'tis the season... of abstinence?

[barrelofrain.livejournal.com]

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The winter holidays are upon us, and a lot of people end up traveling and staying with their families, or hosting family at their houses. So how do you deal with sex and/or masturbation while your family is around?

Do you find ways around it wherever you're staying, or do you book a hotel when you visit just so you can have some privacy? If you're queer, are you and your partner treated the same way with regard to this matter as your straight siblings or cousins?

Tell us how you cope with being sexual when you've got less privacy than usual. Stories about how you and your partner of 12 years were assigned twin beds by your great-aunt are welcome!



(Remember, what works for you, your partner, and your family might not be work for someone else. Try to talk about your experiences, rather than what people "should" do. We'd love to hear from you!)

Rash between breasts

[moonstrucky.livejournal.com]

I have a red, splotchy, occasionally flaky rash between my breasts. It is not under them or anywhere else on my body. It has not cleared up with either hydrocortisone or antifungal ointment. It hasn't spread since I first noticed it about 3 weeks ago, but it is occasionally more red than other times. It isn't itchy and doesn't sting when I put ointment on it. Thoughts? FWIW, I'm a big lady and wear 42H bras.

A picture (SFW, just rashy skin, no visible breasts) behind the cut.

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Warts?

[cinemaaa.livejournal.com]

I think I win an award for the being the slowest person to catch onto things.

I think I have a teeny tiny wart on the palm of my right hand. Been here for like MONTHS and only today did I stop to wonder what that bump could be. Oh god. It is just a bump in my skin and looks kinda wart-like despite not being a cauliflower. Doesn't bug me one bit. I don't mind it.

I just realized -- can you spread these things to your own genitals? Google is giving me mixed answers. Are handjobs OK to my (male) partner? Because I have given him handjobs several times since I've had this, and yes, with this hand. Shrug! Masturbation? WHAT DOES ONE DO WITH WARTS!

I don't want to remove it. I'm OK with its evil virus germs camping out in my cells.

Deciding on the extent of laser hair removal - your experiences?

[kalalou.livejournal.com]

This is a bit of a weird question, and not one I was expecting to have to ask!

Today I had my first session of laser hair removal. Didn't hurt too much. Though I'm having a full Brazilian done (all hair on labia and around the anus, as well as the 'wings') I decided to leave a triangle at the front. But when the clinician asked what she should do above where my labia majora meet at the top I didn't know what to say! She ended up doing a kind of quadrilateral shape with a 1cm side at the bottom and a 4cm side at the top, and lasering off about 1cm above where the labia meet.

Have any of you superstars had this done? Have you left a triangle with a point ending where your labia meet?