Personally, I don’t remember when I started, but it was very early on, because I
do have a very early memory of sitting in my bed having just done it. I always did it by humping pillows or blankets or stuffed animals. Amusingly, I didn’t realize that I could do it with my hand until I was 16 or 17...at that point I started having relatively unfettered access to internet porn for the first time, and I really wanted to masturbate while viewing it...not really possible while lying in bed, when all I had was a big old CRT monitor on my desk! Necessity is the mother of “invention”, they say, and so I became the gazillionth person to re-invent the ancient practice
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Nowadays, I prefer various forms of hand wanking, because the pressure of humping is too intense, which makes it very difficult to edge. I usually prefer to use toys like Fleshlights because they feel more natural and a "complete" experience. I'm also trying to learn deeper experiences with Aneros and other prostate toys.
I’m slightly jealous of people who learned later in life, because it must be nice to have the memory of such a thrilling discovery...
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