Originally posted by: Modeps
You know, growing up were were educated that condoms are just fine for the men, that they didnt change the experience at all. That's complete crap. When I make love to my wife using a condom to prevent unexpected babies, I almost prefer to not be doing it at all (almost). I am not a condom fan... of course, the pill killed my lady's libido, so I've gotta put on a raincoat when jumping in for a while. What can ya do?
To summarize: Condoms are teh suck.
Yeah, I think there's sort of a propoganda around them to just get more people to use them...which they should. So maybe its a necessary evil.
They're sort of exaggerated...they help prevent many STDs effectively, but just because you put a condom on doesn't mean you're suddenly immune. The only safe sex is in fact no sex, as much of a downer as that is.
They are an effective method of BC...but pills are way better, they can break and actual use statistics don't really put them much better than the old withdrawl method.
They also make them sound like they integrate so naturally in the bedroom...but in practice, fumbling with a wrapper is not sexy, it can sometimes be hard to put them on in the dark, they stink like latex (there's a reason they don't make latex scented candles folks) and they can irritate skin, particularly the spermacide kind.
And anyone notice those great instructions "immediately after ejaculation, pull out, pinch condom and remove." A big part of the fun is...gloating at the finish line I guess?
Once I first stopped using them it was "Whoa...WHOA...Now I know what all the fuss was about!"