Condoms, Condoms Everywhere!

So it was a big bash at The House the day after Thanksgiving. Lots of food, plenty of alcohol, and lots of friends, both old and new. This evening the particular distraction of choice was a game the roommates and I had been talking about for a while - Condom Poker.

Now, there are two options for playing this game. One is to assign different chip values depending on different attributes of the condoms - red packages, black packages, etc. The other is to just go one-for-one... each condom is worth one unit of betting. The evening was quite the success - although I would reccomend more than 12 units as a starting value - we had 8 players and ended up "resetting" a few times by redisributing the condoms, just to keep the game going

If you don't feel like spending plenty of money, you can actually get mixed bags of condoms from Planned Parenthood - usually for $1 or $2 for a good 10-20 condoms.

Of course, part of the fun of this is actually getting new condoms to try out and have fun with. I've got quite the quiver of new ones to try out, and on the roommate's suggestion will review the new ones as they are used. For comparison, my usual condom is the Durex Extra Sensitive - in the purple package. I avoid condoms lubricated with Nonoxonyl 9 because one of my usual partners is allergic.

That very evening, my partner and I tried the Kimono condom with Aqua Lube - distributed by Mayer Labs in Oakland. Red foil package, usually avilable in adult stores instead of your usual grocery store. Standard packaging was easy to open in the heat of the moment. The condom itself is a little thick, moreso than even "usual" condoms, but also seemed very sturdy. It still transmitted heat and friction and such pretty well, and seemed to roll on fairly easily.

The lube included on the condom was also decent for vaginal sex. No word yet on the usefulness for anal - although the sturdy nature of this condom would lend itself very well to that particular activity. Taste is pretty standard, but not disgusting.

Worth a try if you want something fairly sturdy. It comes reccomended by the clerks at my favorite store, and while I'm not going to say it's an AMAZING condom, it will stand up to some pretty damn athletic sex.