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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:52 PM
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Speaking of female viagra, when the hell is the male birth control pill coming?
Edited on Wed Jul-21-10 11:54 PM by HEyHEY
My GF doesn't use the pill and doesn't want to. She doesn't like the idea of always putting it into her system. I, on the other hand, don't care. They can pump my ass full of the shit. I trust it.

So, we've been trying to find male birth control and it ain't happening. It'd be nice to find because, frankly, I'm real tired of being nervous for a few days a month. The other option is cutting my nads off, but I don't have kids yet and want some.

I've read many articles that always say we're close to having it, but it never comes. What gives?

Signed,

- Nervous purchaser of bulk latex in Beijing
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county worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:55 PM
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1. Once a girl who didn't use birth control told me to make like a train.
I said what does that mean. She said pull out on time.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:56 PM
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2. Use that method and next time it'll mean "Get to the delivery room on time"
That's a spooky method to rely on.
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county worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:57 PM
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5. I know, it sure ain't reliable.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:57 PM
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4. How many pregnancies did that cause? Pulling out is unreliable since sperm come out before you ejacu
ejaculate. Unless she meant "pull out of my life", in which case it would work.
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county worker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:00 AM
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7. We were on a trip down the Colorado River camping on the shore line. There was no way to leave each
other for a couple of days.

Not safe I know.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:08 AM
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11. find a lillypad and some wheat to tie it up with
jeez, I have to tel EVERYONE EVERYTHING!
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:56 PM
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3. my first baby was a "we should be ok" time. second baby a condom baby
i felt the same way about BC pills. hubby then got snipped snipped.

good luck

lol
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-21-10 11:58 PM
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6. I've suggested freezing some of the lads
But I'm not sure I like that risk. Recently, in Canada, there was a fuck up and a bunch of snipped men's soldiers thawed out and were ruined....rendering them childless.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:02 AM
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8. I know sterile couples that have children.
Not passing on their genes, but they have kids.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:11 AM
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15. An old friend told me her third baby was a "we were just fooling around" baby
Edited on Thu Jul-22-10 12:11 AM by Hekate
She had a kind of screechy voice, but was very frank and very funny. They were married, they had two boys already, but I guess they got like a couple of teenagers one fine night -- and voila, the boys had a little sister.

One of my mom's neighbor's had her 5th girl while using contraceptive foam. Her hubby and a neighbor pal of his went around singing "Tiny Bubbles" for awhile.

At least these folks had a sense of humor about it, is all I can say.

Hekate

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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:12 AM
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18. that is funny.
if we had waited until we were ready, well hell... it all worked out perfectly.
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Gaedel Donating Member (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 05:06 AM
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21. Pregnancy
When a woman takes something seriously that was poked at her in fun.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 03:00 PM
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22. >made me lol
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iris27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:05 AM
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9. Not as many hormones involved in sperm production as there are in egg maturation & release - so not
Edited on Thu Jul-22-10 12:08 AM by iris27
as many places to monkey with the works. Also, most of the hormones that *are* involved are also linked to libido. Of course our pill can be a libido killer too, but it's only a potential side effect - doesn't strike everyone.

Plus given the many guys who are anti-condom (probably doesn't come close to a majority but enough to have become a bit of a stereotype) some would-be developers might not think there's enough of a market for them to put the time in.

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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:07 AM
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10. I've heard the other problem is the amount of sperm men produce
The drug would have to be really freakin' strong to do the job.
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iris27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:10 AM
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12. Yeah, that too.
Funny that a train metaphor was used above, because I've heard a bio researcher describe the problem as "it's hard to stop a train". :)
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:10 AM
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13. the best form of non invasive birth control is to "talk" about it...
Wink, wink...
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:12 AM
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17. fuck that! I mean, wait, the problem is you can't fuck that.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:10 AM
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14. Condoms are around, if you want to be in control.
There is a male pill, but you can't take alcohol and a few other things with it without your weenie dropping off.

:rofl:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 12:11 AM
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16. If I'm not drunk how am I supposed to make mad passionate love then fall right to sleep?
I use the condoms, but that doesn't give me peace of mind.
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Touchdown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 03:00 AM
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19. Those have been around for ever!


These also work.




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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 04:11 AM
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20. You forgot an option
Not all orifices lead to the fallopian tubes.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 11:24 PM
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24. No dice, I've asked that question
:(
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-23-10 03:27 AM
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25. Dump her.
Edited on Fri Jul-23-10 03:27 AM by JVS
She's rejecting nature's birth control!
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-22-10 03:03 PM
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23. The warning labels on BC pills make me cringe
Heart attack, stroke, fibroids, etc. not to mention some people gain weight. It's unbelievable that they haven't made a pill for men. I'm sure it would come with way fewer side effects.
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