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To feel weird about being second woman on sex chair

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TheBloomingDahlia · 24/05/2026 09:31

I don’t think I am BU but interested in whether other people would just get over it.

Been with my boyfriend for two years, we don’t live together yet and he has just got some furniture out of storage after moving house. One item that he has recently mentioned is a curvy foam chair/sofa thing made for sex. I will add a photo of similar. Although he originally bought it new I think it’s fairly likely he has had sex with his ex on it.

I am not usually jealous at all but I feel really weird about this - I guess because it’s specially made for sex? And because it’s foam I feel like if it wasn’t covered it has probably absorbed some juices 🙈. Although surely any bacteria will be dead after two years. I just don’t want to be lying on this thing knowing his ex was in the same positions, thinking maybe she was face down in the same spot and we would be basically cheek to cheek!

These feelings are all new to me as I don’t usually think about exes and I’ve never been confronted with sex furniture/toys/accessories that weren’t my own or bought new. AIBU to feel weird about this? Would you just put a waterproof sheet down and try to get over it, or refuse to use it because you don’t want to feel uncomfortable during sex?

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OtterlyAstounding · 24/05/2026 13:50

I don't even understand how that chair is supposed to make sex possible, let alone easier. Is he supposed to try to cram his knees onto that tiny sliver of space either side of her legs? Squat above her, with legs akimbo? It looks like a hindrance rather than a help. I don't get it!

Also, yes, it's gross to use the sex furniture he used with his ex. After all, would you let him use the dildo he used on his ex on you, if he sterilised it well? If not, then don't use the weird sex furniture that hasn't been sterilised, and has been marinating for years.

Jellybelly80 · 24/05/2026 13:48

catsmother · 24/05/2026 11:07

And then you have the original royal sex chair, a bespoke creation made for Edward VII which provides hours and hours of fun .... just from trying to work out who and/or what goes where!

I was hoping someone would post this. I didn’t want to take the chance given I was sitting in an auditorium and didn’t want the people behind me to see it.

FamBae · 24/05/2026 13:47

OP, I voted YNBU because you dont have to do, or use anything you're not comfortable with.

BMW58 · 24/05/2026 13:46

Calliopespa · 24/05/2026 13:37

Well I am clearly very pure-minded as my guess would have been an upholstered sledge.

Ladies sitting primly with their hands in muffs ... so to speak.

Please......I'm dying here....... 😂😂😂

CoudyWithAChanceOfCustard · 24/05/2026 13:44

If it came with an iPad holder I might be tempted…I could watch Yellowstone whilst he was ‘busy’ (and would definitely not be fantasising that Rip was riding me like a stallion 🤣).

Otherwise I’d take it to the dump.

Also…the overuse of the word ‘juices’ has seriously tickled me…can’t stop laughing every time I read it 😂😂

sunnydisaster · 24/05/2026 13:41

I‘m old!

Maddy70 · 24/05/2026 13:38

The fact he owns a sex chair would be enough of a turn off for me

SleepingStandingUp · 24/05/2026 13:37

I'd get him to sell it online and then if YOU want a sex chair in YOUR house to use with him, you guys can look to buy a new one.

it doesn't matter if you're unreasonable or not. it's sex. don't do or be bullied into doing it anywhere or any how you don't want to.

do you want to do it a lot in this position? don't answer that here, but I'd consider his level of expectations and why he's only getting it out now

Calliopespa · 24/05/2026 13:37

catsmother · 24/05/2026 11:07

And then you have the original royal sex chair, a bespoke creation made for Edward VII which provides hours and hours of fun .... just from trying to work out who and/or what goes where!

Well I am clearly very pure-minded as my guess would have been an upholstered sledge.

Ladies sitting primly with their hands in muffs ... so to speak.

SweetnsourNZ · 24/05/2026 13:36

Please tell me this is a wind up and you are having a poke at the thread the other day.

Calliopespa · 24/05/2026 13:33

Badbadbunny · 24/05/2026 13:17

Many sofas and car seats are also cloth and don't have removable covers for washing.

I'd only be grossed out with either if there were obvious stains on it, regardless of what the stains were, whether sex related, or more normally just drinks or food, or even sick/urine/poo etc. You never know what previous people have done unless you buy new.

But the vast majority of those are protected against by the customary use of pants when sitting on furniture.

If I knew your and your OH drove about in your car in the nude, I probably would be asking someone else for a lift - though admittedly at that point the upholstery might not be the biggest concern looming in my mind ...

Coffecakeicing · 24/05/2026 13:32

Good lord OP, raise your bar.
I would clamp shut at even seeing such a thing.
Total turn off.

BMW58 · 24/05/2026 13:30

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 24/05/2026 12:54

Purple stick figure gets all the fun without much work.

I dunno........in the last diagram purple doesn't seem to be getting any action at all.....not even a good view.

Perhaps just having a catnap in preparation for the next round ?

TheDogsMother · 24/05/2026 13:29

Sweetharmony252 · 24/05/2026 10:03

They're sex people Lynn

🤣

OhThePotential · 24/05/2026 13:27

Greenwitchart · 24/05/2026 09:47

Frankly a man talking about/buying a ''sex chair'' would be an instant turn off for me in the first place.

Yes. I’d not be keen. Juices or no juices.

JayJayj · 24/05/2026 13:24

neverbeenskiing · 24/05/2026 13:18

Can any sex chair users explain to me why you can't just get on your knees on a bed, or bend over a regular chair or the arm of the sofa? I suppose it can get a tad uncomfortable after a while. But how many hours are people actually spending being railed from behind that they need a piece of equipment that takes up that much space in their house?

I’m not a user, but I recently saw an advertisement for one. I have fibromyalgia, have constant pain. I physically can’t be in one position for long, I mean both sex and normal life. My hips and lower back are definitely the ones that suffer during sex. Something like this would definitely help me.

Pingpong76 · 24/05/2026 13:22

Making me laugh. Remembering a date a few years ago who bought a foam thing to try out alongside a veritable ‘tool kit.’ I kept sliding down it and giggling too much which put him off and I’m quite certain it was the wedge that never came between us in the end 😂

Overtheatlantic · 24/05/2026 13:22

What ever happened to a bottle of wine and a negligée?

OchreReader · 24/05/2026 13:21

Greenwitchart · 24/05/2026 09:47

Frankly a man talking about/buying a ''sex chair'' would be an instant turn off for me in the first place.

Agreed. Major turn off 🤮

RedTagAlan · 24/05/2026 13:20

Mimosaandonwards · 24/05/2026 10:30

It reminds me of one of one of those vinyl covered shapes you find in toddler soft play areas.

Yes. And it is also the same profile as a scrabble tile rack. So get a couple of long lines of them and play giant scrabble.

neverbeenskiing · 24/05/2026 13:18

Can any sex chair users explain to me why you can't just get on your knees on a bed, or bend over a regular chair or the arm of the sofa? I suppose it can get a tad uncomfortable after a while. But how many hours are people actually spending being railed from behind that they need a piece of equipment that takes up that much space in their house?

Badbadbunny · 24/05/2026 13:17

Calliopespa · 24/05/2026 12:57

The bed has sheets on it.

The sex chair is frankly ick. That one looks all velvety which is going to get covered in bodily fluids. Does it not have a peel off cover for washing? Because it should ...

Many sofas and car seats are also cloth and don't have removable covers for washing.

I'd only be grossed out with either if there were obvious stains on it, regardless of what the stains were, whether sex related, or more normally just drinks or food, or even sick/urine/poo etc. You never know what previous people have done unless you buy new.

Papster · 24/05/2026 13:16

Scoose · 24/05/2026 09:49

What's with the posts about sex chairs lately I saw another one yesterday

I’d never heard of one until this week

EmeraldShamrock000 · 24/05/2026 13:13

Well I’ve heard it all now. 😳

Itsasecretnow · 24/05/2026 13:11

CaramacBar · 24/05/2026 13:10

For me it's the thought of someone saying (or implying) that "This is my sex chair that I put women over to shag" that would be a turn off.

I think I’d be quite bored with the restriction of positions 😄