I was about 10 years old and was lying in bed going to sleep when I started thinking about a girl I'd been noticing. Almost without thinking, I started rubbing my erect penis on the mattress. It felt very good, and before long, I had an incredible explosion of pleasure in my penis accompanied by a small amount of fluid. At the time, I didn't know what had happened – only that it felt great and I wanted to do it again.
- age 28, Texas
About a year ago, I caught my older brother stroking his penis, and he showed me how to do it. I'd never done it before really – I had only played with a bit when it got hard, but I never really stroked it. He showed me how to grip it in my fist really tight and pull the skin back and forth over my knob. It felt so good. He then said to go faster and faster and I did – but then I thought I was going to piss myself and wanted to stop, but he told me to just keep on going and it would feel even better. I didn't believe him at first, but he kept on saying to keep on doing it, and I did – and pretty soon I was shooting for the first time. I got only a few drops then, but it was the best feeling ever. I didn't want it to stop, so a few minutes later I did it again and made myself shoot again. I've been doing it ever since, about 3 or 4 times a day.
- age 13, Australia
Mine is a strange case indeed. When I was about 13 years old I started playing around with a sock because it felt good. I would roll it up and place it over my penis and scrotum and hump the floor. The sensation grew and grew until I felt a tingling rush and saw some sticky stuff at the end of the sock. I didn't learn to masturbate with my hand until a few months later. The sock was the source for a while.
- age 31, Texas
One summer night, when I was 11 or 12 years old, I masturbated with my pajama bottoms on, and after I orgasmed, I felt a sticky liquid on my leg. I didn't know what it was. It couldn't be urine ... it wasn't blood ... could it be ... Sperm? Nah, I was too young, I thought. A couple of nights later, I masturbated without my pajama pants on, and found this liquid to be white. The next year, in sex-ed class, I was taught about semen – and so my hunch was correct. The teacher said, "You can consider yourselves to have reached puberty when you've had a wet-dream, although most of you haven't had one yet." But I did – only it wasn't a wet-dream!
- age 14, Canada
I was taught by a guy about two years older than me. He and my brother were doing it as the three of us shared a big bed. He masturbated both of us while my brother masturbated him. It was kind of scary but fun. I took it up after that.
- age 58, Indiana
I learned by rubbing my penis between my thighs while taking a bath.
- age 42, New York
On a school trip there was a lot of talk about "wanking," and some of the boys in our dorm would make these actions under the bed when joking about it. When I got back home it suddenly occurred to me that if I rubbed my penis when it was hard, this may be "wanking." I tried it and it felt so good I just carried on until I suddenly orgasmed. Since then, I've been hooked.
- age 28, United Kingdom
When I was around 10 years old, I looked under a soda machine to see if there was any change that had rolled under it. I laid down on the concrete and could feel the cold in my penis through my jeans, and I got my first "real" erection. So when I got home that night, I tried it again against the cold porcelain bathtub (this time with my pants off), and it happened again – instant erection! I was so fascinated that I would let my penis go flaccid [soft] and do it again and again. Eventually my penis kept the erection and I just rubbed myself for about five minutes and this weird liquid came out. I wondered what it was, and I got a little scared, but I decided to try it again the next day. It worked again, and again, and again! I remember thinking there had to be something wrong for a very long time, though. I just couldn't imagine that EVERY guy could do this, and I thought I had come across the coolest secret ever.
- age 26, Illinois
I just sort of thought about it one day – I decided to lube up my hand with some baby oil. Instant addiction.
- age 22, California
One night, I was feeling very horny. I started to "pretend" to have sex by inserting my penis between the sheets and pillow, and it felt surprisingly good. So, I kept going, and it kept feeling good, and it got better and better, and all of a sudden, I had that GREAT feeling of an orgasm, and that's how I taught myself. I masturbated like that for about 6 months, and then I discovered Vaseline. That's how I've been doing it ever since.
- age 15, California
I learned how to watch pay-per-view shows illegally. I just knew that looking at nude women was cool. I got an erection but I always thought that was it – you get hard and you get soft. I didn't know what I was supposed to do with my thing. Anyway I was watching this movie and this guy was doing this girl, and I was thinking, "So that's where it goes." And suddenly I had this feeling come over, my knees got weak, and my penis felt like it was going to blow. The feeling got stronger and stronger, and then it climaxed. It was the best feeling I had ever had. I didn't know what it was, but I found that my underwear was soaked with white stuff.
- age 23, Texas
I heard a girl at school say, "You have sex with yourself." I asked her what it meant, and she made the movements. I tried it out at night and ran to the toilet because I thought I was pissing.
- age 17, Australia
When I was about 12 years old, I was looking at one of my dad's Playboys or Penthouses and rubbing my penis through my pants when all of the sudden I felt something I had never felt before. There was a wet spot in my shorts, and I didn't know what was happening. I had heard of "coming" and ejaculation, but I didn't really know what that was about. By chance, my dad had left some books on the topic of sex on his bookshelf. One book contained the information I needed about masturbation and ejaculation. Was I relieved! Ever since, I have been enjoying myself. I have two younger brothers, and I showed them both how I did it, and they were interested and I think thankful. I am proud to say that at 26 I am still a virgin waiting for Ms. Right, and masturbation has served me well.
- age 26, New York
I was on the toilet and thought I wanted to "do it." I was afraid that the sperm would flood away over my bed and that I would groan, so I chose the toilet. There, I could mess around as much as I liked, and nobody could notice me doing it. I had no idea what it would feel like. But I began. After a while I felt a great feeling inside and I began to move faster. Then everything went black, and I thought, "Oh! My God, I am going to faint! Am I screaming now? Is there sperm all over the bathroom?" But then I saw that my penis got only a single drop of sperm at the top, and I thought, "Man – was that it?" During the next couple of months I began to masturbate more and more every day, and it felt better and better. More and more sperm came during my ejaculations (now I shoot like a real cannon), and I experimented with lotions, spit, magazines, fantasies – everything. Once I got the most beautiful orgasm. I was alone in my room with the doors locked. I took off all of my clothes and began fantasizing. When the orgasm came, I got a total blackout, and when I woke up, Mama was yelling and knocking at the door. I looked down and saw that all of my upper body was covered with sperm. I have never ever had such an great orgasm since – not even when making love. It felt so nice; my penis just seemed to "pump" forever, and my mind totally went out. My eyes was covered with blackness. I couldn't exactly tell how long it lasted, but it was totally awesome. Nowadays I can't get those monster orgasms; I don't know why. But the years between age 12 and 14 were definitely the most erotic years of my life.
- age 17, Sweden
I discovered masturbation basically by accident. I had a huge crush on a girl in my junior high, and I remember stripping down naked under my bedcovers and rubbing up against my pillow, pretending it was her. It felt good when I rubbed, and so I kept doing until I exploded. I was surprised, and it took me until the next day to figure out just what happened. (Later that week, by trial and error, I discovered that you have to have an erection in order to masturbate successfully.) I can still remember my excitement at discovering these new dimensions to my own body and my manhood.
- age 19, California
Actually, I think it just happened, like it was natural. No one really showed me how or talked to me about it.
- age 18, Canada
I was watching a sexy video and I did like the men on the TV. I was very surprised when I ejaculated. I put my sperm everywhere.
- age 19, France
I heard kids talk about Vaseline, so I decided to try. The first time I ejaculated, I was watching a pro beach-volleyball game.
- age 17, Texas
Like many kids, I first made myself orgasm by climbing the poles on the swing sets at school. I must have been about 10 or so. I found that I could wrap my legs around the pole, climb up and then slide down a few inches, then inch up a few inches, and slide back down. After repeatedly inching up and down the pole I would get this wonderful feeling that was an orgasm, but of course I didn't know it at the time. I did this on a very regular basis. Then, a year or so later, an older kid showed me and a buddy of mine how to masturbate. He was old enough to ejaculate, and I was shocked to see the creamy white stuff shoot out. That was when I first realized I could duplicate with my hand what I did on the pole. It was also the first time I saw another guy's penis. The older guy wanted me and my buddy to take out our penises and masturbate for him, but we were too shy. I went home and tried it by myself, and what a wonderful feeling. Later my buddy and I masturbated together, but we never touched each other's penis.
- age 18, California
It happened by accident. I was lying in bed one night after watching a movie on cable, and I was thinking about the star of the movie and how cute she was. I started rubbing my penis, and all on a sudden this white stuff came out. The next morning I asked my dad what it was, and he told me it was semen. He said that if I didn't want that to happen at night naturally to just masturbate.
- age 17, Wisconsin
When I was very young (probably about four years old), I learned to orgasm from masturbating. I manipulated my penis through my clothes in a face-down position. I was not shy about doing this – I received various reactions from family members, some of whom could not figure out what I was doing. I came to call climaxing "the bud," as in the bud of a flower or fruit, probably because those are typically the most intense-tasting and smelling parts of those structures. This was my only means of masturbation until I was 15; until then, I had never orgasmed with an erect penis, although I had certainly tried. Today I use this method probably twice a day. The orgasms I get are less powerful than from masturbating while my penis is erect, but it's convenient. I usually do it while I'm in bed; I can masturbate instantly whenever I get the urge, without having to wait for erection. Orgasms come as quickly as I want, often within a few seconds. I don't have to pull down my underpants, and I don't have to push off any sheets, which keeps me warm.
- age 19, Maryland
A friend spent the night, and we were looking at a picture of a girl's breasts, and he started to masturbate, explaining the procedure. I was 9, and when he shot his load, I had to try it. I didn't ejaculate, but every night for the next couple of years I tried – and one night ... BOOM!
- age 14, California
I first started masturbating when I was 13 years old. I saw my older brother one night masturbating in full view. So I started to do the same thing he was doing, and it was a great experience. I still manage to masturbate at least three times a week.
- age 26, Minnesota
I first orgasmed when I was 10 years old. It happened in a swimming pool, with the help of the water coming with intensity from holes on the walls of the pool. It happened accidentally.
- age 17, Greece
My older brother taught me how to make myself orgasm. He saw me with an erection one morning when I was 7 or 8 and started to kid me about it. He then told me he got hard too, and proceeded to give himself an erection and masturbated for me. I did it after he did, and I remember it sort of scared me when I first orgasmed. I've been masturbating ever since!
- age 55, New York
I was sitting in the basement alone; I found my dad's CD full of swimsuit pictures. I just put them on a slide show on my computer. As I kept watching the pictures flashing by, I got a huge erection and a strange sensation. So, I undid my fly, got out my penis, and started to masturbate. I didn't know I could ejaculate quite yet, so when the fluid came out, it was quite a surprise. But I was happy.
- age 15, Canada
When I was 12, I found a copy of "Portnoy's Complaint" by Philip Roth. I read the section about the hero masturbating and tried it. It worked!
- age 27, New York
My step-brother showed me how. I was 12 at the time. He had broken his arm and needed help. So I helped him out.
- age 17, Alabama
I had heard about "beating your monkey" at school when I was about 12. Dumb-ass me – I tried it when I wasn't erect! Naturally, it didn't work. Then, one day, I was in the shower, and I was very, very hard. I then started to rub my penis and proceeded with the "fisting" method. I was a little too young to ejaculate, but I felt very stimulated.
- age 14, Florida
I had never had a wet-dream, or had even masturbated to orgasm. One night I felt down and noticed some "pre-cum," but I wondered why I hadn't had an orgasm. So I found a balloon and put it on my penis like a condom, because for some reason I thought you could only have an orgasm if you had a condom on. (I was 11 – how was I to know any better?). I ejaculated in about a minute, and the semen went up at least a foot in the air. It was the best feeling in the entire world. After that, I had to do it at least 3 times a day, just so that I could feel that way again.
- age 17, Tennessee
I was alone at home one day and was playing with my penis. I decided to try something different, so I sat on a dining room chair, pulled down my shorts so my genitals were over the elastic waistband, and rocked back and forth on the dining room chair. It felt really great. All of a sudden I felt an unbelievable sensation in my penis and testicles and this white stuff started coming out of my penis. I didn't know what it was. I asked my dad if sperm was white, and he said it was. That's when I knew I had produced sperm. I masturbated like this, rocking back and forth on a chair, until my cousin showed me how to do it with my hand. Those first masturbation sessions were the most intense I have ever felt. I tried but never been able to duplicate the intensity.
- age 53, Hawaii
You should do an survey on how many teenagers masturbated the first time they read JackinWorld. I sure did!
- age 14, Kansas
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