Thursday night didn’t turn out as Mrs. Lion predicted. By the time she finished work, she was tired. After resting for a while, she prepared dinner. She commented that it was too late to start sex once we finished. Instead, we watched “80 For Brady.” It’s a combo sports story, chick flick. We both liked it, except that it was about the Patriots winning. We both want them to lose. Nevertheless, it’s a cute story with good acting.

Our readers in other countries are taking advantage of our translations. I’m happy to see that. I wish I knew how good the machine translations are. Hopefully, it makes our site more fun for non-English readers. I’m definitely getting horny. Maybe this weekend, if Mrs. Lion gets more sleep, we can have some fun.

pumping for pleasure

my penis in vacuum penis pump
That’s my cock pulled into an erection by the penis pump

I started my penis vacuum exercise again. I have a cool electric penis pump that does a good, safe job of expanding the spongy tissue that creates erections. As we age, that tissue loses elasticity and makes getting good erections more difficult. When saw the doctor a week ago, my blood pressure was quite low. This is a very good thing in terms of health but not wonderful when it comes to erections. The penis is inflated by blood pumped into it during arousal. If blood pressure is low, inflation is not as good.

Naturally, I want to present Mrs. Lion with a nice, hard cock to suck on. The vacuum pump is supposed to help. I can’t think of any objective way to discover if it actually works. Erections depend on many factors, not just the condition of the erectile tissue. I’m operating on the theory that every little bit helps.

Mrs. Lion wrote about the stress she feels due to issues with her son (“Play With The Lion“). She does her best to hide her feelings, but it is obvious that she is worried. I don’t want to add more pressure because I’m horny. I’ll be fine if I have to wait. I want her to feel good. That has to be the first priority.

The weekend wasn’t very good for either of us. I spent most of it in bed. Mrs. Lion was also tired and out of sorts. She completed the necessary chores and rested as much as she could. I think our weight loss program is affecting us.  We also changed some meds that may be responsible for some of this. Needless to say, sex wasn’t even mentioned. We’re both up and about now. I’m not sure that means we will be frisky tonight.

A few weeks ago, Mrs. Lion ordered pizzas from John’s Pizza on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York. I lived in the Village for many years. John’s is arguably the best pizza in a city famous for that yummy treat.  I used to love going to John’s at least once a week. There were always lines out into the street waiting to get in. It was worth the wait. When we moved to the Pacific Northwest, I was sure that I would never taste John’s pizza again.

Mrs. Lion is famous for her web searches. She discovered that John’s pizza is being offered by Goldbelly. This company sends treats from all over the country. We’ve bought food from them before. Mrs. Lion ordered four pies. They arrived frozen with dry ice. We had one last night. It was wonderful. Well, pretty wonderful. My sense of taste has diminished. I think that is a (temporary?) side effect of my new med. Still, it was great. John’s makes the best crust.

I’m something of a pizza snob. I’ve visited the pizzeria that invented pizza in Naples. The pies are made in a wood-fired oven that’s over a hundred years old. Their crust is softer and chewier than the New York pies. I’ve eaten at Uno’s in Chicago many times. They make the best deep-dish pizza I have ever had. Goldbelly’s version is supposed to be from Uno’s but doesn’t taste as good. If you go to Uno’s, try their salad. It’s something special. We have a small restaurant chain here in the Seattle area that makes authentic Neopolitan pizza. They are certified by some sort of Neopolitan organization that assures the product is authentic. It is!

I suppose it makes a strange sort of sense to talk about food today. I’m substituting things I like that go into my mouth while I’m waiting to put something Mrs. Lion likes into her mouth. Sex and food are both sensual experiences. The one I like best isn’t fattening.

I don’t understand why, but we have lost some of our usual energy for fun. It’s probably our diet. We both miss the fun we had in the past, and I’m sure we’ll get back to it. Mrs. Lion’s schedule is stable. Unless she has to take some time off during the week, she’s done every day at 4:30. I haven’t been writing. I guess it’s writer’s block or just unhappiness at not landing an agent. I haven’t given up yet.

We need to spend more time planning our diets. I’m sure we are OK in terms of Calories, but we could do better balancing nutrients. Neither of us is motivated in that area. Both of us are committed to losing weight. I think that weight loss, like domestic discipline and male chastity, take time to integrate into our lives. I suspect that one of the big reasons that couples give up on them is the same one that makes people quit dieting: they don’t push for consistency.

If you think about it, our kinks have the same sort of learning curve as weight loss. All are very easy to begin, but much harder to sustain. You don’t need to know much to buy a cheap chastity device and start male chastity. Similarly, it doesn’t take a lot of training to deliver a passable spanking. Well, maybe it’s a bit more difficult to deliver a meaningful spanking, but making a bottom pink is pretty easy. The same is true of weight loss. It’s easy to cut back on Calories in the beginning. The first ten pounds are pretty easy to achieve.

All three activities take a lot more to sustain. For one thing, all have necessary subtleties with steep learning curves. It takes research and investment to get a male chastity device that is comfortable to wear 24/7/365. I’ve written a lot about that. If you’re lucky and find a good device early on, you will still end up investing at least $500 before you are done. Then there is learning how to adjust your relationship to accommodate it. Both partners have to learn how to manage a sex life where one partner is restricted. It may seem fun and easy at first, but it can become difficult over time. Dedication and consistency are required.

You can see the theme. All three are very exciting to consider. They are easy to start. Very few people who start keep it up for long. Nothing worthwhile is quick and easy. There’s a very good reason why very few of us are successful at any of those practices. I think that when you master one, you can master them all.

It took us time and a lot of work to make male chastity part of our marriage. It cost real money to get devices that were comfortable to wear. It took endless discussions  (Read our past posts.) to figure out how to make it work. Now, after over nine years, it’s just part of our lives. Domestic discipline has been easier to implement. It still takes a lot of work to integrate it into our marriage. We’re still figuring it out. But, we know it’s here to stay and understand what we have to do.

I’m convinced we will succeed with our diets. We’ve learned what we have to do to make changes in our lives. We are fully aware that we will have to learn a lot and keep adjusting. I know we’ll succeed.

You’ve probably heard of penis pumps. They are frequently advertised as devices intended to increase penis size. Wrong. They are useless in that department but very, very valuable for other things. A penis pump is a device with an air-tight container for the penis and a vacuum pump to remove air in the container. When air is removed, blood is drawn into the penis. What’s the point?

An erection occurs when blood is pumped into the spongy tissue of the penis. The penis pump creates an erection inside the cylinder. If a cock ring is worn around the penis, it stops the return of blood to the body when the vacuum is released. This is a technique to produce erections for men who have ED. It’s considered the safest treatment for ED.

The pump has a different use. It can help improve erections for the rest of us. As we age, the spongy tissue in the penis loses some of its flexibility. As a result, erections aren’t as firm, and the penis loses some of its length and girth. The penis pump helps the tissue regain some of its flexibility. The Mayo Clinic and FDA agree that this treatment works.

There are a lot of penis pumps available. I got one from Amazon. It’s electric and automatic. It’s powered by a rechargeable battery. This device has four settings. Two with medium suction and two with higher suction. The pump works by cycling the vacuum pump. The timing of the on/off cycle determines the amount of suction.

When I turned the device on, it cycled with a small level of suction. Pressing the green mode button cycles the device through its four modes. It’s supposed to be used for about five minutes per session. I started with the lowest setting (one green bar displayed). Each cycle made my soft penis harder. It didn’t feel particularly good. It didn’t feel like I had an erection, but I could see my penis getting larger and larger.

I went to the second setting for my next session. It was a bit uncomfortable, but not bad. So far, I’ve used the pump four times. Mrs. Lion gave me oral sex on Sunday night. She reported that I was no harder than usual. Maybe I need more sessions before improvement will be apparent.

Penis pumping doesn’t work to make a cock larger. Well, a slight increase in size does accompany treatments. Pumping has a much more important value. It improves the quality of erections. It’s worth the $39.99 for this device. (Amazon)