I like to masturbate right after I get up in the morning. This sounds weird, but the house is always quiet, and I almost always wake up with an erection – and what better way to get rid of it than masturbate? Also, I'm the first one in the house to get up, so I have more privacy then than at any other time of the day. Plus, masturbation makes a great alternative to coffee! It wakes me right up!
- age 15, Rhode Island
Late at night. It gives the sense of being alone and with yourself. It puts me much more into the mood, too. Also, I think I am correct to say that most sex happens at night – so it makes it that much more real.
- age 14, New York
I love to masturbate when I get home from school. We have many attractive female teachers at my school (one in particular), and by the time I get home I am really looking forward to masturbating. Other than this, I masturbate whenever I feel like it.
- age 16, Australia
My favorite time is while bathing in the morning and evening. You've just finished your exercise and entered the bathroom, standing in front of the mirror with no clothes on. It's nice to see the enlarged muscles as a result of the exercise. Masturbation completes the whole circle. Experience is doublefold.
- age 21, India
I tend to masturbate most often late at night. I think having an orgasm helps me to relax better, so I can get a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, it also seems to cause serious "morning wood" [an erection upon awakening]. If I don't masturbate at night, I'm fine in the morning – but if I masturbate right before bed, I'm so horny when I wake up I usually have to fight the urge to masturbate before heading off to class. Of course, a lot of times I give in and masturbate in the morning as well.
- age 19, Vermont
My favorite time of day to masturbate is right after I get home from work or school, when no one else is home. I either just go for it in my room, or I take a bath and stimulate myself by running warm water over my clitoris for a couple of minutes.
- age 15, Arizona (female)
Anytime is my favorite time! When I was younger, I did it mostly at night, when I was less likely to be interrupted – but since adulthood, I have done it pretty much whenever the mood happens. In fact, nowadays I try not to get into a "rut" by masturbating habitually at the same time every day. I also do it in different rooms and in different positions and using different strokes; this keeps it interesting.
- age 34, California
During and after puberty, my urge to masturbate was constant – all day every day. After I married, I found the morning shower to be a wonderful daily ritual for masturbation. It has never conflicted with partner sex that way, and I get the morning started off on a good, pleasurable note. If our schedules match, we shower together and enjoy mutual or partner masturbation.
- age 40, Texas
My favorite time of day would probably be right before I go out to the local bars or just to a friend's house. It usually helps to relax my nerves or to settle me down before I meet a really nice-looking girl.
- age 19, South Carolina
Actually, it's not a "time of day"...I always feel like masturbating after I work out – swimming, soccer, etc. It makes me horny for some reason.
- age 28, Texas
ANY time of day! From the great method of waking up in the morning to the stress relief in the mid-afternoon to the relaxing activity to put you to sleep in the evening, I'd say one minute is just as valid as the next. Nighttime is usually better for us younger guys, because of parents or family members' "curiosity" – but that certainly doesn't stop us the rest of the time! The different situations you're put in with the different times of day really make things more interesting. An hour-long session is great, but there is fun to be had with a five-minute quickie-job.
- age 16, Pennsylvania
The best time to masturbate for me is in the morning. I find that after I wake up from a particularly erotic dream and I have a morning erection, the dream is still vivid and very fresh in my mind. On the other hand, at night I can take my time, because I don't have to get ready for work.
- age 33, New York
During the summer I like late-night masturbating – and I do mean late night (1:30 or 2:00 AM). Everyone is asleep, and I have plenty of time to myself. Now that school has started, I do it as soon as I get home, which is around 3:00 PM. My parents are still at work, so I'm usually safe. When my brother was home I did it whenever I had five minutes or so of free time; he left for college, though, so now I have more than enough time after school.
- age 15, Pennsylvania
On most days, I end up masturbating twice – once at night after snuggling into bed, and once in the morning after I take a shower. The shower has always been a turn-on for me, and bedtime seems natural (probably from life as a teenager: there was privacy then, and no one generally bothered me after I went to bed).
- age 26, Minnesota
My favorite time of day to masturbate is at night. I have masturbated at different times of the day and night, but I find nighttime to be the most enjoyable. Just the fact that it is dark out makes it feel erotic – which might be why people have sex mainly at night. I sometimes do it first thing in the morning, but still prefer to do it at night.
- age 18, Canada
At about 5:30 PM, which is when I usually get home from soccer practice. I'm really pumped – tired in a good way, and ready to ejaculate. The house is generally quiet, and I have lots to think about: my girlfriend, the stories guys tell in the locker room, hell – even the other guys in the locker room. It's a perfect thing to do right before dinner.
- age 16, Maryland
My favorite time of day has to be when I first get up in the morning. I read somewhere that males have highest levels of testosterone during the early morning – and from my personal experience, it has to be true. There seems to be no better way of starting the day than the rush of an orgasm. (It sure beats coffee, anyway.) On the other hand, if the question were, "What time do you masturbate most often?" I would have to answer during the night, because my parents are asleep and I can be more focused on myself without them calling me for some reason. Plus, I am up late more often than I am up early. (I like to sleep in.)
- age 17, Illinois
In the morning, because for one reason or another, the physical feelings are just a little more intense when you first get up. I guess it's the same as sex first thing in the morning.
- age 18, Washington (female)
I usually enjoy masturbating during the late hours of the night, when everyone else is sleeping. I'll go into the bathroom and do my little thing while the fan is turned on to muffle out the sounds. Sometimes if I skip a night, I will be really horny the next day – so then I usually masturbate in the shower.
- age 17, Canada
I like to masturbate late at night. During the summer, I don't go to sleep until 1:00 or 2:00 AM. I almost always masturbate right before I am ready to go to sleep; it's so relaxing that I fall right to sleep afterwards. When I don't masturbate and I try to go to sleep, I just lie there for about a half-hour trying to fall asleep (and I am usually thinking about masturbating). It is also nice because everyone else is asleep, so I don't have to worry about noise or someone knocking on the bedroom door. (I hate it when that happens, – you have to rush to get dressed and then answer the door like nothing was going on.) I have tried masturbating in the morning, right after I get up, but it sort of wrecks my day because it is peak of ecstasy, and then I have to go on with everyday boring life. But if you do it at night, it gives you something to look forward to throughout the day.
- age 17, Nevada
I guess that in the morning (after shower and coffee) is the best time; it relaxes you and puts you in a good mood for the rest of the day. I'm in college, and if my roommate is not there or asleep, I'll spend 10 or 15 minutes masturbating then. It's very nice on the two days per week when he has an early-morning class and I don't; then I can spend up to half an hour enjoying myself. I also like to masturbate right before I go to bed, if I can.
- age 19, Virginia
To start with, let's make that "favorite times." I usually masturbate early in the morning, after I've gotten ready for school. I like this time because no one else is awake, or at least not wandering around in the vicinity of my room. It's a good way to start the day. Sometimes, when I've had a really crappy day at school, I'll come home and masturbate again, to relieve the tension. And sometimes if the rest of the family is elsewhere and I'm bored, I'll masturbate for a couple hours in the evening. I guess I don't really have a favorite time – just times that work out well. If I lived alone, I'd probably not have any one fixed time.
- age 17, Oregon (female)
I usually get off every morning, because I still get "morning wood" – and who likes to see a good erection go to waste? That's right, to all you teenagers: "morning wood" doesn't end when you turn 18 or anything. It just keeps going, and going, and going. Plus, I like to have my masturbating schedule revolve around my showering schedule, so I can wake up, masturbate, shower, and go to work. Some people need that morning cup of coffee, and others jump-start the day in their own way.
- age 24, North Dakota
My favorite time of the day is as I get into bed at night. I ejaculate into some soft material, which I simply leave in place as I drift off into sleep on the warm aura of the orgasm. It's the only sleeping pill I have ever needed!
- age 30, Minnesota
My favorite time is the morning, when I wake up. When I first wake up, I feel all horny and sleepy – and if it is a weekend, I have time to stay in bed. I like to just fantasize about sex and masturbate. It gives the day a great start.
- age 15, New York (female)
Right before I go to sleep; then I don't have to worry about cleanup, because I wipe it up with the blanket and it dries overnight. Usually I'm the last one to go to bed, so I'm almost sure nobody will walk in on me. I also have an urge to sleep with my hands on my genitals before I fall asleep (I've done this since I was 8 or 9), and that usually arouses me. After I orgasm (the couple of times I timed it, it took about 25 minutes), I become very sleepy and fall asleep – which is much safer than to fall asleep in my bathroom in the middle of the day!
- age 17, Pennsylvania
I usually like to do it right after I get home from school. I still have lots of energy in the early afternoon. Besides, no one is at home, and I have the whole house to myself. I can get completely naked, use whatever "helpers" I want, make whatever noises I want, and take my time. I enjoy masturbating a lot, and I like to take my time and not rush it!
- age 17, Nevada
At night. I like to masturbate in the dark. It is easier to visualize a fantasy.
- age 15, Texas
Anytime. Mornings are nice, because I am still sleepy-eyed. In the afternoon, it releases tensions before I go to work. Nighttime – hardly ever. I have my main squeeze, of course.
- age 38, California (female)
Late evening as I'm going to bed, because I can do it generally with no interruptions, and I can take as much time as I desire. It's quiet, and I can let my mind drift well into the world of fantasy. Plus, an orgasm is the perfect way to induce sleep.
- age 35, Iowa
I find that I'm horniest in the middle of the night. If I wake from sleep, more often than not I'm crazy for sex. Maybe that happens when I wake from a sex dream I can't remember; I don't know. But when that happens, I just have to masturbate. Afterwards, I wonder what all the fuss was about!
- age 30, Massachusetts
Right before I go to bed. No one bothers me, and if someone does, I just flip over the covers and grab a book. Also, in the dim light, the general mood is better. I am free to nurse my orgasms as long as I like.
- age 15, Canada
The best time of the day to masturbate is definitely right before bed. It tends to relax the body and will make you sleep like a rock. It goes along with the fact that almost all men want to fall asleep after sex. Having an orgasm can be very exhausting! What better way to enjoy it than to follow the male instinct and start snoozing?
- age 20, Arizona
I like to masturbate in the evenings, because that's when I'm most collected. Everything from the day (all the guys I fantasize about) is setting in, and I can imagine what could have happened, or what might happen tomorrow. So I often fall asleep masturbating.
- age 15, Alaska (female)
I like to masturbate in the morning when I wake up with a nice erection. Releasing all of that sexual tension built up during my slumber is the best way to start the day! It gives me a cheeky kind of confidence to handle the pressures of everyday life. Not being ashamed of self-pleasure is the most liberating feeling!
- age 18, Australia
I have two favorite times: after a good workout at the gym in the morning, and in the evening, after a tough day on the job. After a workout, I really enjoy the way my body feels, and I get into caressing my pecs and abs as I stroke. And at the end of day, a slow session calms me and clears my head.
- age 36, North Carolina
Anytime at all is enjoyable – but I'd have to say that I masturbate predominantly at night just before I go to sleep. It's a great way to throw off the last tensions a hectic day has built up, and (when done properly, anyway) it's also a fun way to expend excess energy to allow one to fall asleep quicker. Unless I'm dead tired or have another outlet for my energies, I usually masturbate before drifting off each night.
- age 27, Texas
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[Notes: The favorite time to masturbate, by far, is at night before going to sleep. The other two most common times are after coming home from work or school, and in the morning just after waking up. A lot of people also took the opportunity to point out that anytime is a good time to masturbate!]