I missed out as well
Submitted by Jules on January 27 2002 12:47:52
In reply to the first time submitted by Splash! on January 27 2002 03:11:21
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Hi Splash!, Like you I didn't start until I'd already started having nocturnal emissions at about 13. I decided to try it because I heard other boys talking about it. I had no idea at that time that some of them were probably doing it much younger, but having read more recently (here and elsewhere) about early masturbation being so common, I've realised that there must be some specific reason why I wasn't doing it. From what the experts say about it natural self-exploration in infancy, I can only conclude that at a very early age, before I can remember now, my parents caught me doing it and told me not to. That fits with my parents' general view on sexual propriety, nudity, etc. (It's interesting that I've now gone totally the other way and enjoy being naked, and never more so than with other people, at the pool, on a naturist beach, and so on, but that's off topic for now...) Do I wish I'd started younger? Well, what I really wish is that I'd never been stopped! Some of the other things we're worried about kids starting young, like smoking and drinking, have obvious risks with them, but masturbation doesn't. I'll go and reply to your next bit as well, now! See you there, Jules |
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