Safe Sex Toys
★ How to Safely Use Sex Toys Part 2
As I reread that last article, I realized that I left out a few things. Other than hygiene and personal responsibility, there are a few other ways to safely use your various sex toys. When I wrote the earlier article, I was just thinking of the safety of you and your partner’s physical health. In retrospect, I can think of a few other things that can have you safely using your sex toys to their fullest capacity.
One of the things I forgot to mention in my earlier editorial is the importance of reading the instructions of the sex toy you or your partner purchased. Just by following the simple directions that are included with your purchase could solve most of your problems. If you buy a sex toy and then use it in any other way that what it was intended for, then you could be putting you or your partner at grave risk and serious personal danger. The reason why they include those instructions in the first place is to let you know the responsible way to operate your sex toy. Using it outside of its normal parameters is a good way to seriously injure or hurt someone. Don’t try to freelance with your sex toy; use it only as directed. I’m sure people are going to try out different things until they find something they are comfortable with; all I am saying is make sure it is within the guidelines of the sex toy.
Another thing I thought of after I had written the previous article is the matter of discretion. You do not want to have assorted dildos and other various sex toys lying around in the presence of children. Besides it being wildly inappropriate, if the child were to question what exactly they are looking at it could draw you into a discussion that you or your children may not be ready to have yet. All sex toys, no matter how trivial or mundane, should be kept out of the reach and sight of children. This is the reason that they should be kept out of the reach of children as well as out of sight. When not in use, all sex toys should be locked away in a box somewhere where inquisitive little eyes and minds can keep from prying. It is your responsibility as an adult to keep these things away from your children until you are ready to have that open and frank talk about sex. This conversation should never be started because your son or daughter (or your neighbor’s kid, whatever) wants to know what that long thing is buzzing in your nightstand drawer.
Or, worse yet, imagine if your parents/parents’-in-law/preacher/co-worker stopped by unannounced and you just happened to have your blow up sex doll draped nonchalantly over the couch. Unless you want these people all up in your sexual business, this is another instance where discretion would be the wiser way to go. Nobody needs to know what you do in the privacy of your own home besides you or your partner, and most of the time it’s up to you to keep it that way. Just because you are finished using your sex toy of choice doesn’t mean you should just leave it lying around for whomever to find. At times like that, it’s good to take a page out of your mother’s book when she told you to clean up after yourself. True, she probably meant putting your dirty dishes in the sink or something equally as trivial, but there is no reason why you can’t apply that lesson to your sex toys. As a matter of fact, it’s probably a more prudent lesson for the sex toys. When you’re finished with them, put them up. Otherwise, you might find yourself on the receiving end of some sort of intervention on behalf of your local church congregation, who one day stopped by to offer tickets to the church supper or whatever and instead found you in the middle of some sort of torrid affair with a piece of plastic. Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
So that really about sums it up. (for real this time) Like I said in my earlier report, as long as you keep it clean and safe, I see no reason why you and your sex toy can’t have a wonderful future together. But let’s also remember what I said in this article. If you are going to use a sex toy, make sure you are using it right. Don’t try and use it for anything other than what it was manufactured for. When you try to freelance on your own, that’s when people get hurt. You don’t need to try and test the capacity of the sex toy in question; just use it in the capacity it was intended. Anything other than that would just be unwise and unsafe.
And, of course, keep all of your various sex toys away from children. This keeps you from having to answer embarrassing questions that children may not be ready to hear the answer for. The simplest way to do this is to not try and enjoy your sex toy around children, and to make sure the toy in question is put up before any kids come into your home. As for having your co-worker or local clergy find out about your voracious sexual appetite, I told you to put everything up. If you don’t want people other than your sexual partner (or partners) knowing your business, then don’t advertise said business. It’s ok to not be ashamed of what you’re doing, but if you don’t want everybody knowing your doing it, then maybe it’s better to be safe than sorry.
If you keep all these suggestions in mind, I don’t see any trouble concerning your sex toys headed your way. As a responsible adult, it’s the absolute least you could do.
