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  • March 12, 2017 at 1:36 am #108756
    kindofsquishy
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    I’ve heard stories about guys trying to use all sorts of things… chocolate bar wrappers, glad wrap, hopes and dreams….

    None of those things are anywhere near close to being effective as a condom 😉 haha

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    March 13, 2017 at 12:57 am #108757
    MsBlueStreak
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    The only thought’s I have reading through these alternatives…. “Just, What??????“

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    March 20, 2017 at 10:54 pm #108758
    mak_trouble891
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    The worst one I have heard of a guy trying to use was foil :open_mouth:

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    March 21, 2017 at 12:48 am #108759
    Curiosity
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    @mak_trouble891  reading the word ‘foil’ made me react to like nails on a blackboard – YIKES.

    I guess that’s a different take on a ‘knight in shining armour’ 😉

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    March 25, 2017 at 2:34 am #108760
    NickiPower
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    I’m having trouble even imagining foil. It warrants both an ouch and what????? @mak_trouble891

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    March 27, 2017 at 6:29 am #108761
    mak_trouble891
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    I know right @Curiosity and @NickiPower. I had the same reaction, like ouch!! I didn’t get details lol

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    March 29, 2017 at 1:42 am #108762
    walk_on_walls
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    Hopefully it was Cherry-Ripe-wrapper-type foil, not aluminum foil!

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    April 4, 2017 at 11:46 am #108763
    RoseHill
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    Hahaha yes @NikkiPower about Offspring!!! I definitely remember cringing in that episode thinking surely Nina would know better… she’s an OBGYN!?  😀

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    April 7, 2017 at 2:42 am #108764
    MsBlueStreak
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    Did anyone notice our Hump Day blog on the Do’s and Don’ts of condoms?

    https://playsafe.health.nsw.gov.au/sex-ed/dos-and-don%E2%80%99ts-condoms

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    September 22, 2017 at 10:37 am #108765
    teatea
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    Cringing at the thought of someone using anything other than a condom on their penis tbh, glad wrap and foil? Um? No thanks.

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    September 23, 2017 at 2:43 am #108766
    NickiPower
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    I totally agree @tea, but apparently it happens! 

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