Nipple Clamps: The Experiment

“Can we try something?” she asked.

“Sure!” I replied.

I was happy with my answer. Cultivating sexual openness in theory is one thing, but in practice it can be a little daunting. Everyone has layers of issues to deal with on their own. Coordinating those with another’s issues while trying to create a feeling of safety and togetherness isn’t a very straight and easy road.

I was happy she felt comfortable enough to ask. And while I would have said yes in the spirit of being open-minded and reassuring, I actually was interested and a little turned on to find out what was behind door #3. What I think was the most hot was that she had actually recreated the entire set of ‘Lets Make a Deal’ and wore a …. I’m just kidding.

Instead, she reached into her drawer and pulled out two roach clips on a chain. After a little giggling between us, she adorned me by clamping the metal rods around my nipples, allowing the chain to hang between them. Ah, so these are nipple clamps.

They worked a little differently than I would have guessed. I expected them to work like little alligator clips, but they were more like kitchen tongs - the kind with the ring that slides up and down to make them stay shut.  These were much too small to pick up a steak, only big enough to grab the fillet mignon rounds that are my nipples. She placed them around my nipples and slid the ring up. Once she reached the desired tightness, they somehow just stayed there, as if by magic. Or physics. Probably physics.

I have to say I didn’t really “get it.” I later found out that the idea is to put them on pretty tight so that when removed blood comes rushing back in, enough to cause a tingling or even a small amount of enjoyable pain. That didn’t happen for me. Instead, I was naked with a chain hanging from my nipples and when removed they were, well, removed … that was it. We decided later that we had not applied the right amount of pressure and would have to try again another time with a bit more force.

So, in the process of nurturing sexual openness, I will try nipple clamps again, next time on her. There is something sensual about putting them onto someone. And I’m pretty handy with kitchen tongs, so I expect I’ll do well. Til next time …

Photo by: Stratosphaerenlieder used under Creative Commons.