I'm a 17-year-old male, and I've been masturbating since I was 13 years old. I do very well in school — I get straight A's and B's. We live in a small town in southern British Columbia, Canada. My parents are cool. I have awesome parents now. However, it wasn't always that way.
When I first started to masturbate at 13, my mom and dad were a little angry. They sat me down one night and discussed how I shouldn't masturbate because people might walk in on me and it might affect my reputation. I continued to do it anyway, and my mom got quite angry about it. In fact, one day in the summer of '97, I was in trouble all day when she walked in and saw me rubbing my penis. These experiences made me more than a little shy about masturbating, and I backed off.
Not for long, however. When I hit puberty, I couldn't resist masturbating and I started again. This time, though, I masturbated after looking at some Playboy and Penthouse magazines I had bought at the local store. Two of my friends work there and they sold them to me, no questions asked. My mom and dad were angry to say the least. Again, I stopped masturbating.
A major turning point occurred when I was 2 months shy of 17. My mom walked in on me one day and saw me masturbating with a Playboy at my side. She yelled at me and she said I might need counseling. I was upset the rest of the evening. However, the next morning a miracle occurred. My mom said she was thinking about what other parents would do if they knew their 16-year-old son masturbated, and she told me that they would probably accept it. Now, I live in a dream world. I can buy as many Playboy magazines as I want, and my parents no longer mind if I'm masturbating when they walk in. This is awesome!
My masturbation technique is quite different. Lube is too sticky for me, so I never lube up. The second difference is that don't masturbate with the "Fist" very often. I find I can ejaculate more quickly by just rubbing up and down with an open hand. Try it!
Here's a story for you. In Grade 10, I became friends with this new kid named Tim. We talked about a lot of things, including masturbation. One time, we stayed in our class over lunch because we wanted to go on the Internet. The teacher was quite irresponsible and never came to check in on us. We knew this, and so we decided it would be fun to masturbate each other. So, one afternoon in 1999, we stripped down and sucked each other's penises. It was incredible, and we ejaculated a truckload.
Why do I masturbate? I think it comes out of my addiction to porn. I love all porn — even gay porn. Ever since I first saw a Hustler in my older brother's bedroom (under his bed), I've been addicted. As soon as I wasn't too young to try to buy a Playboy, I bought one. Whenever I look at the magazines now, I almost always ejaculate. Even if I don't plan to ejaculate when I'm looking at my magazines, I always strip down to my boxer shorts and gently rub my penis while I'm looking at the pictures. Any other guys do this? I am not ashamed to say that I'm a complete porno-maniac. That doesn't stop me from being extraordinarily kind to girls, however. Most girls think I'm sweet and kind.
The Internet has played a very important role in me accepting masturbation as a healthy behavior. Reading sites likeallaboutsex.com and, of course, JackinWorld, brought me out of the closet, so to speak. It made me much more confident about masturbating, and I feel fine after I masturbate now. Before, I felt guilty. I hope the next generation of teens reads these sites and recognizes that masturbation is okay like I did. Hopefully, societal attitudes about masturbation are about to change.
My habits have changed as I've gotten older. During the height of puberty, I masturbated once a day. Now, I masturbate much less frequently — perhaps 2 or 3 times a week. I think this is the result of getting used to the hormones. However, I have sex with my girlfriend once or twice a week as well. It's interesting to note that I didn't realize girls masturbated also until I met her. In fact, the first time we had sex began with me walking in on her and seeing her gently rubbing herself. I stripped down and said that I did that, too, and asked if she wanted to try masturbating together. One thing led to another, and we eventually had full intercourse. So, the other reason I don't masturbate as often is I want to have semen to ejaculate while I'm with her.
My masturbation experiences in my late-teen years have been much more enjoyable than those in previous years. I plan to masturbate for many years to come.
Do you find yourself masturbating more often during some seasons than others? Why?
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