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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's something every male experiences at least once in life. You encouraged him to wear it & now he knows for sure why it's a good idea.

I also have always wondered if dudes oversell it a little bit. I don't doubt it hurts, but part of me suspects they just aren't accustomed to that type of discomfort that girls/women learn to just deal with because they have to.

Do you enjoy getting kicked in your vagina?

That seems highly unlikely, PP. Do you know where the vagina is?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's something every male experiences at least once in life. You encouraged him to wear it & now he knows for sure why it's a good idea.

I also have always wondered if dudes oversell it a little bit. I don't doubt it hurts, but part of me suspects they just aren't accustomed to that type of discomfort that girls/women learn to just deal with because they have to.

Do you enjoy getting kicked in your vagina?

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Anonymous wrote:DS (9) has always had a stubborn streak, and one of the ways it’s manifested in the past couple of years has been the endless battle of getting him to wear his athletic cup for karate. “It’s uncomfortable / no! / I’m fine / no!”. Basically everytime. Sometimes he relents after I warn him., and sometimes I don’t have it in me to fight him on it. Today was one of those. “I don’t need it!” “Ok fine. Just don’t say you wished you had it”

Cut to: sparring time. Shockingly 9-10 year olds don’t always have great body control, and lo & behold DS’s partner throws a wayward kick that catches DS square in the ouchies. He’s down in tears. She’s traumatized. I make sure he’s ‘ok’, but not letting an involuntary laugh escape when it happened was a personal victory..

On the car ride home we mutually concluded that wearing a cup is a lot more comfortable than a kick down there (somehow I knew that already despite lacking the equipment) and we’ll be wearing one to class from now on. Lesson learned the hard way!

Did you mean to say, “square in the balls” or “square in the testes” or “square in the nuts” or “square in the family jewels?”

Please use more clinically precise language.

I am sorry your kid is such a bloody moron. Do you have a plan for after he ekes out a GED?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's something every male experiences at least once in life. You encouraged him to wear it & now he knows for sure why it's a good idea.

I also have always wondered if dudes oversell it a little bit. I don't doubt it hurts, but part of me suspects they just aren't accustomed to that type of discomfort that girls/women learn to just deal with because they have to.

Transitive property. I’ve been hit in the balls. I have a history of kidney stones. People of both sexes describe kidney stones as being horrible. Being hit in the balls is worse, but the pain goes away after a few minutes; kidney stones can linger for days.

DH and teen DS once tried to describe what it feels like (don’t ask how it came up in conversation), and DD & I both thought it sounded exactly like bad menstrual cramps. Which certainly suck, but it’s far from automatic that women instantly collapse in the fetal position the moment they strike.

Yeah, nobody ever died from menstrual cramps either.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's something every male experiences at least once in life. You encouraged him to wear it & now he knows for sure why it's a good idea.

I also have always wondered if dudes oversell it a little bit. I don't doubt it hurts, but part of me suspects they just aren't accustomed to that type of discomfort that girls/women learn to just deal with because they have to.

Transitive property. I’ve been hit in the balls. I have a history of kidney stones. People of both sexes describe kidney stones as being horrible. Being hit in the balls is worse, but the pain goes away after a few minutes; kidney stones can linger for days.

DH and teen DS once tried to describe what it feels like (don’t ask how it came up in conversation), and DD & I both thought it sounded exactly like bad menstrual cramps. Which certainly suck, but it’s far from automatic that women instantly collapse in the fetal position the moment they strike.

Yeah, nobody ever died from menstrual cramps either.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's something every male experiences at least once in life. You encouraged him to wear it & now he knows for sure why it's a good idea.

I also have always wondered if dudes oversell it a little bit. I don't doubt it hurts, but part of me suspects they just aren't accustomed to that type of discomfort that girls/women learn to just deal with because they have to.

DH and teen DS once tried to describe what it feels like (don’t ask how it came up in conversation), and DD & I both thought it sounded exactly like bad menstrual cramps. Which certainly suck, but it’s far from automatic that women instantly collapse in the fetal position the moment they strike.

Anonymous wrote:I think it's something every male experiences at least once in life. You encouraged him to wear it & now he knows for sure why it's a good idea.

I also have always wondered if dudes oversell it a little bit. I don't doubt it hurts, but part of me suspects they just aren't accustomed to that type of discomfort that girls/women learn to just deal with because they have to.

Anonymous wrote:I think it's something every male experiences at least once in life. You encouraged him to wear it & now he knows for sure why it's a good idea.

I also have always wondered if dudes oversell it a little bit. I don't doubt it hurts, but part of me suspects they just aren't accustomed to that type of discomfort that girls/women learn to just deal with because they have to.

Anonymous wrote:I think it's something every male experiences at least once in life. You encouraged him to wear it & now he knows for sure why it's a good idea.

I also have always wondered if dudes oversell it a little bit. I don't doubt it hurts, but part of me suspects they just aren't accustomed to that type of discomfort that girls/women learn to just deal with because they have to.

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Anonymous wrote:What recreational sports do ES kids play that should wear cups? My ES boy never wears cup in soccer or basketball, and he gets hit one time. Are these 2 sports safe not wearing a cup?

Soccer and basketball are fine. Baseball and lacrosse they need a cup. The hard ones are best, but the younger ages are usually fine with the soft cup since they can’t throw hard yet.

Football and hockey too.

In football the norm is that the kids line up and have to prove they have a cup on by knocking on it. The risk is too high.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What recreational sports do ES kids play that should wear cups? My ES boy never wears cup in soccer or basketball, and he gets hit one time. Are these 2 sports safe not wearing a cup?

Soccer and basketball are fine. Baseball and lacrosse they need a cup. The hard ones are best, but the younger ages are usually fine with the soft cup since they can’t throw hard yet.

Anonymous wrote:What recreational sports do ES kids play that should wear cups? My ES boy never wears cup in soccer or basketball, and he gets hit one time. Are these 2 sports safe not wearing a cup?