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FYI, a vaccine against Hepatitis A has been available for more than two decades. Gay men are at particular risk, and we owe it to ourselves to get vaccinated.

You are giving very good, potentially life-saving, advice. And to everyone: talk with your medical professional about the HSV vaccine. It has been recommended for young people for years. Doctors could always prescribe it to adults "off-label", but it is now routinely available to adults.

"[O]n May 13, 2022 our Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) had a scheduled review at the midway point of the study, and the results showed that participants in the DoxyPEP study who were randomized to take doxycycline as a single dose after condomless sex were much less likely to be diagnosed with a new sexually transmitted infection (STI), compared with participants who were not assigned to take doxycycline PEP. This level of efficacy is exciting news." Enrollment is closing early. Current participants who didn't get doxycycline now have the option. Everyone will continue to be monitored for the planned 12-month period, because... "[W]e also need to learn about antimicrobial resistance which is part of the DoxyPEP study aims, specifically about the impact of intermittent doxycycline on the risk for drug resistance in bacterial STIs, on bacteria that often live on the body like Staph aureus and Neisseria and on the bacteria that live in the gut. This information is not yet available and will be important to understand the pros and cons of taking doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis." As a study participant I received the announcement a few hours ago. I'll update this thread when a public announcement comes out. • PEP means Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, in other words, taking protective medication after a risky activity. • PrEP means Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, in other words, taking protective medication before a risky activity. PEP for HIV has been available for more than two decades, and is for emergencies like needlesticks or unusually risky sex. PrEP for HIV has been available for a decade and is familiar by now. DoxyPEP and other research might lead to PEP for bacterial STIs someday.

@wood, I am sorry to see you go. I agree that there is a lot of fantasy and exaggeration on this site, but as someone who volunteers in public health (in a longstanding and serious capacity, to the point that people on the calls I attend are surprised that my day job has nothing to do with medical research or with community advocacy), I can't think of a better place to discuss topics like HIV and STI prevention. Here, people are not afraid to talk about the edgy sex that is actually happening, or that they wish were happening. I believe that most human beings succeed in balancing fantasy with reality. If people have a place where they can talk about bugchasing, heavy drug use, etc., then perhaps they have less need to go all the way in their real lives. (Or maybe I'm completely wrong, and the content incites them to take more health risks.) As for the site itself, it seems to me to be organized well enough that people who are not interested in a particular practice or fantasy can steer clear and read about other topics. I don't mean to question your conclusion, but to share a different perspective. I hope you will find other communities, whether online or in-person, that work better for you!

@funpozbottom, thanks for the useful advice. I looked at each of the kinds of products you suggested, and am trying to decide between one of them, or the stretchy armband that a few people have suggested. I'm surprised that the question of having essentials close at hand in a bathhouse hasn't really been solved. I remember locker keys with loose elastics, such that you'd have to wrap the elastic multiple times around your wrist or ankle to avoid losing the key. That was at Steamworks Berkeley, and it made me think that little, practical details were being neglected.

I posted a link to the product either earlier in this thread, or in another thread. The video on the product page showed a somewhat unrealistic, almost disturbing "birth", the silicone baby flung across the room from the force of the ejection. 😂 I've seen some mpreg videos in which a guy is about to "give birth" and holds his belly, imitates contractions, and moans somewhat realistically. Sometimes the father is there to comfort and encourage him. It might be hot to combine that setup with a more realistic use of the toy, i.e., the silicone baby comes out slowly, into the receiving hands of a midwife, while the excited father looks on.

@Monorchid and @shyvers, I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your personal experiences about a sensitive topic.

Don't stop at fantasy, @Cumdumpoakland and @YourNoLimitsBottom. These are great ideas! Are people thinking of a theme option that could be offered by a regular escape room (or a regular corn maze) on certain days or for private groups? It would have to be in a progressive location, of course. Or could the escape room idea be a way of revitalizing a gay bathhouse?

For me as a top, that sound has definitely become a turn-on. Long ago I met a bottom who was into jerking me off with large amounts of lube, and then getting fucked really wet. He said that the sound turned him on. I didn't get it at the time, but now I do.

That's a good question, @hntnhole. Being me (forthright, and with few taboos), I did tell them that they should fuck my (now ex-) husband. I even asked one to be ready to tell me whether hubby or I gave better head. 😂

Good explanations, @guy4funwaco, and @Barebackbanger before you! As much as I think people can self-identify in whatever way they perceive themselves (which could be what they want to be or what other people tell them to be) and it's no one's place to question their self-identification, there are also some behavioral markers that back up a straight identification. A guy who is married to a woman, fucks guys because his wife isn't putting out, wants the guys he fucks to be smooth-shaven and to wear panties, and just takes what he needs (fucks and leaves), is unquestionably straight. If he were reciprocating, kissing, staying afterward and forming emotional bonds with guys he fucks, etc., he could very well self-identify as straight because of his marriage to a woman, but there would be a gap between his self-identification and his behavior. (And that gap is just fine.) @BreedingTop71 adds another important dimension. Both how someone behaves and how someone self-identifies can change.

Very nice! That big mushroom head is a biological/evolutionary asset, removing more of the other tops' semen to give your sperm the advantage.

I like the subterfuge, especially if the guy is shy, reserved, or conservative. I don't know whether @Dant1485 gets off on the messages or on action (if the messages lead there). I always hoped my ex-husband would get fucked while I was away. I fucked several of his friends, so I knew that (a) they were easy, (b) they were willing to fuck guys in apparently monogamous relationships, and (c) they were into my husband (from our conversations). I'd encourage my husband to hang out with these friends. Sometimes he would, but nothing ever happened, which was a shame.

One of the most beautiful comments in all of Breeding Zone!

Well said!

You're the kind of bottom I appreciate. Interesting observation about sex-starved married guys. There are some clueless hetero wives and gay husbands, not putting out regularly. This is paradise for straight married guys. No risk of pregnancy and no complaints from wives who don't want to try anal.

So hot! Makes me wish I were young again. Props to you for doing things that keep your relationship interesting.

That made me think of potential porn dialogue, the equivalent to "Swallow it, fucker!": "Don't sneeze that load, fucker!" 😂

I hate to say this, but there is only one correct answer here: what the top wants. When I'm getting sucked, sometimes I pull out, leaving just the head of my dick on the cocksucker's tongue so I can see the spurts and he can enjoy the salty taste and gooey texture. Other times it just feels right to force the guy's head down on my cock, so I can nut deep down his throat. One thing I don't do is jerk off into a guy's mouth. Although a little jerking at the start or in the middle of the blowjob can help move things along, if I have to jerk myself off to orgasm, that defeats the purpose of a cocksucker. Wherever I decide to cum, I like to end by pulling the guy up for a deep kiss. It's my way of saying thank you.

So free and so hot!

Just noticed your thread/idea. It sounds really hot, and is something I'd never considered, other than when a cocksucker is taking my load on his face and some inadvertently spurts into his nose. I am going to have to try this. TBH, the idea turns me on even more if I know the cocksucker doesn't like it. The first time he ever blew me, my ex-husband said he hated getting cum in his mouth. I made him eat a lot of my semen over the years.

His loss, clearly.

Thanks! What can I say? 😊 I meant to recommend my fellow top @hntnhole to @Tightend69 as well.

This is good to know. Is there a product name or model? After all this discussion I'm tempted to get a sling and invite bottoms over. 😏 Clever! You should post a product review, with pictures.

@BBLincoln, thank you for your solidarity. Growing up when I did (1980s) and where I did (Canada, still very British then), I was acutely aware of the rise of Thatcher and modern conservatism in the UK. Policies tried in the UK, such as handing revenue-generating public assets to the private sector (but holding back, or later being forced to take back, the money-losing parts), cutting investments in public health services and education, and recklessly cutting taxes below the cost of operating government, were repeated in Canada and also in the US. As you say, it's essential for people to be conscious of what is at stake, and to vote. @hntnhole, indeed. My use of the word "shy" was tongue-in-cheek. Although they have little to worry about because a near-majority of Americans share their views (and have always done so), Republicans are avoiding their party's thornier policies for fear of offending swing voters — "shame", as you say. I'd call it temporary shame. The Republican Party favors a legislated nationwide abortion ban, and Mitch McConnell said as much the other day, but he also said to wait for the final court decision (and presumably, the midterm elections). Similarly, a number of Republicans have, over the years, endorsed the "replacement theory" that motivated the attack in Buffalo. They now have to tone down their beliefs for a moment, until the Buffalo coverage dies down. The senator who favors returning jurisdiction over interracial marriage to the states had to walk back his remarks, but hopefully no one is dumb enough to believe that his views — or the party's — have softened. On a separate note, I am amazed that commentators on an Internet forum, who are presumably not even lawyers, would be so convinced that the pending Supreme Court opinion can only ever be applied to abortion, when legal scholars are debating the very point. As a non-lawyer myself, I'll choose to worry as long as people who know more about it than I do are worrying. This is a great form of birth control and way to reduce unplanned pregnancies! Because many Republican politicians oppose not only abortion but also birth control, let's hope they don't decide to make oral sex illegal again (it was part of sodomy laws) when they try to make birth control illegal.