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(NSFW) If you're married or in a serious relationship, do you still masturbate?

Asked by Vunessuh (16727points) June 9th, 2011

Pretty self-explanatory.
I’m just curious regarding how common it is for people to masturbate while in a serious, committed relationship and if factors in your relationship even have anything to do with how often you choose to masturbate.

If you don’t mind sharing:
After getting into the relationship, do you masturbate more, less or no change?
What are your reasons behind why you do or don’t masturbate?

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_zen_'s avatar

Much less.

Blackberry's avatar

It has always been less, but sometimes you have to when schedules conflict and you can’t see each other for a day or two, for example. But I haven’t been in a relationship longer than 2 years so my results may differ from someone that’s been in a relationship for a decade lol.

bkcunningham's avatar

Usually for each other’s viewing pleasure.

jonsblond's avatar

Rarely.

Why? Because we have an active sex life. My husband meets my needs.

Jude's avatar

We don’t live with each other, and we’re only able to see each other on weekends and, maybe, once through the week, so, yes, I do. Usually, when I am on my way home from work, I will give her a call and we’ll have a ‘talk’, which then leads to me being incredibly horny and I have to take care of business when I get home.

I would say that I masturbate more (when alone), whilst dating; with this partner, anyway. I tend to think about sex a lot more.

wundayatta's avatar

She likes it once or twice a month. I’m more of a two to three times a day guy. What do you think?

marinelife's avatar

I have, but much less often.

flutherother's avatar

Occasionally.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

Not nearly as often. She keeps my dick in a special purse and only lets me use it if I“m really good.

ucme's avatar

I sometimes crack one off just for old times sake, but other than that i’m well catered for. Either the wife will “shake hands with the lord of love” for me, or we’ll bang each others brains out. Either way, i’m a happy wanker :¬)

creative1's avatar

Yes and sometimes even infront of my partner, I think that can be hot to do together as part of sex too.

Facade's avatar

Yep, as does he. No more or less than I used to.
Why? Because my SO is no match for this guy, and a lot of the time my intestinal woes make intercourse uncomfortable.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

All the time. It’s not comparable to having sex with another person or with my partner giving me oral sex but it does the job every once in a while if I’m horny. Which is often.

Lightlyseared's avatar

Yes. I orgasm once or twice every day one way or the other.

Ajulutsikael's avatar

Well, when we’re together for an extended period of time there is no masturbation between either of us. When we aren’t in the same state there is a lot of it.

mrrich724's avatar

Yes. I whack it twice a day. That number stays pretty consistent even when we have sexy time, which is also on a pretty consistent basis, LOL

Bellatrix's avatar

I do. If he is at work and I am home and horny, why not! Sometimes I just feel like masturbating too. I don’t want the whole, let’s have sex thing. I just want to get off on my own. Don’t do it very often but it still happens fairly regularly. I should say, it isn’t because my partner and I don’t have enough sex. We do. It is just different and sometimes, I am horny and he isn’t here.

blueiiznh's avatar

Certainly less, but it still occurs.
It may be part of sharing it mutually or being solo because I simply feel like it.
No science to it, simply pleasure.

KatawaGrey's avatar

I masturbate a lot. I think I started masturbating more when I became sexually active because my sex drive became more active. Part of it is that we don’t live together but even if we did, I think I would still masturbate a lot.

Honestly, there are some times that I just want to have a quick orgasm. Sometimes it’s because I don’t have enough time for sex and some times it’s because I just want the orgasm right now and I don’t want to have sex. Usually it’s because I’m tired or feeling sluggish or need a quick release of energy.

I put masturbation in an entirely different category than sex. I think this is why I still do it a lot.

tranquilsea's avatar

Sometimes but I’d much rather have sex with the hubby as orgasms are that much better with him.

Ajulutsikael's avatar

I told my SO that there is something missing when I masturbate vs having sex with him. He knows I orgasm rather quickly and forcefully, but I don’t get the same satisfaction.

creative1's avatar

@Ajulutsikael I know exactly what you mean, you miss the whole experience. I love the feeling of full on sex as well as masturbation.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

I sure do. Because of some icky issues in my past, I do not orgasm during “intercourse”. I can only orgasm during oral sex or with a vibrator. My hubby is totally understanding and will even get my vibrator out for me if we’ve had sex and I didn’t get off. Sometimes he even brings the vibe into bed with us and teases me with it until I climax. =0)

ItalianPrincess1217's avatar

I do. That doesn’t mean I don’t have sex often with my partner. We’re very sexually active. But we also both masturbate. Sometimes we even help each other out. There are times when I just can’t get off or there’s not enough time before he has to work so I’ll let him do his business and get myself off later on. I don’t mind and he’s done the same for me at times. I don’t think anything is wrong with masturbating as long as it’s not taking away from your sex life with your partner.

choreplay's avatar

My wife and I have a very active sex life so masturbation is less but strategically used. Depending on the timing, whether hours or a day before, masturbation controls sensitivity and ejaculation. If I time it correctly I can almost completely control when I orgasm. There have been times my wife complained about me lasting too long. I told her that’s one complaint she can spread around to all her girlfriends.

I don’t think my wife masturbates much outside of sex, or at least keeps it private. During sex we’ve learned to let her go to town with the vibe or other toys, before intercourse, so her sensitivity is heightened. Sometimes I sit back and watch and other times I help anyway I can by rubbing sucking or kissing anywhere that pleases her. Is this TMI even for this question?

Anyway the bottom line is I use it to gain less sensitivity and she uses it to gain more.

@WillWorkForChocolate you do combine the vibe and intercourse also, at least sometimes, right? Try a very small dab (very very small) of Vicks Vapor Rub on the tip of the vibe when going at your clitoris. Am I getting too specific again?

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

@Season_of_Fall Yes, we combine the vibrator with sex fairly often, but I hadn’t heard of the Vicks thing. Does it work as a stimulant?

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

@WillWorkForChocolate The hubby can go down on you and not be congested.

choreplay's avatar

Ahhhhh, just try it. I don’t mix oral sex and this trick. lol.

OpryLeigh's avatar

I still masturbate when he’s not around to help me out he travels a lot! However, he claims that he doesn’t masturbate much at all since we’ve been together and when he does it’s usually because we’ve been talking on the phone and I’ve made him horny without being there to relieve him. I don’t know how true that is but he knows I have absolutely no problem with masturbating so I don’t see why he would lie.

Adirondackwannabe's avatar

@Season_of_Fall Little things we do for love.:) And clear sinuses.

choreplay's avatar

Who says men can’t multi task!

blueiiznh's avatar

@_leanne1986 Some people keep their activity of masturbation to themselves for many reasons. Just because they keep it to themselves does not make it a lie. Some people feel it a very personal thing.
No foul, no harm meant.

sleepdoc's avatar

Until my sex life catches up with my drive… yes I do.

OpryLeigh's avatar

@blueiiznh He’s definitely not the type to be private (with me) about masturbation. The times he does do it, he tells me (ie: you got me all horny on the phone last night etc etc) so I don’t think he’s being private about it, he just doesn’t feel the need to do it vey much.

blueiiznh's avatar

@Leanne1986 ahhhhhh, I may have missread your post. Glad you two got it all going.

Imadethisupwithnoforethought's avatar

Yes.

I find it is very annoying waiting for them to fall asleep.

RealEyesRealizeRealLies's avatar

No. I’d try really really hard not to. Unless we were having phone sex or something to the like together. And if we were together in person, I’d be touching her instead of myself.

Why? Well, personally, it wouldn’t be the right thing for me to do. I’d feel stupid and it wouldn’t be pleasurable at all unless she was a part of it somehow.

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