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Friday, November 25, 2005

Foreplay - Don't Rush It
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There's another common approach to sex that slows things down. Often intercourse is begun too soon in the sexual encounter. Often men with delayed ejaculation have the idea that they'd better start working at it early on because they fear that their partner will tire out if the whole experience takes what they think is "too long." This leads to missing many erotic experiences that build the arousal level - not to mention missing out on a lot of fun.

Rushing to intercourse, in essence, short-circuits things. Many people feel that going straight to intense genital stimulation numbs what could be intense pleasure if only one's partner built up to it.

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Related Topics: Sex and Intimacy, Secrets of the Sexually Satisfied Woman

Posted by: Louanne Cole Weston, PhD at 10:51 AM

12 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is so true! I used to think I was doing something wrong when my orgasms weren't as extreme as they had been. But the longer he spent on foreplay, kissing, kissing my breasts (surrounding the nipple and then working his way to the nipple), massage, etc., the more amazing the orgasm was!

Dec 28, 2006 4:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can Something called ProSensual cause arousal in women ? My wife has little to no sexual desire,most of the time.

Jan 26, 2007 12:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

my boyfriend and i did love to have forplay we would go for a wile and have great org., but when i started birth control my orgasms have almost stoped, except with toys (which he dosent know about). So now he hardly goes down on me, and it use to be all the time. It still fills good but i cant cum, i know its bothering him and it bothers me. i hate it. and i end up wanting sex more than him. i want org. again what can i do! o and i dont want to get prego.

May 14, 2007 1:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How would I know if my girlfriend has just cum out while I'm playing with her breast and tummy?

Jun 4, 2007 7:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Being a male, wishing I knew now what I didn't know when I was young, I have found foreplay to be just as exciting as intercourse itself..Yep, all guys rush to just "stick it in and go", but it will cause sex to become mundane, without excitement, and so on...Just a word of advise to all guys..Try a few of these things to help your lady really have an orgasm, and to put a slow hand touch to sex...
Try shaving her legs, or any other places she may wish you to. You can study her body as you go, look at it and admire how beautiful a womans body really is. Lay her on her stomach and take a piece of ice in your mouth, slowly let it drip on her back from neck to toes, and slow in some strategic places as you go...Turn her over, try to find her "g-spot". You'll know when you do..(I'll let you try to figure out where it is..And if you don't know where it is, ask her, she knows..)
Just play and have some fun before you just stick it in her..Let her get warmed up, wet, and wanting..It will definitely increase your pleasure and frequency of intercourse too..Suprise her with a trick or 2, and don't use what you watch on the porn's guys, get real... ..Maybe she has some tricks she would like to share with you too!

Dec 17, 2007 10:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Foreplay rocks.... I'm just sorry it took me so long to realize it. I've been married for 19 years, and believe me, sex become very routine... My wife, I found out, felt the same way. One day last Spring, she heard about this foreplay game on Chicago's largest talk radio station, and bought it the same day. She suggested we get away for the weekend, and so we did. After a wonderfully romantic dinner by the lakefront, we went back up to the room. She surprised me with her new game... The Hollywood Foreplay Game. Wow! It forced us both to take our time, and do things we normally don't think of doing. The game builds sexual tension like Ive never experienced. We still haven't gotten through the whole deck once, but we play it almost every weekend. After all these years, foreplay is slow and prolonged, the sexual tension is overwhelming, and the sex (and orgasms) are the best we've ever experienced! Foreplay rocks!

Jan 23, 2008 7:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Foreplay is the most genuine form of actual making love, he who does not foreplay does not get rewarded.
My girlfriend loves to make love cause I spent about a half an hour touching her and then another 15 minutes eating her out and rubbing her g spot, eating her out there after until i feel she is ready and wet, and then going is like never before and everytime is different and more exciting, just do time and the rewards are unforgetable all the time.

Feb 4, 2008 11:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am a 25y woman married. My husband should be hard when he want me I will not do any forplay. I never kiss or thouch him or make him hard if he is hard then He can have me.
but I will not do any forplay to make him hard to me that is his job to get hard if he want sex. In our relationship He complains about that I never kiss or touch him or that I consider his erection to be his responsability.
He claims that he needs me to do foreplay to get hard.

I dont like kissing or touching a man to make his penis hard so he can have sex with me.

If he have an erection then he can have what he want.

Is it me that is having the wrong thinking here ? or is my husband right ? does a man need forplay to get hard ?

We are close to breaking up since my husband is not happy with my bedtime manners. We have been married for 8 y now and I never kissed him in this time. when he try to kiss me i am closing my mouth directly.

Jan 31, 2009 4:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

excuse me, but why are you so adverse to kissing your own husband?

Mar 4, 2009 11:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am 32 yrs old and married when me and my husband make love i get to that stage where i feel like I am going to just explode, then it never comes its like i am stopped up or somthing i just wont cum why my husband blames me and its not my fault he gets mad and goes and masterbates cause of it please help me thank you

Mar 17, 2009 10:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

my fiance and i have never had any problems until recently like 2 weeks ago...we do the whole foreplay thing and even if we dont he never had a problem getting hard...the last 3 times we have tried to have sex weather i gave him head or not he just cant get hard...or if he does it only lasts for a minute and not long enough for penetration???what should we do??

May 27, 2009 2:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have recently started a love affair with a man who can't ejaculate. He is a wonderful lover, but I want to help him reach orgasm. We have only had sex once, and have had two amazing make-out sessions. How can I help him achieve orgasm. I really care for him and would like to be an ultimate lover.

Nov 6, 2009 8:27:00 PM  

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