Hand Job Magic

Believe it or not, it’s still snowing here! For People that don’t live in the Seattle area a statement like that is greeted with a yawn. Four days of snow here is like a blizzard in Miami. It takes a rare confluence of atmospheric conditions to produce any snow here. Bounded as we are on three sides by mountains and by Pacific Ocean on the fourth, it’s very difficult for the right conditions to exist for snow to fall. Moist air comes in from the Pacific which is quite warm. Dry, cold air comes down from Canada. So, it’s either rainy and warm or sunny and cold. Somehow, we managed to get wet and cold at the same time.

Mrs. Lion and I are home. I’m very happy about that. Unfortunately, she only gets paid when she shows up at work. Her office was closed on Monday. My office was too. I’m lucky enough to be able to work from here. However, since most of my colleagues are three time zones away, there is generally some afternoon time for a Big Cat Nap. We both had one on Monday. The way it looks now, Mrs. Lion will be home again today.

On Sunday night we snuggled and Mrs. Lion played with my penis and masturbated me. I was able to get hard and enjoy her ministrations. However, she couldn’t get me to the edge. I think the problem is a drug I’m trying out. Because I take a blood thinner, standard anti-inflammatory drugs are off-limits to me. I can’t take aspirin, ibuprofen, or or other drugs of that type. I’m pretty much limited to Tylenol or narcotics for pain.

I’ve been working with the pain management doctors at my hospital to look for non-narcotic solutions for my surgical pain. One possibility is a drug that is an old antidepressant. I’ve been testing it out to see if it can reduce minimal aches and pains I have now. If it can, I can take it to help with the surgical pain. I forgot one thing about antidepressants: they depress the libido of the person taking them. I stopped taking the drug Sunday night and hopefully I’ll be perking up, so to speak, soon. So much for drug testing. If I need it after my surgery, I’ll take it then. I’m sure I won’t be interested in sex at that time anyway.

Depressed libido or not, I am most certainly interested in sex now. Monday was my sixth day waiting. I would welcome teasing to the edge as much as I would a full orgasm. Mrs. Lion’s been great about daily teasing. It’s a miracle she doesn’t have carpal tunnel syndrome from using her wrist so much on my penis.

There are two distinct schools of hand jobs: One, is the “dry” school. This technique massages the penis with no lubrication of any kind. It requires a firm, accurate grip to avoid irritating the head of the penis. The second, is the “lube” school. A lubricant is used so that the hand freely slides over the penis even when pressure is applied. This most closely simulates vaginal intercourse.

Here are two instructional videos on lube handjobs:

Each school has its own proponents. I suspect most guys, like me, do it themselves dry. Part of the reason is that it’s easier and neater. Another part is that it’s very easy to feel when things start to go a little wrong and corrections can be made immediately. Of course, I don’t masturbate, but I do remember when I did. Mrs. Lion likes the dry school. She does quite well with it. A lot of women prefer lube. So do a lot of men.

The big plus of using lube, is that a much wider variety of sensations can be produced. For example, having the man hump the woman’s hand can feel much more like fucking if the entire penis can move through her hand. There are also a wide range of hand motions possible with lube that can’t be duplicated in the dry state.

The downside of a lube hand job is that cleanup is required when the job is done. It also takes considerable experimentation to work out how much lube provides the right amount of friction. Mrs. Lion doesn’t do it often enough to find tune lube. She generally uses more than she might need. Of course, that’s just a guess. If she decides to switch off I’ll find out.