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Men,Erections and swimming lessons

169 replies

RitaBix · 07/04/2011 10:52

I have been going to swimming lessons with ds for 8 weeks. We have one man in the group who stands at the end of the line and I stand next to him (being quite tall I like to stand in the deeper water) We say hello and do small talk
Three weeks ago I notice on getting out he has an erection I get a bit flustered and give him a smile and I am sure he saw me looking at it
Yesterday he had an erection as well
AIBU to be a little spooked out by this?
DH says sometimes they have a mind of their own and being in a pool with 7 women might just bring it to life

OP posts:
Newgolddream · 07/04/2011 12:33

We need the opinion of more men here - come on men come here and talk about your willies!!

Seriously Im with the vaguely disturbed attitude some people have in their quickness to label men pervs and so on, its quite sad really. My DH is a SAHD and would love to train to be a childminder but is acutely aware (through experience, talking to others to) that a lot of people still think this a bit "odd" - therefore there must be somethign strange about him wanting to work with kids - yet he would be a fantastic childminder!!!!!!!

piratecat · 07/04/2011 12:34

i wish i had a willy.

juneybean · 07/04/2011 12:34

Contract @ BristolJim

juneybean · 07/04/2011 12:34

Or constrict ...well now I'm confused!

MoreFruitLoopthanFruitShoot · 07/04/2011 12:35

Flaming am pmsl at 'ignorant about the ins and outs of erections" !!

diddl · 07/04/2011 12:36

Surely it depends on how he "dresses"?

My husband wears swim shorts & probably looks like he is "excited" to some as he would be pointing up rather than down iyswim & he´s not small.

But, what he wouldn´t have is a tent effectGrin

MissMcGeek · 07/04/2011 12:37

Well yes OP he is OBVIOUSLY sexually attracted to you and can't help himself. He must be constantly just thinking about you and watching you in the pool the whole time. Seriously what a digusting excuse for a human being, a man getting an erection, probably uncontrolably, in a public place.

Hmm
ShowOfHands · 07/04/2011 12:38

DH was asked to leave a pool once due to his 'arousal'. He wasn't aroused in the slightest. He had the same problem when he swam competitively. Small speedos through necessity, well endowed through luck. He was in his late teens and people just assumed he was getting carried away all the time.

I don't know why I'm telling you this.

BristolJim · 07/04/2011 12:39

Piratecat - they are ace. Bollocks I can live without as these can really smart if you catch them on something, but having a todger is ace.

Saltatrix · 07/04/2011 12:39

Well I am male yes you can get erections when you don't really want them there is not full control. And even if his erection wasn't because it was just random it might be that the OP in a bathing suit has a habit of looking at the guys shorts then smiling at him I imagine that many men would get an erection in that situation.

DingDongMerrilyOutOfSeason · 07/04/2011 12:40

What makes me a bit sad is the opinion that he should cut short his child's lesson short because he has a bodily function that a woman does not. Why should he get out early if he has paid for a whole session? OP, YABU. Don't look.

Blu · 07/04/2011 12:41

Tell us more, BristolJim

Nesbo · 07/04/2011 12:41

Probably TMI but I'm often at attention when I get off the Tube. Never notice until I have to get off, and then sometimes have to do some quick "rearranging" to make it less obvious (a real problem in summer if you don't have a coat). Probably looks like I am just touching myself up so am no doubt branded a perv when that happens.

MIFLAW · 07/04/2011 12:41

Owning a penis is all right.

It has its ups and downs.

nijinsky · 07/04/2011 12:42

I don't think its unreasonable to think a man who knew he had an erection would try to hide it. Particularly in swimwear at a swimming pool. I would hope that a man in the street or on the bus or a train who had an erection would at least try to be discrete as well.

What is unclear here is whether he had an erection or whether he was trying to hide it by coming out last.

I have honestly never seen a man with an erection at a swimming pool (except once when I was flashed at abroad) and I used to swim multiple times a week.

CurrySpice · 07/04/2011 12:42

To show off showofhands? Wink :o

MIFLAW · 07/04/2011 12:42

Nesbo

That's exactly it, isn't it? On the Tube you can hold your bag in front of you, put your coat on, bend down to tie your laces, even miss your stop if you're that worried.

What can you do in a swimming pool? Stay in the water like some sort of cretin or brazen it out.

AlistairSim · 07/04/2011 12:43

Your first mistake was to smile at his cock.
You must never ever smile at a penis.
I know from experience that this penis-grinning can only lead to bad things.

Suggest that next time he holds his small child over his erection.

MIFLAW · 07/04/2011 12:44

nijinsky

"I have honestly never seen a man with an erection at a swimming pool (except once when I was flashed at abroad) and I used to swim multiple times a week."

Perhaps, you are lucky; or blissfully unobservant; or perhaps, unlike the OP, you don't stare at men's cocks and then leer at them.

Saltatrix · 07/04/2011 12:44

I'm sure many of you wonder why men keep adjusting themselves in public, well secrets out it's because they have erections they don't want people to see. So when you see a man adjust himself give him a nod of approval he is doing society a favour.

MIFLAW · 07/04/2011 12:45

alistair

Never smile at a cock-o-dile

ShowOfHands · 07/04/2011 12:45

To show off? Isn't my penis. I'm known locally as the poor woman married to that man.

FlamingJamie · 07/04/2011 12:50

I think BristolJim's post sounds sensible.

I must ask DH about this though - and with two boys to bring up, I think I need to learn more about the male anatomy

systemsaddict · 07/04/2011 12:50

I am weeping with laughter at my desk here.

SpringHeeledJack · 07/04/2011 12:50
Grin

bet they all shake their heads as you pass. 'I don't know how she bears it, him with that giant knob.' 'Ooh, I know, dear. The poor love'

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