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Who performs oral sex on their partner? Is it unusual to never do it?

321 replies

Sumspring · 27/05/2024 13:37

How many couples are there out there who do oral sex?

Does your male partner goes down on you?

Do you perform oral sex on them?

My husband and I have never done it. I was wondering if we are unusual not to.

Do most couples do it?

When I see a sex scene in a film, the man often goes down on the woman first. Does this represent sex in most relationships?

I just have no idea, because I don't ask my friends about this.

OP posts:
Georgie743 · 27/05/2024 23:01

Ilovechocolate87 · 27/05/2024 22:36

I just can't get over the hygiene stuff....genitals are dirty places and I think its really gross putting your mouth near that area! 🤢

They shouldn't be dirty if you've showered / bathed fairly recently.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 27/05/2024 23:05

Ilovechocolate87 · 27/05/2024 22:36

I just can't get over the hygiene stuff....genitals are dirty places and I think its really gross putting your mouth near that area! 🤢

You can shower first you know 😉

Rookangaroo4 · 27/05/2024 23:07

In the early days sometimes yes but not anymore. Never particularly liked it. Been married almost 30 years and have tried lots of stuff but oral isn’t for me.

EBearhug · 27/05/2024 23:13

used some flavoured lubricant

Lubricant is not a good taste.

Rookangaroo4 · 27/05/2024 23:20

MILTOBE · 27/05/2024 18:01

Did you ever like sex? Did you think marriage was just about companionship?

Marriage is about whatever makes a couple happy! You don’t have to have sex to be in a happy marriage . When you get older and menopause hits sometimes your libido disappears off to god knows where !

grinandslothit · 27/05/2024 23:26

Never again. most don't wash well enough and I'm not into getting throat cancer.

RainbowZebraWarrior · 27/05/2024 23:37

fairlyp · 27/05/2024 20:00

Can't believe how many replies this has got. OP will be wanking himself dry for days.

It's unbelievable. All for free!

The title and the 5 separate questions in the OP are a screaming giveaway.

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Blinkingbonkers · 27/05/2024 23:56

I’m happy to give, do not like receiving. Been married 20 years, together at least 25….has always been thus for us (im female, dh male…if required😂)

ForeverDelayedEpiphany · 28/05/2024 00:00

cressydy · 27/05/2024 19:58

No-one likes getting a mouthful of salty, slimy muck, no. Cop on.

Pardon? Whose genitals are salty and slimy? 😳😅

ConsiderabloiRicherthanYow · 28/05/2024 00:11

grinandslothit · 27/05/2024 23:26

Never again. most don't wash well enough and I'm not into getting throat cancer.

Like Michael Douglas?

hellywelly3 · 28/05/2024 00:26

I enjoy giving DH oral but don’t like receiving. I’ve been the same with past partners, it just doesn’t feel great for me.

Moveoverdarlin · 28/05/2024 00:53

Sparrowball · 27/05/2024 19:21

This thread has been an eye opener.

I'm amazed that so many dislike oral sex, especially receiving.

I'm even more amazed at some of the prudish comments and the worry that someone is wanking over a thread with zero detail of the act itself, or editing their post in case the OP is a journalist! 🤣

Me too. Surprised that are there are adult women out there using words like ‘yuck’ and ‘ick’ and ‘grosses me out’ to describe one of the best sensations out there.

Josette77 · 28/05/2024 01:02

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 27/05/2024 22:30

Thank you @Mumwithbaggage Yeah, I didn't think there was anything 'ageist' about what I said. Just that I couldn't imagine 'oral' after a certain age, and I was responding to a poster who said the same, yet the poster who called me an 'ageist prick' and told me to fuck off, said nothing to that other poster.

And now you have said the same. Over 60 and don't fancy oral. I imagine many other over 60s feel the same. For some reason that poster who had a go at me is very upset by MY comment. I don't know why. It's just the random opinions of someone on a message forum who she doesn't know. Confused (And as I said, she only targeted me.)

If others (over 60) like to give a good BJ, and like to have their man go down on them, then crack on, but I am entitled to feel that I doubt I would fancy it then.

As I said, it's just an opinion of a random stranger. So calm down............ ☮

Most of my sex life is oral since we both have vaginas. I hope we're still doing it at 60!

I love it with men and women.

My exdh thought I didn't like it but he was so uncomfortable doing it, it made me self conscious. He didn't really know what he was doing and it wasn't enjoyable.

When I dated other men and women after I discovered I loved it. I feel beautiful when someone goes down on me.

Alwaysgothiccups · 28/05/2024 01:04

I really love giving oral but I hate receiving it. And it's not that I haven't had it done right.. I can finish from it.. I just dislike it. Therefore my husband never does it anymore.. he did to begin with and I tolerated it but after we'd been together a while I explained that I didn't like it.
I give oral to him pretty much every time we have sex. I genuinely enjoy doing it and find it arousing. I'd be sad if I were with someone who didn't like receiving it. Luckily I'm not!
I think everyone is different. There's no right or wrong. The only thing that is wrong is if you feel pressures to do something you don't really want to do.

Josette77 · 28/05/2024 01:10

Also I love that someone gave teenage boys a sex talk.

Sex education covers everything except female pleasure. Why not teach teenagers? In the diagram of the vulva they don't even include the clitoris.

I've discussed this with my kid. Not graphically but the importance of it.

petermaddog · 28/05/2024 01:13

josette😉dont know what they are missing

ARatEatingABlueberry · 28/05/2024 02:45

EBearhug · 27/05/2024 23:13

used some flavoured lubricant

Lubricant is not a good taste.

And probably UPF too Shock

Stresshead54321 · 28/05/2024 03:41

I just feel totally numb with any sex. It’s like I’m on another plain. I like tickles and massages but the actual ‘sex’ bit is very boring. Always felt this way.

Josette77 · 28/05/2024 03:58

Stresshead54321 · 28/05/2024 03:41

I just feel totally numb with any sex. It’s like I’m on another plain. I like tickles and massages but the actual ‘sex’ bit is very boring. Always felt this way.

Out of curiosity are you in a relationship? Have you ever had an active sex life?

Frogpole · 28/05/2024 04:02

This thread makes for an interesting read, simply because discussing oral sex in a group setting with people you don't know and in a non sexual manner isn't something that comes along every day. DW and I both enjoy giving and receiving, but with wider experience I find it's a very nuanced thing.

Some of the ladies I've gone down on I've stopped after a few seconds because it's clear they're not enjoying it, and that's not a nice time for anyone. Other girls have enjoyed it as part of a healthy, balanced, and nutritious breakfast, part of the build up to the main event but not a stand alone thing in it's own right.

Then others still - DW included thank god - I can get from a standing start to at least one completion within a couple of minutes if needs be - or an hour when the mood strikes and there's plenty of time, usually after stumbling home together from the Red Lion... Sometimes I get confused about what the "don't" part of "ohgoddon'tstoppleasedon'tstop" means, go through the "oh dear, and you were so close too.. ah, no, don't touch that, I don't care how much it aches" stage, to the whole "I think you can take, let's see, six more? No? You're absolutely right, let's make it seven" thing...

Sometimes around number four or five the neighbours start banging on the wall though. I wouldn't worry usually, but we own a detached house😇

thebestinterest · 28/05/2024 04:39

My DH enjoys doing it, I DON’T. And thankfully it isn’t import to him that his pecker be in my mouth, at all.

SlothsNeverGetIll · 28/05/2024 04:40

Very standard in our relationship, yes. Every time I want to be properly satisfied, rather than just having a quickie, DH will go down on me.