Condom Catastrophy

victoria+james · October 2012

You may remember that I asked not too long ago about stopping BCP in favor of condoms for a few months. Well, having never really used condoms before I'm finding that I rather suck at them. I know that's sad, but DH and I were trying to... enjoy ourselves... the other day and we had a serious round of issues. I bought a pack that came with 4 different types since I don't know what's best for us yet. The first one came off and I had to go fish it out of myself, the second one broke, and the third one continued to try to roll itself up again. I tried 3 different kinds for just 1 sack session! Is there some sort of trick to these things?

cowgirltu · October 2012

Lol! I have never heard of someone having so many issues at once. Are they maybe to big for him? Like trying magnums when he is average sized?

frootyloops · October 2012

I've had issues with them too.... it took a lot of .... patience.. to find the "right" ones - and once we found em, we never stray!

victoria+james · October 2012

cowgirltu:
Lol! I have never heard of someone having so many issues at once. Are they maybe to big for him? Like trying magnums when he is average sized?

They didn't seem too big since they had to stretch to fit... But I think I'm going to buy something different because this selection clearly isn't working, lol!

victoria+james · October 2012

frootyloops:
I've had issues with them too.... it took a lot of .... patience.. to find the "right" ones and once we found em, we never stray!

Did you find that changing brands helped or was it just variety within 1 brand? I picked up Trojan since I know it's popular, but I'm wondering if an off brand might be better...

theroadahead · October 2012

OMG I understand your pain! Back when my husband and I were just dating, the first THREE times we had sex the condom came off and I had to go fishing. Ugh... so mortified. I don't really have any advice because well we haven't used a condom since then, lol. But good luck!

frootyloops · October 2012

victoria+james:
frootyloops:
I've had issues with them too.... it took a lot of .... patience.. to find the "right" ones and once we found em, we never stray!
Did you find that changing brands helped or was it just variety within 1 brand? I picked up Trojan since I know it's popular, but I'm wondering if an off brand might be better...

Oh.. geez.... i dont remember what all we tried, but once we found "the one" we stick with that exact type, no variety lol

atcwag · October 2012

We never had good luck with Trojans....they broke on us on multiple occasions. Lifestyles worked well for us.

Kind of an obvious question, but are you putting them on inside out? That could contribute to "rolling". They shouldn't come off unless they are too big if you put them on correctly. Are you rolling all the way to the end of the "shaft" for lack of a better term?

Mysterious_wife · October 2012

We've had Trojan break more than once. Durex

biomaj5 · October 2012

The condom broke the first time DH and I had sex in college. I was already the good church girl who was straying, and that pretty much scarred me for life. We will never use condoms again. We tried a few more times in college, but they always rolled up. I hate condoms.

victoria+james · October 2012

atcwag:
We never had good luck with Trojans....they broke on us on multiple occasions.nbsp; Lifestyles worked well for us.
Kind of an obvious question, but are you putting them on inside out?nbsp; That could contribute to "rolling".nbsp; They shouldn't come off unless they are too big if you put them on correctly.nbsp; Are you rolling all the way to the end of the "shaft" for lack of a better term?

I know they aren't inside out because I couldn't get the first one to unroll while I was trying to put it on inside out, lol! And yes when I did figure out the right way to roll it I did fully unroll it. I'm breaking out the veggies tonight and practicing my unrolling skills because 3 condoms really shouldn't be necessary!

Twinkie0612 · October 2012

Mysterious_wife:
We've had Trojan break more than once. Durex

This.

I'm not sure about the rolling issue, but have you been careful about squeezing the reservoir tip while you are rolling it on? If you get air in the tip it can cause the condom to break.

equinechic · October 2012

I know there is a bunch if advice already but I thought I'd put my 2 cents in too. My hubby hates, I mean hates condoms says they are too constricting which is why I was on bcp for about 10 yrs, but thanks to a post over on the nest, we tried the Trojan Ecstasy. They are shaped different and have done the trick for us. So now even though we have to use one, he is way more comfortable. They are a bit pricier than others but well worth it to us. And in general, practice makes perfect but it sounds like you are already planning to work on that. GL!

biomaj5 · October 2012

I keep reading the title of this post as condom castration.

MrsArel · October 2012

I agree with SoftSkate on this one. If you're stretching to get them on, go bigger. If they're rolling off, it's because they're too small most likely.

My DH tells a funny story about how horrible it was the first few years he had sex, that condoms wouldn't stay on, they made him go soft, and he just didn't get the whole hype about sex because it wasn't pleasurable for him. He finally got with a girl who apparently had seen more than 1 penis, because she immediately told him he needed to go bigger in the condom department!

Trojan Magnum XL's are the only size he can wear (but we only used condoms in the beginning).

The really funny part is he lived in Brazil for quite a while and had a very hard time finding the Magnum XL's (or anything bigger than average). Asking for them in a store with Portuguese was a 2nd language was bad enough, but the Portuguese word for condom literally translates to "tiny shirt". Try asking for an XL tiny shirt. So many weird looks!

CandaceMM · October 2012

softskate31:
They shouldn't have to really stretch...maybe you need magnums.

This.

victoria+james · October 2012

Twinkie0612:
Mysterious_wife:
We've had Trojan break more than once. Durex
This.
I'm not sure about the rolling issue, but have you been careful about squeezing the reservoir tip while you are rolling it on?  If you get air in the tip it can cause the condom to break.
 

Thanks for the tip... No pun intended, lol! I'll be sure to remember that one.