When I was 12 the answer was clear. I was sure i was jacking off just until I started getting pussy. Well there never was enough pussy so kept on jacking. Early marriage worked fairly well. Had enough pussy to take the place of jacking. For the most part. Now at this age I still have pussy readily available but I still jack off. Sometimes right in the presence of my wife.
So what about you guys. Is jacking just a sub for pussy or is it more than that?

There is no substitute for pussy! But jacking is great as well, can't imagine life without both!

No masturbation is not a substitute for intercourse nor should it be thought of as such. It's simply self pleasure , a great stress reliever that provides sexual release in a way that feels entirely different from intercourse. Most men never lose there ability to enjoy jacking off and they shouldn't it's a natural part of our sexuality but much less so for females in general. Among married couples it should not be practiced to a point where the couples sexual interaction is diminished but it's best when done together in a marriage.

It is for me. I will never again have my cock in a cunt. I am perfectly fine with that. Cunts have always been way to expensive even though I have never paid a prostitute.
If everyone would just watch porn and jack off it may start world peace.

when you are in your teens and wanking,you can't wait until you get your cock in a pussy,but even happily married with plenty of sex,I always found time for a wank.still do.its not a substitute,just a different pleasure.you all know what I mean!

I actually prefer jacking to pussy unless it's good freak nasty fucking. Just the old "girl lays there while I pound it" is boring.

Well Bogey58 and Slostroke,
Fellows I have to agree with both of you, even though I am single had my share of of being a late starter to dipping the stick into a wet warm live pussy, when I was a kid they didn't seem to be to much fun. But by far the jacking has been a bigger part of this old turkey's life. An the dead fuck secession are no fun, and the period thing is a mood stopper for sure. But the tighter the hole the better. Lots of lube and a good knot hole, or a good home made jacking machine just might be the answer to a lot of pleasuring days and nights.

Agree with Bogey58, I would be a millionaire and much happier by now. Wife and pussy is fine, but price I had to pay was far too high, considering the anxiety, suffering and constant abuse I had to endure over 20 years of pussy. Not that I am unhappy lol, I learned to ignore the spouse quickly enough and focus on jerking to stay healthy sexually. Trouble with society is the current perception of the marriage contract, blah blah but I digress ..... :-)

Jacking off is all about me. I can do whatever I want and be totally selfish about my pleasure and orgasm.

I have a different kind of orgasm than with sex - both can be amazingly intense, but by myself I can fantasize more and not have to worry about someone else.

I can also do things that my gf wouldn't do, or wouldn't approve of - indulge in my nasty little fetishes!

It's all good - and I want it all!

Absolutely not. Jacking off is different. I love both.

Yes, but no. I mean it's more complicated than that.

Jacking off was the first sexual release and pleasure I discovered and since then there has never been a time I haven't done it, though the frequency has varied somewhat, and I don't believe there will ever be a time I won't want to do it because it is about giving myself pleasure without having to worry about anyone else.

When I first discovered pussy, of course I opted for pussy as often as possible and when I first met my wife we had sex most days, sometimes more than once but even in a week we had sex every day or nearly every day I'd still j/o once or there about.

As the rate of having sex has reduced I have started jacking off more again but I don't really see this as a hardship or a second-rate choice - I love both.

Regarding pussy I'd feel weird in a relationship if we never had sex but I also know from times of being single that I can manage just fine without it as long as I get off.

So, on one level they're both getting off and I am happy to take a proportion of my orgasms from either as circumstances dictate but they also have their own features - jacking off for connecting with yourself and sex for connecting with a partner.

Well folks. When I was young I was shy and not very masculine. Not many girls were attracted to me and the ones that were I wasn't interested in so my early sex life, till around 21 was 99% masturbating. I had a girlfriend for about a year and a half. We had sex daily but to be honest it was always disappointing. Not real exciting at all. I was single for a few years and just masturbated. I met a girl and we got married but sex with her was worse than the first one. I married her because she got pregnant and after 33 years we still have dull uninteresting sex. I would rather jack than fuck any day.

Sex with a a loving wife is at best a distant relative to jacking off. JO is an orgasm, and a fun one. Making love is a totally different thing. I suspect that many men never know what it is to "make love."

Neither is a substitute for the other. They both have their place. When I'm horny (most waking hours and many sleeping hours) I'm thinking about sex. If pussy is offered, I'm there. If Rosy Palm is offered, I'm there. It's like the old Jim Crow days - Separate but equal!

Honestly I don't care if I get pussy. Sex isn't very satisfying for me with another person, and I've been married to a woman for 25 years and also have been with a couple of guys. Except when I was much younger, sex just hasn't done it for me. Sometimes I end up masturbating to get release after a session with my wife but usually I just wait until I'm alone and then take care of myself, which is what I've done most of my life and completely expect I'll do for the rest of it.

Maybe it's not the macho thing to admit but I'll guess that many guys feel a similar way but won't own up to the feeling. I like watching sex for sure and women in person excite me so I'm not immune to the attractiveness of them. Also I like cock and I like to suck dick and swallow cum but receiving a blowjob or having intercourse just don't work for me. After all these years I've developed what I can only describe as a reflex to sexual contact. To be honest it turns me off and I only do it with my wife because I know she wants it and even then it isn't very often which is my fault not hers.

Anyway masturbation is not a substitute for intercourse, it's a replacement.

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