Advice from our guy friends: What to do with male nipples?

Advice from our guy friends. This week they answer the question, Do guys like having their own nipples played with during sex, and if so, what's the best way to do it?

Straight Single Guy (Max): Yes, but be careful. For most guys, our nipples are basically the same as the rest of our body, in that every bit of attention is appreciated, but there's no need to dwell upon any one area (besides THAT one). Barring the possibility of your guy having extra sensitive nipples (and I happen to have a couple of friends who do), an extended nipple play "sesh" will probably prove to be awkward and without reward. So please, test the waters (maybe with a few lil' kisses at first) and see just what kind of guy we are, and then take it from there. He might just "nip" your attempt in the bud, but I'm sure he'll at least appreciate the thought.

Gay Committed Guy (Bill): First off, I should let you know I was blessed with not two but THREE nipples. I thought about joining the circus but I decided I didn't like the way they treated the midgets. Unfortunately, I have about as much feeling in my teets as I do in my third eye: you can rub those three little guys til they bleed but you won't get anything hard in my pants. Of course, guys who aren't freaks like me -- guys who are freaks in their own way -- think nipple play during sex is fabulous. Rub them between your fingers with both free hands while you are giving a bl*wjob and you can make some men scream. So by all means suck 'em, tug 'em and slap 'em, just don't waste your energy on me. (Do you have a third nipple? Probably not, but click here to find out if your nipples are normal.)

Married Straight Guy (Ben Adair): I can only speak for myself: Playing with my nipples and sucking on my toes are without a doubt the closest you can get to giving me a bl*wjob without, you know, giving me a ----- . It was a little confusing the first time it happened. "Those are my nipples," I thought. "Why does it suddenly feel like she's sucking me off?" But then she started giving me a ----- and suddenly I was like, "Oh. Right. Because getting a bl*wjob and a h*ndjob at the same time is like..." And then I died...
The same rules apply to the nipples as apply to the penis: start slow with lots of licks, move on to nibbling and suckling. A little bit of teeth might push him over the edge, but it's really, really easy nip too hard and send the whole session crashing into the dirt. Be careful. One day, I'll have my toes sucked and my nipples played with while someone actually is giving me a bl*wjob and then, I think, I actually will die. Because my wife will kill me for cheating on her.

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Our "guys" are a rotating group of contributors, some of whom wish to remain anonymous and some of whom like the attention. This week's Straight Married Guy is our Ben Adair, an L.A. writer and radio producer whose online archive can be found at Natsnd.org.

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