responding when she starts talking to me, it’s because it ain’t over yet! Now I don’t mean any of this as bragging because it doesn’t necessarily say anything about my virility. (It might say something about my lovely SO, however.) I’m asking because I want to know how typical this is. I’ve seen porn in which the guy’s orgasm seems to be him going “Oh, oh… yeah…” and he’s done. I always see that and think “That’s it? That’s it!!!” ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/2 "2006-06-22T19:50:59Z")
Shooting this from MPSIMS to IMHO. [sub]_Shooting_. Get it? It’s a scream, I tellya.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/3 "2006-06-22T19:55:15Z")
What do your neighbors down the street think? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/4 "2006-06-22T19:57:35Z")
I’m having one right now. Connecticut turkeybaster pancake! There, that was nice. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/5 "2006-06-22T20:32:28Z")
The only thing that is interesting about mine is that sometimes the lower half of my face goes numb for 30 seconds or so. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/6 "2006-06-22T20:46:11Z")
I feel it in my eyelids, even. I think that’s probably emblematic enough information, considering how many people here know me outside of the text on this board:) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/7 "2006-06-22T20:47:21Z")
[quote] The only thing that is interesting about mine is that sometimes the lower half of my face goes numb [/quiote] Stop masturbating in the dentist’s chair. ---
**Author:** ![sabatobello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@sabatobello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sabatobello)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/8 "2006-06-22T21:22:34Z")
My eyes roll back in a very possessed by Pazuzu fashion. If only I could moan and gasp backwards… ---
**Author:** ![Amaranta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/9 "2006-06-22T21:24:34Z")
I usually have one or two little ones to start - the kind where warmth just spreads all over my body, and I cry out a little. This leads up to the major intense oh god I can’t breath I’m seeing stars wow I can feel it all the way to my toes oh god my nipples are tingling oh wow, uh, your neighbours are going to be looking at me weird from now on. I know I make really porn-y sounds when coming, but it’s not a show for anyone’s benefit. I seriously cannot control the gasping and moaning. That’s normal, right? ---
**Author:** ![Sofaspud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@Sofaspud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofaspud)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/10 "2006-06-23T00:35:04Z")
[QUOTE=Amaranta] I usually have one or two little ones to start - the kind where warmth just spreads all over my body, and I cry out a little. This leads up to the major intense oh god I can’t breath I’m seeing stars wow I can feel it all the way to my toes oh god my nipples are tingling oh wow, uh, your neighbours are going to be looking at me weird from now on. [/quote] _twitch, twitch_ Must… suppress… visuals… > [@Amaranta](#): > > I know I make really porn-y sounds when coming, but it’s not a show for anyone’s benefit. I seriously cannot control the gasping and moaning. That’s normal, right? I certainly hope so! 😃 ## –sofaspud ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/11 "2006-06-23T01:40:40Z")
Well, I always have my eyes open. I also look like I’m in pain, like Gethsemane pain. Oddly enough, I always come on the flystroke. I don’t know why that is. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/12 "2006-06-23T01:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=SkipMagic] It’s a scream, I tellya. [/QUOTE] Is that your answer to the OP’s question? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/13 "2006-06-23T02:24:57Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Oddly enough, I always come on the flystroke. [/QUOTE] 😕 What does that mean? ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/14 "2006-06-23T02:43:42Z")
Guy here. I can feel good ones in the soles of my feet. A tingling sensation. Not too vocal though unless it is really good. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/15 "2006-06-23T02:57:15Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Well, I always have my eyes open. I also look like I’m in pain, like Gethsemane pain. Oddly enough, I always come on the flystroke. I don’t know why that is. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Antigen] 😕 What does that mean? [/QUOTE] I don’t know, but now I have a great contribution to the “What have you thought about and wished you hadn’t?” thread… ---
**Author:** ![Kiminy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/16 "2006-06-23T03:20:38Z")
I pass out during a really good orgasm. Well, “pass out” may not be the correct term–I become completely limp, with no ability to make sound or voluntary movement of any kind. The duration depends on how good the orgasm was, but rarely lasts for more than a few minutes. The first time it happened, my partner freaked out, and was afraid he had killed me. After that, I warned other partners about it ahead of time, although none of them really believed me until they saw it happen. It also usually took two or three experiences for the partner in question to understand that I really _wanted_ him to just keep going even though I appeared unconscious, since it made the orgasm last longer. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/17 "2006-06-23T03:45:24Z")
[QUOTE=Kiminy] I pass out during a really good orgasm. Well, “pass out” may not be the correct term–I become completely limp, with no ability to make sound or voluntary movement of any kind. The duration depends on how good the orgasm was, but rarely lasts for more than a few minutes. The first time it happened, my partner freaked out, and was afraid he had killed me. After that, I warned other partners about it ahead of time, although none of them really believed me until they saw it happen. It also usually took two or three experiences for the partner in question to understand that I really _wanted_ him to just keep going even though I appeared unconscious, since it made the orgasm last longer. [/QUOTE] So the way to get you to stop nagging so much is, in fact, to have really good sex with you. Hypothetically speaking, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/18 "2006-06-23T07:28:55Z")
Woah. I thought you were a girl at first, with all the groaning and screaming and thrashing about. Incredible. During my orgasm, if it’s a mediocre one (they vary widely in quality, seemingly at random) I just sort of shoot off and I’m done. No moaning, no groaning, no wild thrashing, no screaming. The better the orgasm, the clutchier I get–I grab onto her tight, or if I’m, er, by myself, I grab onto my shins (well, OK, one of them) really hard until it’s over. Still really no vocalisms at all, though. Man, it feels like it’s been years since I’ve had sex! And it’s amazingly been only about 2-2.5 months. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/19 "2006-06-23T12:35:26Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] The better the orgasm, the clutchier I get–I grab onto her tight, or if I’m, er, by myself, **I grab onto my shins (well, OK, one of them)** really hard until it’s over. [/QUOTE] I’m trying to imagine the position you’d have to be in to accomplish this. Then again, I don’t want to imagine it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760/20 "2006-06-23T12:59:46Z")
[Old Joke, New Twist] What does **fetus** wear behind his ears to attract girls? His ankles![/OJ,NT] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-orgasm-like/361760.md?page=2)