Fingering Story

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It started as nothing more than a convenience. COVID-19 had shut down offices, restaurants, and bars in New York City. Suddenly my partner was home with me 24/7, and I had no alone time, which meant very little time to masturbate . In the before times, I’d typically masturbate when my girlfriend was at work (I was WFH before it was forced upon us) or out with friends. And although there’s nothing weird or embarrassing about asking your partner for alone time to masturbate—I’ve done it before, and there was never an issue—I didn’t want to explain my horniness every time I wanted to get myself off.
After a few weeks of constant companionship, I realized that the best sex toy for these “unprecedented times” was here all along: my fingers. They made no buzzing noise, so they wouldn’t make it obvious that I was masturbating. And they were on hand (forgive the pun) whenever I was in the mood. I wouldn’t have to fumble awkwardly to grab my vibrator from my bedside drawer. What started as a way to avoid the “I want to masturbate right now” talk with my partner taught me a lot I didn’t know about my body.
When many of us first start masturbating, we use our fingers, the only sex toy we might have available. Yet, over time, we discover toys like vibrators , and some of us never look back. There’s nothing wrong with this; vibrators are fantastic. But such a powerful sensation can easily obscure more subtle types of touch.
I’m not talking about your body getting so reliant on your vibrator that you completely lose the ability to orgasm any other way—the pervasive myth that vibrators desensitize people forever after using them “too much” is untrue. But the power of a vibrator might keep you from figuring out gentler ways you like to be touched.
“Your fingers are made for touching,” Jesse Kahn , LCSW, director and sex therapist at The Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center, tells SELF. Both your fingers and the areas you're touching can tell you a lot about what you’re into. Ultimately, your fingers “provide a different sensation than your toys , and can touch you more precisely than a toy can,” Kahn explains.
Using your fingers might also help you rethink your likes and dislikes. For instance, I’ve spent most of my sex life thinking I couldn’t orgasm from having my clitoris rubbed. It always felt too intense. But when I started using my fingers again, I noticed that, yes, rubbing directly on my clit was too intense, but rubbing above it felt nice. I also experimented with pressure and speed. I discovered that fingering does work for me, but the people I’d had sex with before weren’t touching the right places.
Getting back to basics can help you figure out where on your genitals you like to be touched, but there are also other erogenous zones worth exploring. “After we've gotten adjusted to masturbating, we kind of decide ‘here's our groove, here's what we're going to do,’ whether it's with fingers or with a vibrator,” Madeline Cooper , LCSW, an AASECT-certified sex therapist, tells SELF. In her therapy practice, Cooper likes to remind clients of a famous Friends episode in which Monica draws a picture of a woman's body, and Chandler is shocked when she labels not two, not three, but seven erogenous zones.
Many of us are like Chandler, even during solo sex. You might jump right to fingering yourself, bypassing areas like your nipples or other body parts. So if the pandemic has shaken you out of a vibrator-only masturbation routine, why not take it a step further and explore different parts of your body too?
If you’re unsure how to do that, Kahn suggests starting slowly. Remember that what feels right for someone else might not feel right for you, which is why it’s interesting to do this solo exploration. Kahn also suggests starting with something that will help you relax. You might grab some lotion or massage oil and ask yourself what it feels like as you work the product into body parts like your hands, arms, and legs, Kahn says, adding that this can help you become “more receptive to pleasurable sensations and touch.”
When you’re ready, move on to touching other parts of your body: your chest and nipples, the nape of your neck, your ears, your thighs, your stomach. You can even “touch parts of your body that you don’t think will bring you pleasure, just to see,” Kahn says.
Maybe you, like me, don’t enjoy direct touch on the most sensitive parts of your genitals. So try touching around those parts. Try putting pressure on your perineum (the bit of skin between your anus and other genitals). Try gently pulling on your labia or gently experimenting with direct anal play . Experiment with different strokes, speed, and pressure, adjusting according to whatever feels best to you.
Learning where and how you like to be touched can make partnered sex better too. After a few weeks of using my fingers to masturbate during stolen moments, I told my girlfriend that I’d been experimenting and I wanted to try fingering the next time we had sex. When we tried it, I knew exactly where to direct her fingers. There’s something to be said about knowing precisely how you want to feel during sex . So, as incredible as vibrators are (and trust me, I’m a big fan ), if you’re curious about going back to the basics, give them a break once in a while.
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Can You Get Pregnant After Accidental Contact With Sperm, Without Sexual Intercourse?
I don't want to be one of those girls who get pregnant at 13 help I just want to know so if we went any further I wouldn't get pregnant.
He's not one of those guys who force's me into stuff. He doesn't make me do anything I don't want to. He respects me and doesn't want to ruin my life by getting me pregnant before I finish school

Well I can kind of relate to you. I'm 16 and I already had a kid. She's 5 months now. Well fingering and eating out wont get you prego. But once you let his penis in, you might. Like if he jizzes(clear stuff) or cums(white stuff) in you. Yea then your screwed so. dont take things to far. Take is slow I wish I did... So please be careful.

yeah cuz jus use a condom but they can break so donr get too carried away

I'm 13&ive thought about having sex but I dunno after reading this !!

had you ever been fingered before ?

Did you ask if I've been fingered? If you did then no I haven't been fingered. Me and my boyfriend speak about it on bbm.&were both 13 he wants to finger me but I'm not sure. He's a lad that has respect for girls. I'm not sure if I should let him finger me because of puberty if u no what I mean ...

STOP STOP before you get ahead of yourself. im 25 yrs old n my words may not seem useful now, but im a young mother of two beautiful boys, but if I couldve things differently I woodve. save your virginity for later in your life. babies are expensive and take up all your time. stick to making out n dry humping with clothes on.. no need to rush it youll regret it I promise

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