Men: Would you take the new Male Pill?

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My mother didn't have a good time with IUD's.

I'm not into them for women at all.

As for the "male pill," I would take it----it's certainly better than using a condom!

Absolutely. I know it's not a completely fair comparison. I'm not criticising men or suggesting that women have things harder than men. I'm just ranting about birth control in general. I really wish they could invent something that wasn't barbaric and didn't involve side effects, like hormonal contraception does. There's no way I would ever take the pill, and I'm a woman. I wouldn't want my partner or son to take it either. Likewise with the other forms of contraception available. They all freak me out.

I know, I am one of those women and it wasn't a pleasant experience.

My post about the piercing was really off topic since r00tb33r mentioned body modification fans. People do get labia piercings but the transscrotal is actually much more serious and not really a "piercing" in the usual sense.

Taking a pill would be well worth the peace of mind it would provide my partner. I would much rather take a pill than risk putting my partner through the experience of having to get an abortion or raising a child we were not prepared for.

Two of my longest relationships happened with women who did tubal ligation surgery before knowing them. According to them it did hurt at first.

I never insist on anyone to take birth control, but I always ask to make sure and know what to do.

Kill them before they spawn more sad blobs?

Oh heavens! Of course! I wasn't suggesting that people go totally without, or take risks.

My first three boyfriends were all gay and .... let's just say it wasn't necessary for me to use birth control because we weren't active in that way. Then I planned and conceived a child, so I didn't need it. Now 20 years later I'm dating again but I don't require it. That's why I have never used it. I'm not suggesting that people play Russian roulette. I just wish the options were easier for people who do need / want birth control.

That's so....odd, were they closeted?

I don't know if I'd ever take one of the female birth control pills due to the side effects, but I'd consider taking a male one if I was cis and it didn't cause as many issues as the female ones do.

Yup. Twenty years of my life in those three relationships. I've told the story before but yeah.

Then I didn't date again until the man I met last year. Let's just say I was pretty worried it would happen again.

Doesn't seem odd at all if you have a type of person that attracts you. I definitely have a type of woman that attracts me the most from a physically sexually attractive standpoint.

Thanks menace. They were three very different personalities, but I had no idea with any of them. They said they were refraining from premarital sex for a variety of different reasons. I was married to the first one very briefly and conceived my daughter straight away. Her dad came out when she was six months old, and he left. Then the next two men were also afraid to come out.

I've heard all the jokes before, so it's OK. I didn't know any better and I trusted them when they gave their reasons for abstinence. To be fair they hadn't really come out to themselves either. They all faced a lot of pressure from their families and their faith, and didn't want to hurt me again like the first man.

I didn't date again from 2002-2019 but it seems like the fourth time's a charm.

Now back to our regularly scheduled thread.

What I find it so odd here is the factor of luck.

It cannot be explained other than bad luck, because you said those men don't share a same personality, also homosexuality(or any other orientation) and personality are not correlated.

Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning 7 times in his lifetime.

Fair enough, thanks.

I don't regret the first one because otherwise I wouldn't have my exact same daughter, who is incredible.

The second one was a first-class a***hole, regardless of orientation, so it's good that we finally split.

I'm still very close friends with the third man, 19 years after he came out.

Overall, not a bad track record, I guess.

Personally, I don't need a pill.

I have been on Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for several years,
which causes the body to stop producing testosterone (as the body does not
need to make it if the pituitary gland senses there is enough Testosterone in
the blood, which I get from TRT).

The negative (or positive) side effect that often occurs to people who are on
high amounts of TRT is that their Pituitary gland also stops secreting
Luteinizing hormone (LH), which causes the body to stop producing sperm.

TRT does your testosterone level, as it is pretty much pure testosterone
that is delivered in one of many delivery systems.

So, your libido doesn't drop, even though your sperm drops.
You libido gets high, so you want sex but you are in less danger of causing pregnancy.

Although, please do not rely on my guidance here, as in some cases, people are still
fertile even though they are on TRT. Best check before. Please don't blame me for any
pregnancies. Good luck... (or something that rhymes...).