Years ago I remember hearing a story about a girl I grew up with fucking herself with a cucumber. That tale always stuck with me until I stuck one in me. This was back in my pre-intercourse days so it wasn't as romantic an experience as I imagined it would be, but it got the job done. When you can't afford toys or the real thing's not available, you've got to think outside of your box girls, and get creative. The same goes for you guys, too. The following list has the ladies in mind, but the men out there can get off on them just as well. Special suggestions for dudes will come in a later article. In one of my last pieces I recommended practicing dick-sucking techniques on vegetables , and I feel the same way about sex. Try banging things around your home or apartment. You should use what's handy, and they don't always have to be organic.
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1. Shower Head
If you look around your bedroom, bathroom, or kitchen, there are plenty of things that vibrate and things that can feel like a tongue if you use your imagination. None of the household sex toys below will beat the effectiveness of an actual sex toy — which is pretty understandable, since these items were primarily created to perform other, less sultry tasks, like cleaning your teeth, clothes and unknotting your hair. But if you're on a budget or too shy to enter a sex shop — or perhaps even too shy to purchase a sex toy online — there are many household items that double as sex toys that can do a heck of a job making your sexual exploits a little more exciting. And nobody has to be left out of the equation: Couples can even use these makeshift sex toys to get off together. This will help you avoid getting urinary tract infections UTIs , which can occur when old bacteria comes into contact with your genital area. If you want to add a little something new to your sex life without spending a dime, give these household stand-ins a shot. Your shower head can make for a fantastic clitoral stimulator. If you haven't tried this out yet, turn your shower on, and experiment with a variety of temperature settings and speeds.
2. Banana Peel
This year was no different — at least until my family sat down to binge-watch Making a Murderer. I went to pull out my box bullet — to finish the job my fingers started — when I made a very upsetting discovery: I had forgotten my vibrator. I was dildo-less. My orgasm, which moments ago seemed just within reach, suddenly became a ton of work. Once home, that experience still fresh in my mind, I vowed I would never let it happen again. If I ever found myself sans sex toy, I would be prepared. I had to know how to masturbate with common household objects. You can't properly sanitize anything wooden, since it's too porous, Dweck warned. You also can't insert a food item into your vagina without a condom, because it can and will break down inside you and cause a retrieval infection. Generally speaking, Dweck recommends that if you find yourself in a situation where you're toyless and need to 'bate, you should probably "rely on good old-fashioned hands and massage oil.
While you might have a solid stash of vibrators on hand, sometimes boredom — like the kind we're all experiencing during the pandemic — can push you to rummage through your apartment in search of household items to use in the bedroom. In other words, if your hairbrush or remote control are starting to look mighty sexy, you definitely aren't alone. The desire to play around with elongated instruments, however, is nothing new. Whether it was during a masturbation session or with a partner, the survey didn't say.
