tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27525872.post5904697144089529352..comments2023-05-19T04:15:29.687-07:00Comments on Geoisphere: Being Open with Other Men - My Penis and MeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27525872.post-2473268210183799032007-08-29T13:39:00.000-07:002007-08-29T13:39:00.000-07:00Thanks Sassy and Jeff,S - Obviously I wasn't parti...Thanks Sassy and Jeff,<BR/><BR/>S - Obviously I wasn't particularly testosterone driven and was "weird" in my slowness related to masturbation! I can laugh about that part of my past. <BR/><BR/>From what you've written on your blog I gather that your upbringing was far more open and challenging of authority and similar. I note that contrast with my partner now.<BR/><BR/>After my father died when I was 13 - in a small, mostly sick way - I was "the husband/father" of the household and my mother relied upon me in ways that as a boy - I wasn't ready for - not related to sex (of course!).<BR/><BR/>My experiences with all of my long-term relationships make clear to me that my experiences were far different from those I've loved.<BR/><BR/>J - I didn't see my mother putting an emphasis on my Virginity at all. Rather I saw a curiosity in her and perhaps a lack of boundaries, though it was more amusing than annoying.<BR/><BR/>J - you make a very good point about us as men - feeling like we are "different" - as well as implying rather directly our isolation from each other because we don't talk about intimate parts of ourselves with each other. <BR/><BR/>I think as a parent (now) it important to show affection with my partner around our children so they get at least a little sense of who we are as adults.<BR/><BR/>Talking honestly with each other is important - not only in sexual areas of course!<BR/><BR/>Thanks again - both of you!geohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454863293588730573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27525872.post-47375223519953940192007-08-29T11:11:00.000-07:002007-08-29T11:11:00.000-07:00Thanks for sharing this stuff Geo. Men don't often...Thanks for sharing this stuff Geo. Men don't often enough talk so frankly about their sexual development--I suspect that yours wasn't that different from most, actually; I also suspect that many men feel their development was *very* different, when it was, in fact, the norm.<BR/><BR/>It's too bad your mom didn't talk with you more about sex, and it's too bad that she put so much emphasis on the virgin thing, but it was nice of her to point out that one perhaps ought not be a virgin when one gets married...<BR/><BR/>At any rate, thanks for the post, and congrats on the full disclosure--it's hard to do, and men tend to be not so good at it, generally.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553129738801928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27525872.post-21396484082783194992007-08-28T10:43:00.000-07:002007-08-28T10:43:00.000-07:00wow, i don't think i've ever read anything so fore...wow, i don't think i've ever read anything so foreign to me before. thank you for sharing! <BR/><BR/>this statement:<BR/>"I remember being 19 years old and discovering masturbation for the first time while taking a bath."<BR/>is a little surprising to me.Sassywhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604276739069071163noreply@blogger.com