To have never sent an explicit photo to anyone?

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It sometimes feels like I’m the only person who isn’t sending off intimate photos?

fair enough I’m mid 50s but even so.

YABU…never ending stream of photos of bits is normal now.
YANBU…God no.

I’m in my 70s and sent one to my DH. Well before the age of smartphones. He was away on a course and missing me, so I sent it as a nice surprise. It meant a lot to him.

Me neither and I wouldn’t do it 😆 also in my 50s

Nope me neither. I am actually horrified by the lack of regard some teens seem to have for their own privacy and dignity. Once lost they can be hard to get back.

I’m in my 30s and have never done this. And never will!

Also in my 50s and wouldn't do it; I just don't get it. A recently divorced friend was bombarded with dick pics when she started online dating. We were all baffled by it as a) not exactly alluring b) doesn't suggest great critical judgement faculties and c) definitely not a thing in ye olden days. Each to their own I suppose between consenting adults, but I'm concerned about the implications for teenagers. And I do think it's an idiotic thing for an MP or indeed anyone in public life to do.

I don’t think anyone who can laugh at themselves does this.

I couldn’t send my husband a photo like that with a straight face.

I never understand people who send nudes to randoms and then don't understand when someone has seen them without their consent.
It's such a dodgy thing to do. If I did I'd accept the fact they could be being sold or used to sell all sorts of horrible things. I'd literally rather go on only fans and sell them if I wanted to get nude online.
I really find the whole idea of it disgusting. I know I'm probably old school and a prude. But it's grim. Especially now it seems underage kids are doing it all the time.

Same here …

Dear God, no, not in a million years. Not even if DH was working away. I don’t have the technical know-how to make them secure - and even then I’m suspicious enough to assume that people could hack them.

I'm all for being sensible, but I find this a bit much.

Why not go a step further and never have sex?when very young, I was coerced into sex and had a video taken without my consent, and threaten to share it. Anyone with access to a phone, who is that way inclined, can get what they want - willingly or not.

I've sent and received photos to my SO. I trust him 100%. Very few people are malevolent enough to go as far as sharing images. In the vast majority of cases, it's deleted or kept for personal use.

And even when things go wrong, we have laws preventing the sharing and weaponising intimate images. The case I mentioned was referred to the police.

I've never sent or given anyone a nude photo of myself, unless there are some ancient black and white photos from when I was a baby.

The only nude pic I've seen was when we were students and lived next door to a gay pub. A polaroid was chucked over the fence into our back garden once, but as there were 8 of us I'm not sure who the intended recipient was.

It was of a man from the neck down, kind of crouching down, totally naked apart from a rather fetching pair of those boring Hush Puppy sandals. He did have quite a big willy.

There's a part of me questioning whether this is a reverse...

Man who hasn't got any naughty pics from his OH, either trying to find out whether his woman is being a prude or trying to shame those online that haven't either.

As for me, don't get me wrong, I love receiving them, but would never chance sending them.

I’ve never sent anything explicit.

In fact I’ve never posted a single photo of me or my family online or on social media. I value my privacy too much to do that. I also ask others not to post any of our family in part because having a blank online profile is helpful for my job and also because I don’t want my DS to have a publicly available audit trail of his life available online before he is old enough to make that decision for himself.

I am similarly reluctant about public photos. Deep fakes these days are scary. Have an ongoing argument at work where they try to make me put a photo on the website and I say no or avoid the issue until they forget.

I actually think sending personal photos has helped me to see myself in a new and sexier light, though. If it's with a partner who is really enthusiastic it can be quite an affirming experience.

I was a teen when Snapchat was in its ‘prime’ and unfortunately I got roped into doing it. Part of me wanted to as a form of getting complimented, part of me done it because I felt pressured as everyone was doing it and everyone was asking. I’m now 27 and very much regret it and would never do anything like that now.

I think the idea of Snapchat is alluring to people who do it because it disappears and if someone does screenshot it to ‘keep’ ,it notifies them that they done it. But the privacy of doing something ‘naughty’ in the moment and it being gone without a trace is an awful concept and I loath Snapchat for kind of promoting concepts like this.

I wouldn’t judge people who choose to do it, as long as they don’t feel pressured and it’s consensual then I think adults should be free to do what they want.

No. It's not something I would do. Not for moral/safety reasons I just don't think it's sexy.

I used to live with an artist and was a subject for photos, sketches and paintings quite regularly. No idea if they still exist

I'm in my mid 30s and never have. It's just not something I find appealing. A small part of it is a lack of body confidence as well, but mostly I just think it's a lot of risk for (to me) minimal gain.

I'm 52 and share pics with my FWB who I've not actually seen for 7yrs! Never have my face in them, he doesn't either. It's a bit of fun, harmless, and we enjoy it. We're both single and it scratches an itch.

This!

I have sent both nudes and video to my long term partner. Sent encrypted and I fully trust him but if they did get out like, whatever. I am not going to feel bad about a video sent to my partner in a mutually enjoyable sexual encounter. If someone saw them and judged me about it or used my video as wank fodder without my consent that says far more about them then it does about me having taken those images.

Nope, never have and never will. I'm mid 40s.

Same. But also I'm not particularly sexy so the photos would be so awkward and unattractive. Also I don't think penises are that photogenic so wouldn't really want to receive one 😅

No different from people who have posed nude in men's magazines many years ago only to have it thrown in their faces when they reach fame or notoriety. It's not worth it .

I can’t believe you even have to ask this question?

I've never received one either. I must live in some sort of parallel universe.

Tbh I regret not taking more when I was in my 20s and had it all to flaunt!

I also don't especially fear where they will wind up. Who is going to hack my phone?

My biggest claim to fame is dating someone famous. But I'm still a " nobody ". I don't think my random pics are going to be prized possessions.

Although I hope the people who've received them enjoy them.