Does my boyfriend really get blue balls?

Dear Almost Pure,

No his balls do not turn blue. Your boyfriend’s problem is that he’s had a raging hard on for too long. And, if he’s around your age, that’s pretty common. Teen boys constantly have perpetual boners.

Most of the discomfort your guy feels is not in his testicles, but in his perineum – the area between his balls and his anus. The perineum (chouda or taint) is a muscle that gets strained when a guy has a perma boner.

Furthermore, when a man is aroused his testicles fill with blood (vasocongest) and grow about 15%. This too can be painful if the blood remains in the testis for an extended length of time.

No matter how much he says he’s going to die if he doesn’t get ejaculate, it really isn’t going to kill him. The pain from ‘blue balls’ can be relieved from ejaculating, but his testicles won’t spontaneously combust if he doesn’t.

So Almost Pure, if you are ‘fooling around’ with mutual masturbation or oral sex, you can always help him out. However, you should never feel pressured to go all the way.

The quickest solution is to send him to the bathroom to finish himself off. I’m sure he has plenty of experience with that.

Best regards,