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disimpson · 23/06/2014 09:28

Hi All,
I was wondering of anyone is in the same position. I married my first love, fantastic guy, two great children, our sex is i guess 'nice'/'ok' etc but having never been with anyone else i keep on wondering what it would feel like/be like with someone else.

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kentishgirl · 23/06/2014 17:47

God, I just googled Galaxy phone dimensions for the bizzarest reason ever. So he's about 5inches. Not at the front of the queue when they were handed out, but not at the back either. Small end of average. It sounds like it may be a bit skinny though - that does make a difference.

Position can help, something where he's gliding up along one side of your vagina instead of up the middle, so it's getting some stimulation. Sideways sorts of positions might help. Also you on top so you can direct it where you want. Also lying with the womans legs nearly closed and the mans legs open outside of them can tighten everything up a bit - but you won't get full depth that way.

Anyway - talk to him. He can't help what he's got, but he can help what he does. Try hard not to let it sound like a complaint, but like a suggestion to make your marriage better. It's a lifetime together and couples can continue to grow and learn and change sexually all through it. Your sex life isn't something set in stone, but an ongoing joint project. Put it that way so he doesn't find it so personal. See what he'd like to try. Chat about toys (some men do feel threatened by them, some don't. Most feel happier about external clitoral vibrators and a lot of women prefer these anyway. You can slip it down between you during intercourse as well as use it for foreplay/afterplay).

It's a long life. Be happy in all aspects of it. Together.

MaryPoppinsBag · 23/06/2014 19:02

OP I'm not at all body confident outside the bedroom! I just know my DH finds me attractive in the bedroom so I feel confident and I trust him and can talk about anything bedroom related.

Get yourself invited to an Ann Summers party (or pretend) and say you won the vibrator in a raffle at the party! The bullet is a good one, cheap - mine was half price at a fiver. And as it's not dick shaped it shouldn't make him feel redundant! It's small and well bullet shaped, and is for clit stimulation. You'll not care what he does with his todger when you've got it on the go. Wink

Vivacia · 23/06/2014 21:18

I'm afraid I think your comments about the size of his penis are really out of order.

TalisaMaegyr · 23/06/2014 21:23

Vivacia it's an anonymous forum. She can say what she likes Confused

Keepithidden · 23/06/2014 21:34

This thread has been enlightening for a bloke who has also only had one (full PIV) sexual partner!

Thanks OP for airing some of the same concerns that I have. Although obviously switching genders.

ouryve · 23/06/2014 21:55

Agreeing with others that the shyness and lack of communication seems to be the thing getting in the way of sex getting better for you.

There are some quite good books which talk frankly about the various possibilities.

As far as positions go, you need to try for something either deeper or just plain different. You on top or him doggy style is deeper. Spooning is a little more tender and the front of your vagina is stimulated, making you more likely to orgasm from PIV.

kaykayblue · 23/06/2014 23:22

Vivacia - You can fuck off. Seriously. This is an annon forum and women should have the freedom to talk openly to their peers, without shame, without judgement from Judgey Mc Judgersons like you.

To the OP - I think there are a few issues here.

  1. You've only had sex with one person, and it's natural to wonder what it's like with others
  2. You've been talking to, or listening to girlfriends talking about sex and comparing your sex life to their experiences
  3. A lack of communication between you and your partner.

For the first one, there isn't really much you can do about it. I think it's okay to wonder about in a philosophical sort of way, but if you are happy overall in your relationship, then it just isn't worth worrying about. It's like thinking "maybe life is so much better in the US. Maybe it would be amazing". But at the end of the day, your whole live is in London and you're happy there, and you aren't moving. Okay that's a bad example, bear with me it's late here. But hopefully you get my point.

On the second one - take what you hear with a rather large pinch of salt. Women talking about more casual encounters will naturally tend to exaggerate what happened in order to tell a good tale. Women in relationships will normally only focus on the good (if happy) or the bad (if heading towards a break up). They generally won't tell you about the weird awkward things that happened, that time they had to spend 15 minutes looking for a condom then both just fell asleep instead...etc.

Television is the worst for this. Like that god awful show Sex and the City!

Aside from this, having married this man already, it shouldn't matter what size he is. There are lots of ways to work around that if it were the case. But that said, five inches is a perfectly normal size. It's not massive, but I would in no way class it as "tiny". So hopefully that puts your mind at rest a little.

You mention he "feels" narrow, and....I hate to link these, but you mention that you have children. Did you give birth vaginally? And if so, did you work on your kegels after the births? Obviously things down there get wider after pushing small humans out of it, so that could be an issue as well, rather than purely him.

People have given you some good ideas here, and hopefully you can discuss them with your partner. The trick is not to be a complete bitch when talking about it. Think about how you would want to be approached if he had a problem with you. You do it gently, and from a positive angle. Eg, I love this, but I'm not so keen on that. I would love to try this - would do you think?

Also, just as an aside, speak to your partner before you unveil some purple giant sex toy to him. Many men are very uncomfortable with the idea of sex toys, especially when used for penetration. You should work out his views on them first rather than putting him in an uncomfortable situation. You can always start out with the smaller non penetrative ones and see how you both get on with them.

Legionoffools · 23/06/2014 23:46

It's a seriously tough thing in life that everyone has to deal with pretty much. Even if you're happily married, reg sex, big greenhouse etc you'll still meet or see people that will elicit feelings of hypothetical hot amazing sex.

Legionoffools · 23/06/2014 23:48

Why can't I edit?

Also sex toys!

joanofarchitrave · 23/06/2014 23:56

Just to say that it's perfectly possible to have sex with quite a few partners and for it to be shit with all of them. At least with someone who's sticking around it's worth investing in making the sex better.

After he's come, given a break can you have sex again, does that slow things down for him?

Joysmum · 24/06/2014 00:04

My DH attends to my needs first as he can cum very quickly when allowed

Sex toys are great, foreplay is wonderful. Personally I find it hard to climax through penetration and DH prefers NVP sex so fireplay is the main event and penetrative sex often not bothered with or just for a few minute in between foreplay sessions and then to finish off.

joanofarchitrave · 24/06/2014 00:12

Oh just to say I can make a graph of partners' penis size versus sexual pleasure [I can but I won't] and there's no relationship in my case, if anything almost an inverse relationship, but pretty random. It does require thinking about positions though, there are some that just don't work with a more streamlined organ.

Vivacia · 24/06/2014 03:23

Perhaps it was judgemental, and I'd feel as equally uncomfortable if the OP's husband was making similar complaints about the size of the OP being too big. It's disrespectful and unkind.

TalisaMaegyr · 24/06/2014 06:04

She's not saying it to be unkind though, it's just a valid point in the discussion...

Penis size bears no relation to enjoyment of sex though - I've had a couple of relationships with smaller men, and neither of them were rubbish in bed.

kaykayblue · 24/06/2014 08:36

Vivacia - I see your point, but since the OP has only slept with her husband, then she has nothing to compare it to. I actually think it's normal for her to be interested in confirmation of where about his size lies in the spectrum of things, especially when it seems like she is hearing information which makes her (incorrectly) think that he is much smaller than average.

I think it's more about how the subject is being addressed - everyone here is being very respectful and honest. No-one is making fun of him, or jokes about it in general.

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