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To think I can make this work even though he’s so small?

175 replies

Taoffg · 18/10/2026 21:31

Can’t actually believe I’m posting this. Been seeing someone for two months, first couple of weeks it was a couple of coffees and then it became more. I am fast falling for this person, he is everything I have been looking for in someone and has shown nothing but kindness, decency and care.

But I do love sex and it’s a big part of a relationship for me. We’ve had some fumbles and I can tell he is very small even when erect. It’s not thin as well as short, mainly just short. I feel a bit ridiculous saying this as of course size shouldn’t matter if you truly want to be with someone and I think I actually could ignore that part of it if I needed to, but I’m wondering if anyone else has a man like this but sex is still good and fulfilling as in the penetration? I know there’s plenty of other stuff to do but this is new territory for me as I think it is much below average size!

ps NC for obvious reasons but been on here for years!

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notspringingback · 18/10/2026 21:38

Lots of people don’t orgasm from PIV sex anyway. I’d say wait to see how his fingers and his tongue perform before ruling anything out.

Taoffg · 18/10/2026 21:39

@notspringingback yes this is what I was thinking.

I do really value the intimacy with sex though, being together in that moment.

I don’t know if I’m not feeling it fully under his jeans and maybe it’s not AS small as it seems

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Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:42

I don’t think you should pressure yourself to go along with size doesn’t matter - that sounds like something men want us to believe

if you haven’t seen it yet you might be wrong!

Taoffg · 18/10/2026 21:43

@Tinydanceer ive felt it under jeans a few times and it seems erect and maybe like the length of three of my fingers together. Just feel like he won’t enjoy sex either like that

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OriginalSkang · 18/10/2026 21:44

How wpuld have your fingers together make them longer?

UnwillingAdvocate · 18/10/2026 21:44

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:42

I don’t think you should pressure yourself to go along with size doesn’t matter - that sounds like something men want us to believe

if you haven’t seen it yet you might be wrong!

Your misandry is showing. Can you imagine men having that same attitude towards breasts? That it sounds like something a woman would say that breast size doesn’t matter?

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:45

I’d say reserve judgement - he might have good technique - then decide

SendforJulietOne · 18/10/2026 21:45

My ex was very small. I only really "felt" him in doggy style. But he was AMAZING at everything else, especially oral, so I was super satisfied before we even got to that part.

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:48

SendforJulietOne · 18/10/2026 21:45

My ex was very small. I only really "felt" him in doggy style. But he was AMAZING at everything else, especially oral, so I was super satisfied before we even got to that part.

Nothing to do with him being an ex then?

HowTheLight · 18/10/2026 21:49

Seriously? You’re falling for someone and you start an internet thread about the inadequate size of his genitals as felt by you through his trousers? Well, romance is not dead.

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:51

HowTheLight · 18/10/2026 21:49

Seriously? You’re falling for someone and you start an internet thread about the inadequate size of his genitals as felt by you through his trousers? Well, romance is not dead.

Yes because it legitimately concerns her

what are you concerned about?

Arabelllllllla · 18/10/2026 21:52

Well why dont you try and see? Rather than rely on the opinions of other people. Because honestly we can't tell you what to do here because it's so deeply personal. If he can pleasure you sufficiently in other ways it might be fine??

I dated someone with a very small appendage and I really liked him. But it did bother me in the end, its not why I broke up with him but in hindsight I was a bit relieved.

Some women may not care, some of my friends are almost asexual and prefer sex a few times a year so for them not an issue!

topcat2014 · 18/10/2026 21:52

Jeans are not hugely forgiving in terms of space. You should wait to judge out in the open.

Arabelllllllla · 18/10/2026 21:54

UnwillingAdvocate · 18/10/2026 21:44

Your misandry is showing. Can you imagine men having that same attitude towards breasts? That it sounds like something a woman would say that breast size doesn’t matter?

What?! It isnt misandry, it's a personal preference. Plenty of men have a personal preference for a breast size, why do you think lad mags and page 3 were so popular. Do you live in cloud cuckoo land?! Men still have physical preferences and date according to them.

Shloopie · 18/10/2026 21:55

UnwillingAdvocate · 18/10/2026 21:44

Your misandry is showing. Can you imagine men having that same attitude towards breasts? That it sounds like something a woman would say that breast size doesn’t matter?

Women are allowed have a preference for a certain size of penis. Men are welcome to have a preference for a certain size of breast.

Deal with it.

CarbonelKitten · 18/10/2026 21:55

I think you're just going to have to "suck it and see" 😆 You won't know until you go there.

Too big is a problem I've encountered but not too small.

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:56

topcat2014 · 18/10/2026 21:52

Jeans are not hugely forgiving in terms of space. You should wait to judge out in the open.

yes it could be so big it’s doubled over 😂

HowTheLight · 18/10/2026 21:57

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:51

Yes because it legitimately concerns her

what are you concerned about?

I think it’s someone’s humiliation fetish.

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:59

Arabelllllllla · 18/10/2026 21:54

What?! It isnt misandry, it's a personal preference. Plenty of men have a personal preference for a breast size, why do you think lad mags and page 3 were so popular. Do you live in cloud cuckoo land?! Men still have physical preferences and date according to them.

Edited

Thank you for answering that for me

on the contrary I think it’s brilliant the poster is considering this and her sexually satisfaction as primary for her!

poster is completely wrong - it’s clearly come from someone else that she shouldn’t think about size -

5128gap · 18/10/2026 21:59

UnwillingAdvocate · 18/10/2026 21:44

Your misandry is showing. Can you imagine men having that same attitude towards breasts? That it sounds like something a woman would say that breast size doesn’t matter?

Absolutely not. I cannot imagine any man ever expressing a preference for a woman's body to be a certain way. All men care about is our personalities. If we are kind decent people, they will value us for that and not give a single thought to our body parts and whether or not we will fulfil them sexually.
And if ever a man dared to suggest anything else to a group of other men, i imagine he'd be firmly scolded, called a misogynist and banned from the locker room, pub and reddit.
Why can't women be more like men?

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 22:00

5128gap · 18/10/2026 21:59

Absolutely not. I cannot imagine any man ever expressing a preference for a woman's body to be a certain way. All men care about is our personalities. If we are kind decent people, they will value us for that and not give a single thought to our body parts and whether or not we will fulfil them sexually.
And if ever a man dared to suggest anything else to a group of other men, i imagine he'd be firmly scolded, called a misogynist and banned from the locker room, pub and reddit.
Why can't women be more like men?

😂😂😂

Shloopie · 18/10/2026 22:01

5128gap · 18/10/2026 21:59

Absolutely not. I cannot imagine any man ever expressing a preference for a woman's body to be a certain way. All men care about is our personalities. If we are kind decent people, they will value us for that and not give a single thought to our body parts and whether or not we will fulfil them sexually.
And if ever a man dared to suggest anything else to a group of other men, i imagine he'd be firmly scolded, called a misogynist and banned from the locker room, pub and reddit.
Why can't women be more like men?

Exactly! As if men would be so shallow as to ever a express a preference for a physical type. They would nevah! 😂

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 22:01

HowTheLight · 18/10/2026 21:57

I think it’s someone’s humiliation fetish.

???

Arabelllllllla · 18/10/2026 22:02

Tinydanceer · 18/10/2026 21:59

Thank you for answering that for me

on the contrary I think it’s brilliant the poster is considering this and her sexually satisfaction as primary for her!

poster is completely wrong - it’s clearly come from someone else that she shouldn’t think about size -

Agree! For far too long women have put our own pleasure second to our partner's. I am a massive fan of a sexually liberated woman who knows what she is after.

Arabelllllllla · 18/10/2026 22:02

5128gap · 18/10/2026 21:59

Absolutely not. I cannot imagine any man ever expressing a preference for a woman's body to be a certain way. All men care about is our personalities. If we are kind decent people, they will value us for that and not give a single thought to our body parts and whether or not we will fulfil them sexually.
And if ever a man dared to suggest anything else to a group of other men, i imagine he'd be firmly scolded, called a misogynist and banned from the locker room, pub and reddit.
Why can't women be more like men?

Amazing 👏👏👏