Thank God, my parents understood foreskins. They didn’t make a fetish of penile hygiene, as many American-born parents do!? My mother, while giving me my bath, told me that I should try to work the foreskin back to rinse my glans, but not to force it. I’ve always had large glans that made a significant bulge in my foreskin. Pulling the foreskin back over it wasn’t as easy as it would have been if I’d had narrow, tapered glans. And I find it impossible to pull it back when getting an erection. I have just been able to see a bit of the top. After stretching a bit, I realized my glans is super sensitive and there is a lot of smegma buildup. It starts getting slightly painful, and the discomfort only increases if I try to fully pull it back behind my glans. As a result, after stroking in the morning, my foreskin becomes extremely sore and painful, and the next day dead skin will flake off. Is there anything I can do about this? Do I need an operation?

Eric: My Dad had a circumcision when he was younger, so do I need one too?
Kevin: A lot has changed in the last few decades. Today, there are different treatment options that might not have been available to your Dad when he was younger. Even if your Dad had a circumcision and it was a good decision for him, it may not necessarily be the best option for you.

Today, now that I have a better idea of what masturbation is, I consciously tried to masturbate again. But I couldn’t ejaculate even after 10 minutes. My first problem is I can’t seem to get turned on. I think I may have a low libido but I’m not sure. Sometimes when I’m bored, I’ll watch porn and get hard, but I never get super-horny because I am always afraid of being caught by my father.

Despite having occasional wet dreams, my earlier experiences with self-touch were more exploratory and without a real understanding of what masturbation truly entailed. Today, with a better understanding, I consciously tried to masturbate again, but I still couldn’t ejaculate even after 10 minutes. I think my difficulty getting properly aroused might be a factor.

During that early stage of adolescence, I possessed a rather limited understanding of the fascinating and complex realm of human relationships and sexuality. While many of the jokes and innuendos thrown around on television evoked a sense of discomfort in my mother, they went right over my innocent and oblivious head. In my youthful naivety, I firmly believed that sex was exclusively reserved for adults and held no relevance to the lives of children like myself. They say kids pick up stuff about sex at an early age, assimilating it in all sorts of ways, mixing truth with fiction and imagination. It wasn’t that way with me. For me, sex was a subject that simply did not exist. It just was not a part of my world. Well, that changed pretty quick.

My friend just picked up a puppy at 8 weeks a few days ago. She’s really beautiful and a lovely natured dog. I am in love with Siberian Huskies. I think they’re very fluffy and cute. However, I am a teenager, and I have to attend school from Monday to Friday for 10 hours. I am clearly not a suitable owner for a husky!?

“I felt shocked and wondered if this was a normal part of growing up. It made me realize that puberty brings many changes, some of them awkward. Despite the embarrassment, I knew it was just a normal part of becoming an adult.”

❝I don’t remember any about the last dream if there was anybody else near me but that’s not important. When I awoke, I remember wondering what was going on but then it immediately sunk in I was having a wet dream. The quantity of semen that stained my shorts was a lot. AMAZING to say the least!!!