5 Ps
My lovely friends, let me tell you a thing.
I have had a hundred “sex talks” with my children (now almost 17 and 13.5) over the years and while I do always stress things like consent and ways of having safe sex, I always tell them “Proper preparation prevents poor performance” because it’s a phrase that just REALLY WORKS when talking with my kids about things like the fact that sex should not HURT. (It may be uncomfortable at first as you figure stuff out, but it should NEVER actively HURT.)
Anyway, I was talking with my @leelathecat tonight and I was bitching about the stupid “abstinence only” bullshit they try to pedal as sex ed in SC when that phrase came up again and… it made me wonder where I got it from.
Apparently. APPARENT-FUCKING-LY this is an old military phrase. Which means my dad drilled it into my skull.
Not for reasons to do with sex, but like. I don’t know. School or something.
But it’s true. The 5 Ps should be your mantra when deciding to do the do. No matter your gender or your partner’s gender, either. Always always always prep. Prep includes things like condoms and CLEAN toys and dental dams and a butt ton of lube and foreplay and sexy music that makes you laugh bc it’s so absurd.
Prep includes sexy sexy consent and knowing whether YOU are ready. Prep includes making sure your eagerness to make sweet, sweet love isn’t pressuring your partner(s). Prep includes EVERYTHING, including aftercare, because yes, after care is really fucking important, even if your sex is “vanilla.”
So just remember: Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.