# Why the hell would any woman want NuvaRing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 22, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385 "2006-10-22T00:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/41 "2006-10-24T03:49:08Z")
Taste it? Isn’t it worn back near the cervix? Are there actually people who (a) dig having someone stick their tongue way back there, and/or (b) human beings whose tongues are that long? I haven’t tried it, but next time I go on birth control, I’m planning to try it. I hope it works for me, as it seems so convenient. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/42 "2006-10-24T07:36:59Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] Brendan Behan (playwright) once called it a woman’s “cathedral.” Nice double-meaning. [/QUOTE] I find Jesus in there sometimes. Yet to meet a priest or monk in one though. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/43 "2006-10-24T10:27:26Z")
I love the concept of NuvaRing and i tried it for a few months. I liked having to just put something up my Hoohah (Yes, I call it a hoohah too, and I think it’s cute. So there.) and forget about it for three weeks. BUT…I guess I have a weird shaped vagina or something, because no matter how far I crammed it up there, it would slip out just enough for me to feel it, and I would have to go to the restroom and stick it up there again. It got really annoying. So I went back on the pill. I don’t like having to take the pill (remembering to take a pill once a day can be difficult. Sounds like it shouldn’t be, but sometimes you get distracted and can be late or forget it.) I would probably hate the patch. But I hate condoms most of all, therefore, I am on the pill. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/44 "2006-10-24T12:27:22Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] And while I’m here, **gigi** twat is almost as bad as vagina. Almost. But cunt is (IMHO) the direct corallation to cock. Short and to the point. Perky 😛 . [/QUOTE] Hmmm. I don’t think I ever use “cock” either. Come to think of it, I think I call a penis a hoo-hah as well. I was talking to an IT guy yesterday about using predefined routines vs. writing our own and when I suggested something he said “Now you’re getting into the ‘c’ word.” Of course he meant “customization”, but my mind always wanders to Dirtyland. “Get rid of the Seaward.” “I can hear you!” ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/45 "2006-10-24T15:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] Taste it? Isn’t it worn back near the cervix? Are there actually people who (a) dig having someone stick their tongue way back there, and/or (b) human beings whose tongues are that long? [/QUOTE] (a) don’t know, (b) don’t think so. Maybe Gene Simmons if he was really happy to see me. I was thinking more about the hormone release mixed with the taste of plastic. Or if it gave off a liquid like the VCFs used to. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/46 "2006-10-24T15:47:36Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] I find Jesus in there sometimes. Yet to meet a priest or monk in one though. [/QUOTE] You haven’t by any chance found my watch have you? It belonged to my Gramps and is of great sentimental value even tho’it stopped working years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/47 "2006-10-24T16:06:10Z")
> [@BoBettie](#): > > Because you just cram it up your cramhole once a month, that’s it! Nice and easy. Who wouldn’t want that? Very convenient and easy to use. That sounds like an advertisement voiceover. And I’ve got the perfect jingle: \*Cram it, cram it, cram it, Cram it up yer cramhole Cram it, cram it, cram it, Cram it up yer cramhole\* [sup]\*[/sup] Apologies to Frank Zappa. On second thought he might’ve found this funny, so I retract them. [sup]\*[/sup] adulterated lyrics from “Broken Hearts Are For Assholes” ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/48 "2006-10-24T16:13:53Z")
I’m just glad so many women are on it these days. When it first came out, it was a rarity and I had a life insurance interview in which I had to report all medications. I thought I would going to draw the guy a frickin’ DIAGRAM to make him understand how I could be on birth control without it being an oral pill. I’m a regular user of terms like “cooter” and “cramhole” but they don’t work so well in that context. I hope the OP is satisfied with the multiple explanations of why some of us don’t just slap a patch on our asses. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/49 "2006-10-24T16:54:29Z")
Guys, you’ll have to get your female S.O. a prescription for a NuvaRing. They cost around $34.00 each in Canada and last 3 weeks or so. Well worth it in my opinion. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/50 "2006-10-25T02:59:18Z")
[QUOTE=ShelliBean] (a) don’t know, (b) don’t think so. Maybe Gene Simmons if he was really happy to see me. I was thinking more about the hormone release mixed with the taste of plastic. Or if it gave off a liquid like the VCFs used to. [/QUOTE] Oh! Sorry if that came off bitchy. I never even thought of that leaching aspect. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/51 "2006-10-25T04:02:00Z")
[QUOTE=Carl Corey] That sounds like an advertisement voiceover. And I’ve got the perfect jingle: \*Cram it, cram it, cram it, Cram it up yer cramhole Cram it, cram it, cram it, Cram it up yer cramhole\* [sup]\*[/sup] [/QUOTE] Aw great, now I’ve got a mix of this and that “Head-On!” commercial in my head: “Cram-It! Apply directly into your cramhole!” ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/52 "2006-10-25T15:59:39Z")
Excellent. Then my work here is done. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/53 "2006-10-25T16:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Aw great, now I’ve got a mix of this and that “Head-On!” commercial in my head: “Cram-It! Apply directly into your cramhole!” [/QUOTE] Lucky. I, not knowing Frank Zappa, have the lyrics in question to the tune of _The Dreidel Song_ going through my head. Try it, it works! Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, _cram it, cram it, cram it_ I made you out of clay, _Cram it up yer cramhole_ ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/54 "2006-10-25T17:58:50Z")
I used the ring for three months, and it was great, except that it made me really, really depressed, and I started getting migraines during my off weeks. That’s happened to me on a total of four different combo hormone BC methods so far. My doc’s got me on the minipill now to see if it’s the estrogen that’s the problem, and so far so good, but I haven’t had a period in nearly six weeks, which is weird. I know I’m not pregnant, but it’s still sorta odd, after having them about every five or so for more than half of my life. Not that I’m complaining! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/55 "2006-10-25T18:08:55Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Lucky. I, not knowing Frank Zappa, have the lyrics in question to the tune of _The Dreidel Song_ going through my head. Try it, it works! Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, _cram it, cram it, cram it_ I made you out of clay, _Cram it up yer cramhole_ [/QUOTE] That’s one hell of a lucky spin…! 😃 [Mr.Costanza] **“Million to one shot, Doc…Million to One!!!”** [/Mr.Costanza] ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/56 "2006-10-26T02:48:17Z")
[QUOTE=betenoir] (yes, guys, there’s such a thing as too big) [/QUOTE] My apologies. :o ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385/57 "2006-10-26T02:53:51Z")
[QUOTE=CrankyAsAnOldMan] I’m just glad so many women are on it these days. When it first came out, it was a rarity and I had a life insurance interview in which I had to report all medications. I thought I would going to draw the guy a frickin’ DIAGRAM to make him understand how I could be on birth control without it being an oral pill. I’m a regular user of terms like “cooter” and “cramhole” but they don’t work so well in that context. I hope the OP is satisfied with the multiple explanations of why some of us don’t just slap a patch on our asses. [/QUOTE] Hey, **Cranky**!! I didn’t know you were still on the Board! Glad to see you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hell-would-any-woman-want-nuvaring/377385.md?page=2)