Posted Monday 10/12/2009 4:00 PM in
Lists by John DeVore
Filed under: sexual mistakes list, college sexual mistakes, sexual mistakes
College was a safe place for your sexual escapades to go awry, so long as you didn't contract testicle weevils. But college is over; you're a grown-ass member of society now, and there's no excuse repeating these same mistakes. Those girls you hurriedly exchanged fluids with are now women. Women who expect to bang it out with a man, not a man-child. They want dudes who can spell, and possibly locate, their clitoris. Pimp masters, not auto-lobotomized reprobates desperately clinging to an allegedly glorious past they can't remember.
So clean up those Kleenex balls from off your computer keyboard. Throw away the black light. Practice not spontaneously ejaculating at the mere rumor of a female vagina. And ponder these wise solutions to bad habits.
1. Lighting Up Incense

Burning incense didn't even make sense back in school. Your room smelled like pot, beer funk and feet grease. All burning a stick of incense did was add a noxious layer of sweet, hippie dirt smoke to the smell of human purification. Besides, what are you? A hippie?
Post-College Solution: Try a votive candle, or a candle that smells like vanilla or some other kind of food. Women love food-inspired candles.
2. Pre-Game Shots

Nothing is more romantic than the taste of 80 proof-laced vomit. Shots don't really loosen anyone up, unless you count bowels. They just insure that she won't remember your 30 seconds of glory. Which is a plus, but only if you never want to have sex again.
Post-College Solution: This is the only time and place for white wine. A normally noxious and useless liquid, a glass or two is totally appropriate when seducing a woman.
3. Ironic or Non-Ironic Power Rangers Bedsheets

A woman's skin is soft, because they're made out of clouds and butterfly kisses. So not only does she find your cartoon-bedecked sheets creepy, she hates the fact that they are so cheap, they feel like sandpaper on her skin. (Hint: You want her in the bed. Right?)
Post-College Solution: Men really shouldn't waste brain cells on concepts like "thread counts" when it comes to sheets. Just know that anything over 200 pleases the ladies. Something called "Egyptian cotton 800 thread count" will make most women squeal with glee.
4. Wearing Socks to Bed

College is one giant fashion get-out-of-jail-free card. Tank tops, sweatpants and baseball caps glued to your head with sweat? It's all good, hoss. Sex with a single toe sticking out of your gym socks? Whatevs. Welcome to the rest of your life, Casanova. Tightey-whiteys go first, then the socks. What, do you need your mother to undress you?
Post-College Solution: Keeping your socks on during sex is just a way of saying you are blind to details. And as the saying goes, the devil is in those details. For her, so are the orgasms.
5. Showing Off the Condom Drawer

Once upon a time, your bedside table had a drawer overflowing with free condoms. Maybe the idea was, the more condoms you own, the more potential booty you will have. Which is truly freshman-level logic. A pile of latex sheaths does not communicate sexual potency to a woman, just slightly perverted desperation. The same is true for tubs of hump spackle.
Post-College Solution: Start embracing the small acts of subtlety required after you graduate. Three little packets of condoms casually stashed next to the bed is all you need. Any more, and you're falsely advertising virility you do not possess.
6. One Minute of Foreplay Is Not Enough

Women need to be warmed up a little before crunching it. It's just a fact of nature, and oh the rewards to the man who invests in her pleasure. But know this: a minute of fumbling, finger blasting and sloppy oral sex is just not enough for her. It wasn't in college, and isn't now.
Post-College Solution: A good rule of thumb is this: When performing oral sex, spell out the "ABCs" with your tongue. Do it a couple of times. This is a good beginning.
7. "The Iron Rabbit" Is Not a Sex Position

You know "the iron rabbit"; it's when a dude jackhammers away like he was born to a human for a mother and a bunny for a father. It's just furtive, manic pounding away and maybe it was excusable when you first lost your virginity. Not anymore, Bugs. It can be painful to the woman, and more importantly, it tells her you have no style, self-control or sexual self-awareness. Remember: Slow and steady wins the race.
Post-College Solution: Let her be on top, and take mental note of her rhythms. This will take a degree of concentration you might not be capable of, but try. Take a mental note, and replicate this once it's your turn to tackle the nanny.
8. Clitoris-Phobia

There really is no reason why a man with armpit hair who can be drafted into the Army cannot locate, and stimulate, the one part of a woman's body most likely to give her an orgasm. It's really not that hard to find. The Internet was specifically invented to answer such questions. Memorize that part of a woman's anatomy, and tend to it accordingly.
Post-College Solution: Imagine an alternate reality where women can't find a man's penis. Frustrating! It is not necessary for you to excavate her lil' bean, but loving attention is mandatory.
9. Dave Matthews Band

The music you played in college while churning it should stay in college. Dave Matthews Band doesn't set the mood for anyone in this century. Try asking her what she would like to listen to, pre-game. We're pretty sure it's not going to be Maroon 5, Creed or James Blunt. Man, your musical tastes suck.
Post-College Solution: Have faith, always, in the smooth, slow jams. Al Green, Prince, John Legend? Yes. Drowning Pool? Not so much.
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| Posted by TheFinalSQL on 10/13/2009 9:08 AM | report abuse |
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I take it you have never tried musk incense.
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| Posted by Dev Rampal on 10/13/2009 9:58 AM | report abuse |
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i really liked the matter, its great to think the past mistkes and i agree with this topic.
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| Posted by Bacon Lover on 10/13/2009 10:12 AM | report abuse |
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"Imagine an alternate reality where women can't find a man's penis."
Err, all too often in this reality too.
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| Posted by Anon on 10/13/2009 10:34 AM | report abuse |
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No DMB because it won't turn on anyone this century, but yet you suggest Al Green and Prince? You gotta be kidding me!
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| Posted by Homie on 10/13/2009 10:42 AM | report abuse |
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Ah yess some Al G is timeless Anon. Or maybe a little Isley Bros for good measure.
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| Posted by Mutt on 10/13/2009 10:42 AM | report abuse |
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No Bacon Lover it doesn't, that sounds personal bro.
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| Posted by GrownUp on 10/13/2009 10:53 AM | report abuse |
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Rule #10 - stop reading Maxim magazine. Pictures of scantily clad women hanging up in your bathroom wall are no longer considered "cool" or "funny" by potential suitors - just sad and pathetic.
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| Posted by J. Bean on 10/13/2009 11:07 AM | report abuse |
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The author has never smelled the glorious Nag Champa.
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| Posted by richctina on 10/13/2009 11:49 AM | report abuse |
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Whoever wrote this article has a great sense of humor and, obviously, a wonderful, considerate and sensitive nature. Women appreciate this kind of gent. Go Casanova!
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| Posted by Keldog on 10/13/2009 11:53 AM | report abuse |
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I guess the pro-incense commentors are correct... if your would-be bed-buddy has hairy armpits and/or is an Edie Brickale fan. Dirty hippies.
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| Posted by Purplepenquin on 10/13/2009 11:55 AM | report abuse |
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Sam Kinison called: He wants his "lick the ABC's" joke back.
Just giving ya a hard time! A great list full of many chuckles
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| Posted by Tam on 10/13/2009 11:57 AM | report abuse |
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John Legend? Really? Who's next, Marvin Gaye? I don't know any woman - myself definitely included - who'd be turned on by that.
Pick music you both like, and the sex will follow accordingly. Green Day? Fun sex. Mezzanine? Slow sex. Sublime? Self-referential sex. ^_~
Generally, the pattern just follows as such. As long as you like the music (Monty Python songs NOT included), it will at least set SOME sort of tone for you to follow with. Remember, not all sex has to be the same. Kinky, romantic, desperate, even silly. S'all good.
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| Posted by frances on 10/13/2009 12:52 PM | report abuse |
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Yeah...the whole spelling out the ABC's with your tongue...not so good.
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| Posted by The truth on 10/13/2009 1:49 PM | report abuse |
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What's with all the god damn pop unders?
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| Posted by JBD on 10/13/2009 2:43 PM | report abuse |
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If you ever did any of these then your an AFC.
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| Posted by lame on 10/13/2009 2:47 PM | report abuse |
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Pretty much the only thing the writer got right was to learn where the clit is, and to lick it for as long as your tongue will permit.
Get that right, and none of the other drivel mentioned here will matter one bit.
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| Posted by jane lively on 10/13/2009 2:50 PM | report abuse |
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OMG that brought back some very weird, tactile and scented-collegiate memories of bachelor pads.
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| Posted by Matt on 10/13/2009 3:48 PM | report abuse |
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Lots of bullshit in this article.
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| Posted by rem on 10/13/2009 5:26 PM | report abuse |
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Drowing Pool - Tear Away
I will never forget my sexual conquest with that song playing in the background.
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| Posted by squirrel on 10/13/2009 6:18 PM | report abuse |
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to a guy who's still in college, this article is amazing (i.e. Me)
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