LoveHoney - Hella Rouge wrote:
Ahhhhhhhh! Wonderful stuff guys, thank you!
Why do you think it is that we automatically reach for a female toy when we opt for couples toys? And why are guys less likely to spend money on sex toys themselves than women?
I'm always genuinely surprised when a girlfriend tells me that she's never owned a vibrator (and of course, me being me...I buy them one!). Do you think it's because guys generally talk about sex less, as lads mags would have us believe that sex and football are pretty much the lads chat full array.
We play with his toys together, more than we play with my toys together.
I personally don't think it's a case of men wanting to spend less, I just think there are less choice. I also think there's not much available in the £5-£10 range for men (that's worth having!), whereas us girls have Ladyfingers and bullets etc.
Though we are quite open as a couple and honest and graphic in want we want/enjoy/think about, I don't have any friends that I'd talk to about sex or sex toys and I know my husband's the same. I guess that's where the OA fits in nicely!!!
I know when we first talked about buying our first sex toys as a couple (my Husband knew I had a drawer full of them when I met him, but stupidly, rather than share them, I chucked them!) I think there was a fleeting moment when he thought 'Is what we're doing not good enough?' and it was never, ever about that, but as good as he is, there's only so many bits he can stimulate at once! In my opinion, I think that guys *might* see toys as a solution to a problem, rather than a tool for enhancing their/your sex life and taking things to another level and therefore maybe there's a bit of a stigma to it.
I think the main reason though, for us at least, is affordability as a lot of the things Hubs is interested in are far more expensive when compared with the best selling products in my wishlist.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't think LH had that much selection in the £5-£10 price bracket for male solo play. I wouldn't rule out 'cheap' toys per say, in fact I'd be more likely to try cheaper toys because you've less to loose, but somehow splashing out £60 on one sex toy seems too extravagant for us.