I always lock my door when I masturbate, which is every day. One time, however, I forgot. My dad walked right in, in the middle of my session. He knew I masturbated because I told him. He also buys lube for me. He saw what I was doing and said, "Would you like anything from the store?" I said, "Yeah we need Chips Ahoy!" and then he left. At first I felt strange — but then I realized my dad had acted as if I were doing something as normal as watching TV, and he did not care. I knew my dad was open about the subject, but this reinforced it.
- age 13, Illinois
This Week's Wackiest Response:
I was doing my thing on the computer, and just as I was about to ejaculate, my cat jumped up on the computer deck, and I "shot" her. I felt so bad. I don't know if this counts or not.
- age 15, Arizona
One time I was masturbating when my dad walked in. He was confused at first, but then he explained to me that what I was doing is perfectly normal (which I already knew), tried to talk to me about it (which I didn't want), and — most confusing — talked to me about techniques. I have since accidentally walked in on him, which was weird as hell.
- age 14, Scotland
My wife walked in on me. I was kind of embarrassed at first, but she said she knew I masturbated and did not mind me having my privacy. I ended up asking her to masturbate with me, and she did. Now we do it together all the time.
- age 32, Pennsylvania
When I was 15, my 12-year-old brother walked in on me while I was in the bathroom. I thought the door was locked, but I guess it wasn't. I was embarrassed and so was he. He just turned around and walked out. It was good, because he told me later he had started masturbating and wanted to know more about it, and what to expect. He was just beginning puberty. He didn't want to talk to his friends, and our mom is divorced. So what was at first embarrassing turned out to be cool!
- age 17, Ohio
My mother walked in on me while I was supporting myself between my bed and my brother's bed. She knocked and quickly walked in, then just as quickly walked back out. I was embarrassed for a minute, but then I continued masturbating to an amazing orgasm. I have since learned that I really enjoy being "caught." It's very exciting.
- age 28, New York
Sometimes during class, I get horny and need to go to the bathroom to do it. One time as I was there under the hand washers another girl walked in, and damn — hee, hee — I didn't know what to do! I was all embarrassed, so I just walked back to my class. The girl didn't tell on me, though. *Phew!*
- age 17, Argentina (female)
One day I was masturbating in my dorm room at college when my roommate walked in. I knew I was busted and figured he would make fun of me, but he said he had read some stuff about mutual masturbation (at JackinWorld, no less) and wanted to try. That night we did a double vagina simulation, and that was my first mutual masturbation session.
- age 19, North Carolina
When I was 14, it would take me quite a while to climax because I was so inexperienced. One day while I was sitting around the house, I realized my mom would be gone to the store for about 45 minutes, so I decided to masturbate. I must have lost track of time, because she got back and I was still on the couch masturbating. When she saw me, she yelled and ran into the other room. But afterwards, she told me masturbation is okay and normal, but that I should do it in my room so no one would walk in on me again.
- age 15, Alaska (female)
I work night shifts and find that if I masturbate, it helps me sleep on days when I might be having trouble. I was right in the middle of stroking my erection when my wife walked in. We just stared at each other for a minute while I continued to masturbate. Then she let out a little moan, came to the bed, and fondled my testicles as I proceeded to orgasm. Now it's routine that we help each other or watch each other as we masturbate. It has really spiced up our sex life.
- age 54, North Dakota
I was masturbating in my room and my mom walked in. She said, "What are you doing?" and I said I had an itch.
- age 15, Florida
When I was about 14, I was on vacation with my family in Florida. One evening just after dark, after we had all gone swimming in the hotel pool, the rest of my family headed back to the rooms to clean up. I stayed awhile longer, watching a couple of teenage girls sitting by the pool in their bikinis. I became aroused and walked back behind the trees to a somewhat hidden area where I could still see the girls. I then pulled out my penis and started stroking myself while watching them. Two other girls came around the corner and caught me. They stood there somewhat in shock. I didn't know what to do, so I covered up and left ASAP! How embarrassing!
- age 36, Ohio
I was spanking it and had just about reached ejaculation, when my neighbor walked in. She was like, "Ahhhhh!" and walked out. I felt like my life would end, not to mention that she was really hot. But afterwards, I went to her house and she was like, "I've never seen a man do that." I said, "It's no big thing," and she was like, "Yeah." So she didn't care, which made me feel so much better.
- age 16, Minnesota
When I was 16, I was in my room masturbating and my mum walked in. She stopped, looked, walked out, then came back and threw a towel at me, saying, "Use this — I'm sick of the semen-stained bed sheets!"
- age 18, Australia
Only a few weeks ago, I was lying on my bed with my legs spread (as we do), doing what you would expect me to, when my brother walked in. I didn't realize he was there, until he said, "Oops, sorry." I opened my eyes and covered myself up. I was so embarrassed! However, that night he came up to me and apologized and said not to worry because he does it, too. That was really sweet of him, and it has made me more comfortable with the whole topic. He also told me about this site, which I love!
- age 17, United Kingdom (female)
I don't really know if this qualifies, but I was at summer camp as a teen, and I hadn't ejaculated in days. Things were getting pretty tense down there as you can imagine. The camp had a good stretch of beach along Puget Sound, and I decided to take a "walk" along the water one evening to find a nice, secluded spot to relieve myself. I found a spot and had a great session, but it turned out not to be secluded enough. Another kid from camp was perched on the bluff above me watching the sunset, and it turns out he got much more of a show than he had bargained for. I didn't know he was there until the next day, when a few of the guys teased me about it. I was really embarrassed, but the teasing stopped quickly — probably because every guy was just as horny as I was and they were probably finding ways to get off in private also!
- age 38, Washington
I was looking at some softcore porn on my PC and I decided to stroke a bit. However my mum walked in and saw me going at it. She just said "Oh!" and left. I was really embarrassed, but I felt better later when she told me to be more careful next time and lock the door. I thought it was really cool she accepted that there would be a "next time." What a great mum!
- age 16, Scotland
My mom caught me masturbating twice, and now I feel weird around her. It is different now that she knows I do it — it is very awkward.
- age 15, Illinois
One night I was in my bedroom and I thought everyone was asleep, so I started to masturbate. Halfway through my session my mom walked in on me. I was so scared I ejaculated. Mom was real cool about it. She went and got me a towel for cleanup. Then she apologized and left the room.
- age 18, Maryland
My motto is: I will not get caught. To this day, I haven't.
- age 16, Missouri
I was on vacation with a friend, sharing a room. Late one night I was in bed about to go to sleep, and my buddy was in the shower. I was quite horny and so decided to masturbate. I was naked and really getting into it and enjoying the fact that I was doing it while my buddy was in the shower. As I started to ejaculate, he walked in and I had reached the point of no return. He just stood there, watching, and fascinated. As the orgasm subsided I immediately felt embarrassed — my chest and stomach bore proof of my enjoyment. He was cool and said, "That's exactly what I'm going to do now." and proceeded to do exactly that. It was extremely hot to watch.
- age 34, California
I was in my room masturbating and getting pretty close to orgasm. My friend walked in (she is a girl) and saw me. I was really embarrassed, but to my surprise, she asked if she could join me. So we had a wonderful mutual masturbation session.
- age 14, Minnesota
I was masturbating in the shower when my younger brother walked into the bathroom. We always play tricks on each other — he was going to throw ice-cold water on me. He pulled the curtain back and threw the water, then saw what I was doing. I was 15 and he was 13, so he learned about masturbating that day. Naked, I chased him down and threatened to beat him silly if he told anyone.
- age 17, Ohio
I had been masturbating for only a few weeks when I was walked in on for the first time. My best friend had taught me how to use some household items to pleasure myself, and I was in the middle of using a banana when my 16-year-old brother walked in on me. I will never forget the look on his face — kind of a combination of shock, intrigue, and arousal. Although I can't imagine exactly what he was thinking at that very moment, he said, "Oh, sorry...I didn't mean to..." He could barely get the words out with a straight face, but then said, "Don't worry about it, I'm not going to tell mom and dad. Honestly, I do it too," and he laughed when he said this — "Just not with a banana." The final result has been great, though, because now we are so much more open about our bodies with one another (as long as our parents aren't around). Hey, how many teenage boys don't even worry about having their sister see them with an erection?
- age 13, Maine (female)
My brother is 14 and I am going to be 16 in a week. We have always had to share a bedroom, so we have caught each other masturbating so many times it's really not a problem anymore. We both like to masturbate before going to sleep, so we just do it on our beds in full view of each other now — and since we are both writing this, we agreed to admit we masturbate each other. But about a month ago I thought I had the house all to myself one afternoon. I was in the bedroom with the radio on and just lying on my bed when my penis got erect. I had my pants and boxers pulled down to my knees and was going at it full force. All of a sudden I looked over at the door, and my brother's friend was peeking in at me. He pulled his head back, knowing I saw him watching me. Of course, my first reaction was to get up my pants as fast as I could. But then for some reason, I just started masturbating again. He called my name and walked in at the same time. I acted like he was not even there and kept on masturbating. I felt kind of stupid going at it with him standing there watching me. Finally I looked up at him, and he was just watching me go at it, staring at my penis with a kind of dumb look on his face. When I ejaculated he was just looking at me and said, "Wow, that was a lot," and left. When it was over I felt stupid and started to wonder if I had done something wrong. I told my brother what happened, and he said his friend has never told him about what happened.
- age 15, Michigan
I had just started to masturbate a couple weeks earlier when my mom walked into my bedroom to ask me a question. It was my fault, because I had left my door partially open. The sight of her really surprised me, and I quickly tried to pull my boxers up. That, however, turned into a comical event as I pulled them up only to have my penis pop out the front. I ended up just covering myself with my hands. My mom kind of chuckled at the frantic sight and said, "Don't worry... even I do it sometimes!" Then as she turned to leave she said, "Well, it looks like you've got your hands full, so I'll come back later when you're not so busy!" That made me kind of laugh, too. Then she shut the door on her way out and I finished off my session without any more interruptions.
- age 21, Wisconsin
My dad walked in on me. I was sitting on the toilet. He said, "Sorry, Son!" and walked back out. I told him just to give me another minute. We have a really good, open relationship. We talk about sex a lot. I think because he's gay it helps. He sometimes tells me things he has done that are funny. He says not to let it embarrass me, but if my mom were to find me, it would embarrass me.
- age 14, Tennessee
When I was 12 my father caught me masturbating as I was taking a bath. He just walked right into the bathroom to get something, and there I was lying on my back in the tub enjoying myself. He was as surprised as I was, but he grabbed the first thing near him and hurried out of the room, never saying anything at all. I was too nervous to continue masturbating that night! Another time when I was 15 I was masturbating while lying on my bed at night, and I just happened to look up out the window — and my friend, who lives next door, was watching. When I looked up at him he was very embarrassed, and he avoided me for about two weeks. I was afraid he would tell everyone, but he kept quiet and it was never mentioned it, as far as I know.
- age 16, Connecticut
Once when I was in college, my friend (whom I was staying with) went out on a date. I knew he was going to get sex, so I became really horny and started to masturbate while lying on his bed. Little did I know he forgot something, and he came back. He saw the light on in his bedroom from the porch on the side of the house, so he looked in the window and saw me masturbating on his bed. He quietly entered the house and threw open his bedroom door. I felt embarrassed, but he just laughed and said, "Busted, dude." By the next day I was laughing about it, too. To this day, it serves as an inside joke between us.
- age 23, California
This actually happened just a couple of days ago. My best friend from Ontario was down and came over for a surprise visit, and he just charged right into my room. I was so freaked out at what he might say — but he never said a thing, and we spent the rest of the day sharing tips and stuff.
- age 12, Canada
Earlier this year I began to borrow my mom's dildo and use it to masturbate. One night I was lying in bed masturbating with it when she walked in on me. I was in total shock — I covered up and told her I was sorry. I felt very uncomfortable and weirded out that she walked in on such a personal experience. She said she didn't mind, just that I shouldn't go through her things. So we talked about masturbation, and she agreed to buy me my own dildo. The next day we went to the store and she let me pick out my own dildo. I have enjoyed it ever since.
- age 16, Colorado (female)
I was taking a shower and decided to masturbate, so I sat down away from the water next to the wall and started stroking. I was unaware that the bathroom door was unlocked. My cousin walked in and saw me masturbating. He didn't say anything at the time — he just left. Later on that week, he told me that he had seen me masturbating. I said, "So?" I didn't really care. He just said my penis is thicker and curves upward more than his.
- age 17, California
Yes, in fact. I was at a friend's house. I was feeling kind of frisky, so I just thought of my sweetheart (nude of course) and started to stroke. When he walked in, he just turned away quickly and asked, "Do you need more time?" All of my friends and I are, as everyone knows, at that age when we talk about sex and masturbation. Although no one actually admits to it, we all know we all masturbate — daily. So really, it was no big deal. (By the way, I stopped — I didn't want to be rude and keep my friend waiting.)
- age 15, New York
I was at summer camp and thought all of my friends were at their merit badge classes. So I decided to masturbate in our tent. About 5 minutes into my session my friend walked in. I was terrified, just thinking that I was going to die. As I was putting my penis away, he said masturbation is normal and then asked if I would feel comfortable masturbating with him. So for the last 4 years, we have masturbated together on the fourth day of summer camp.
- age 17, California
I was on the computer doing my business, and I heard footsteps coming down the hall. I tried to cover up, but when I pulled up my pants, my zipper got caught on my scrotum...uh oh. That hurt. Bad. So my mom walked in, and needless to say, she was speechless and asked what I was doing. I said, "Oh, I was checking for testicular cancer," and then proceeded to feel my testicles. That wasn't very believable.
- age 15, Texas
