TMI Tuesday 6/5

MMRoberts11

How do you feel about condoms?  Do you like them or no?

melfacto

We don't like them, but use them... I don't like how the pill made me feel so for now, they serve a purpose!

daria24

We used them early on, before we both got tested/agreed to be exclusive. And we use them occasionally when we need a backup method. But I would rather not use them, totally TMI, because be doesnt stand at attention as rigidly as he does without them. There is a European brand I love though, and of course I can't remember the name right now.

Ash61612

We won't have sex without one. Even being on the pill, we still use them

rasp.berry

FI and I have had sex maybe a total of 10 times with condoms.. the first few times we slept together (I was a virgin, he got tested). Then, the first few times we slept together while waiting for my Mirena IUD after our second child.

I think I hate them as much, if not more than he does. Yuck. They DO serve a purpose and that's all fine and dandy, but I hate the texture, the feeling, the look, the sensation, the everything about them. Since we had other birth control methods in place (when we wanted them to be), and we were both monogamous, I didn't see the point. I won't look back and FI will be getting snipped in the near future to prevent us ever needing to go back to them - that's how much I hate them.

chelseamb11

They probably saved my ass several times in my past. FI and I will not be using any birth control Only NFP

kristin183

Not a fan... always used them in the past and FI and I used them when we first started dating. Once we officially committed and clean I went on BC and we haven't used them since.

peachykeen26

We used them very rarely. He doesn't like them and neither do I. They are only used for back up.

kelsey+brandon

We've definitely always used them, even when I've been on birth control. We won't be using them after the wedding, just birth control.

amandaf6383

I personally hate them but they serve their purpose. After the wedding/honeymoon, FI and I will decide what the next step is.

hose85

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_tmi-tuesday-65?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:4fe18bd2-fd52-4c90-9ca5-48758b1878dfPost:f74c091e-a0d8-41e3-95e6-84811634b183">Re: TMI Tuesday 6/5</a>:
[QUOTE]They probably saved my ass several times in my past. FI and I will not be using any birth control :) Only NFP
Posted by chelseamb11[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>Us too! I was thinking about posting on the thread to see who else is doing it! am sending you a pm!

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amonis

I don't particularly care for them but they do serve a purpose.  I am on BC but FI and I usually use them anyway... mainly because the cleanup is so much easier (this is TMI Tuesday haha). 

acaponi87

FI and I used them at the beginning (I've been on BC the whole time) and eventually I told him I didn't want to use them anymore and I was just okay with the BC (hasn't failed me yet! lol).

I hate the rubbery feeling. We'll use them occasionally, like when I'm on antibiotics but that's about it.

If I was not engaged/exclusive, I'd definitely be using them. Diseases ain't cool.

KrisKenny

FI and I both HATE them.
   Sad to say that both of us weren't using them, even before we were together. I was always on BC after I had my son.
   FI stopped using them after one of his GFs got pregnant because it broke on him. Maybe that's why he has 7 kids...

chelseamb11

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: TMI Tuesday 6/5 : Us too! I was thinking about posting on the thread to see who else is doing it! am sending you a pm!
Posted by hose85[/QUOTE]

YGPM back!

janeash

Not a fan....we just use them cause it's easier cleanup....and only then if we have them around.  As Acaponi said, I definitely understand using them if you're not in a committed relationship or if you're not exclusive.

leah2489

We hate them. I hate the rubbery feeling, and they make me get dry quicker (sorry way TMI). I am on BC so luckily we don't have a need for them.

ECOlson

I've been on the pill since college, so when FI and I first started dating we only used condoms before we were exclusive, but since then have only used them when we needed a backup method or when I'm on my period because of the easier cleanup. 

For those that hate the rubbery feeling, there's a kind of condoms I used with my ex that he ordered online and they were awesome.  They barely felt like anything was there.  Unfortunately, I cannot for the life of me remember what they're called (I blocked most of my memories connected to my douche of an ex, haha).

ncd5015

I've never been a fan. We don't use them

Megbo2012

I love those little balloons!

brittneyh4

We used them while I was on antibiotics for strep throat and actually conceived during that time and we didn't know (MC at 6 weeks). I never liked them and TMI but they make me really raw afterwards. We don't use them, just BC until we decide we want to try for kids.

tgerl

We don't like them.  I'm on BC so we don't see a need for them.  I think it ruins the mood to stop and put one on and FI doesn't like the way they feel.

lobster93

Neither my Fl or myself really care for them because they make me dry and uncomfortable sometimes, but as stated by other ladies, I like to use them occasionally for the easy clean up factor.

kipnus

We don't mind them. They offer peace of mind (I'm on BC, but am SUPER paranoid). We would eventually like something more permanent, though, i.e. vasectomy. I think that's the only way I would feel comfortable not using them. And I would probably stay on BC. Can you tell I don't want biological children? Lol.

MiksChick23

I honestly can't tell the difference, unless we us a warming or cool tingling one (which I love). I know he probably mentally prefers to use them but physically perfers not to. For the last few years we've used no other BC methods, so they were a necessity. I have banned them going forward though.

julbgordo

We used them up until I went on BC.  I think we stopped using them about a month after I started BC.  Never looked back.

DrPB2b13

I'm extremely prone to UTIs and condoms make me more likely to get one, so I hate them.  Aside from that, I don't mind them at all, but we only use them when I'm on antibiotics or have a BCP "glitch" for some reason.

michellep1

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_tmi-tuesday-65?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:4fe18bd2-fd52-4c90-9ca5-48758b1878dfPost:40e18991-12e1-4c85-b278-a0f80f621abf">Re: TMI Tuesday 6/5</a>:
[QUOTE]We've definitely always used them, even when I've been on birth control. We won't be using them after the wedding, just birth control.
Posted by kelsey+brandon[/QUOTE]

Exactly this.  We've had a few times without them, but not in the past year since I refused to compromise my dress for a baby (definitely still too selfish for children lol).

PopPow

I have an IUD and before that was on BC pills. We used condoms the first few times. Then got tested. Neither of us like them and if I asked FI to use them in regards to clean up he'd laugh me out of the bedroom.

KJeffs

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_tmi-tuesday-65?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:4fe18bd2-fd52-4c90-9ca5-48758b1878dfPost:456d18e1-9305-4593-8ebb-2360ffb970f1">Re: TMI Tuesday 6/5</a>:
[QUOTE]FI and I both HATE them.    Sad to say that both of us weren't using them, even before we were together. I was always on BC after I had my son.    FI stopped using them after one of his GFs got pregnant because it broke on him. Maybe that's why he has 7 kids...
Posted by KrisKenny[/QUOTE]

7 kids??

tigurlily

FI hates them and pretty much refuses to use them.  I've been on BC the whole time I've known him though, so it wasn't a huge deal.  I don't remember hating them, but its been years since I've used one...  So now, since FI is so opposed to them, if I miss a day of pills or whatever, we use the good ol' pull and pray method... lol.  (So far successful.)