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Dear Level
You Should Stop Masturbating For Better Sex
Not forever. But maybe just for this week
Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com.
Here’s a very uncomfortable conversation that I recorded for you, dear LEVEL Man. To be clear, this is not me speaking in the following exchange. And this is not my boyfriend. Nope. These are two random people I most certainly don’t know.
NotMe: So… how often do you masturbate?
NotMyBoyfriend: Rarely.
NotMe: What’s rarely?
NotMyBoyfriend: Maybe once a week?
NotMe: Is that normal for most guys?
NotMyBoyfriend: Well, when I was single it was every day.
NotMe: My theory is that men should cut back on masturbating, so they can be more in sync with their partner. Especially if their sex drives are not equal.
NotMyBoyfriend: [silence]
NotMe: You don’t agree?
NotMyBoyfriend: [silence]
Pressing pause on your solo sessions can make the times we’re together even better.
NotMe: Y’all should hold out so it can be really good when you get together!
NotMyBoyfriend: So you’re saying men should not pleasure ourselves. While our partner with a lower sex drive is not pleasuring us either? And just… wait?
NotMe: Yes.
NotMyBoyfriend: [grumpier silence]
To be clear, I don’t want you to stop masturbating forever. Or even indefinitely. Just maybe give it a rest for a bit. Not because we want to deny you pleasure, but because we want to increase it — and ours too.
We can tell if you’re handling business on your own between getting busy with us. And it can change the dynamic of our sex life. Pressing pause on your solo sessions can make the times we’re together even better.
Don’t believe it? I figured there would be doubters. No one wants someone coming between them and… well, coming. So let’s break this down…
