Getting back to the bj question... I posted this in AML04 trigger thread and seems to have helped a few of the ladies so I will also put it here and add my additional thoughts. Excerpt:
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My personal attitude towards sex is that it has to be fun for both parties. If it's not fun, why bother? Especially if it causes unnecessary anxiety over something that should just be fun.
That said, I'm going to share my W's and my experience with this subject. Maybe it will help you, maybe it won't. For myself, I typically did not have an O from oral sex. I had been with a few women before my W and only 1 was able to make me have an O via a bj. For the ones where I didn't, it's not that it wasn't enjoyable or didn't feel good. It always felt good, but I also always felt that they didn't enjoy it that much and I'm guessing very much viewed it like a job. Something that was just sort of done as part of sex/foreplay. Also to reciprocate since one of my favorite things to do with my partners is to perform oral sex on them. Insert ltgf #3 in my life and she turned me on to a new experience with it. I was able to have an O from a bj every single time she gave me one which was pretty much every time we had sex. The key? Enthusiasm!! She loved doing it and it showed. I won't get into too much detail as the biggest thing to take away from that experience is enthusiasm.
Now with my W. Been married almost 14 years and been together 16. She could never get me to O that way and I could care less. She doesn't like to hear about my sexual history so she doesn't know that ltgf 3 was able to do that to me. A 's gag reflex was a lot like yours. And you are right there is nothing sexy about gagging and tears. She also had a mental aversion to how it must look like. She would never let me look at her. Yet still she wanted to do it to me every once in a while as part of what she thought people should do during sex every once in a while. Plus I'm very much a pleaser and always very much 100% into my partner. I'm way more into giving pleasure than receiving. Not that I didn't enjoy her bj's because of course I did. They felt great and I appreciated them. She would sporadically give one a couple of times a year, but I could always tell she just wasn't that into it plus I was never going to have an O from one. Because I wasn't going to have an O, it's almost like it threw up extra road blocks for both of us which reinforced the no O for me. Again to reiterate I could care less. I'm more interested in sending her into a new universe which is where I get my "ego nibbles". Not from receiving.
Fast forward to June 2013. W and I are coming out of our "room mate" phase and start to turn towards each other in our relationship. We both start working on our M together. We continue to this day. One thing that has been a challenge for us since our third child has been the frequency of sex. She had early onset of peri menopause in mid 30's, endometriosis, and other uterine complications from a procedure that she had. Since I went first and she saw that I started changes with myself, she wanted to do the same. I quickly came to find that she wanted to step up her game in the bj department and she wanted to practice a lot.
I was emotionally, sometimes physically, abused in a very manipulative manner by my NPD mother as a child. No CSA but I've come to learn this is what drives me as a giver. What you have to understand is that it's difficult for me to only be the receiver. I'm very much driven as the giver. It drove/drives me crazy that she made a rule that I was not allowed to touch her at any point during some of these bj's when "weather isn't permitting" conventional sex.
Man did she dive into her new found talent with gusto. She kicked down a lot of her own inhibitions. She started demanding eye contact, she decided she was going to really have fun with it. She even read a book or two to learn some new techniques that are.... she put herself in the drivers seat and was very enthusiastic which turned me on. That in turn turns her on. She even tried some new flavored lubes, which I have to say...is pretty incredible. She figured out pretty quickly that a lot of the technique is in the hand/wrist and started doing the twisty technique. She can breathe without all the tears (she still gets some but way less). She started to explore and really get into it. Since she has started with he new enthusiasm, she has given me an O every single time.
Using your hand and wrist IMO is the secret to a really good bj. It doesn't have to all fit in your mouth. Also the wetter the better and that flavored lube has really been awesome. She found this stuff that tastes like Jolly Rancher candies which has added a new element for her and also helps with that gag reflex because it tastes really good. A company called JO System. The flavored lubes are very watery in consistency. Watermelon, green apple, and raspberry sorbet are all very good and have tried them myself to see what they tasted like. They are 100% edible, however they do contain glycerine so they should not be used on you, especially if prone to yeast infections. The lube really helps with the hand job part of the bj.
Anyway, she has found that she really enjoys doing it now. She has found a new way to rock my world and man does she own it. No comparing because there's nothing to compare to. She's that good that she has put herself in her own league.
One aspect that she has told me that she never realized before is the control level that she gets when giving me a bj. She has been raped and sexually abused. She has developed OCPD from her sexual abuse. She loves the control and dominance that comes with performing oral sex which surprised her. When she does it, she runs the show no question. I know I know...I suffer immensely.
I have also spoken with a few other women who were sexually abused here on SI and they also have commented on the control that they get from performing oral sex as well.
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I think that ties together many of what they men have posted here. Enthusiasm is a must. There are various techniques that feel really good too that can really help. Using the hand/wrist is a huge plus. As far as swallowing...doesn't really matter. I will say this through, having an O while your penis is surrounded is more intense that when it is not, whether during oral or PIV/pull out method. Really just an added bonus sensation. Not a necessity.
@rachelc
I was at the pub with hubby tonight and a woman walked across the street looking ready for the evening , if you know what I mean. A group of men gawked and elbowed each other as they looked at her. Meanwhile, the beautiful classy looking women in the bar didn't get a glance. WTH?
I beg to differ!! I bet the beautiful classy looking women did get a glance. Probably more than one. How could they not? Difference being they got the classy glance that's more subtle. Their look probably demanded respect and that is what they got, but they most certainly were looked at and appreciated. What type of respect did the woman who walked across the street demand? Yep, she got what she demanded.
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