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Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: Carolyn on 10/10/2008 01:46:48: *Mods - I wasn't sure where to put this, so please move it if it's in the wrong area.

Nic and I were having a discussion tonight about sex, condoms, & std's. I (half) jokingly said to him that when the time was right and he decided he was 'ready' to always wear a condom, "in fact", I said "wear two of them".

Nic said he heard that wearing two condoms increased the chance of breakage. I had never heard that before. Is there any truth to it?
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: RD on 10/10/2008 03:05:20: Quote
Q. Does using two condoms provide more protection than using just one condom?

A. No. Using two condoms, or "double bagging", does not double your protection against pregnancy and STIs. Condoms are designed to be used one at a time. The use of two condoms (two male condoms or a male condom with a female condom) is not an effective safety measure. During penetration, the condoms will rub against each other creating friction between them, making them likely to slip off or break.
http://www.nyu.edu/shc/promotion/condoms.dental.dams.html
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: neilep on 10/10/2008 12:22:54: If he wears them over his head then he is likely to break them !

Please bear that in mind.
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: Andrew K Fletcher on 10/10/2008 13:14:51: "A Condominimum" [:o)]

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*Mods - I wasn't sure where to put this, so please move it if it's in the wrong area.

I think you put it on the penis.
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: Carolyn on 10/10/2008 14:10:36: Quote from: RD on 10/10/2008 03:05:20
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Q. Does using two condoms provide more protection than using just one condom?

A. No. Using two condoms, or "double bagging", does not double your protection against pregnancy and STIs. Condoms are designed to be used one at a time. The use of two condoms (two male condoms or a male condom with a female condom) is not an effective safety measure. During penetration, the condoms will rub against each other creating friction between them, making them likely to slip off or break.
http://www.nyu.edu/shc/promotion/condoms.dental.dams.html

Thanks RD. I will let him know that for once he was right and knew something I didn't! [:)]
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: Carolyn on 10/10/2008 14:13:17: Quote from: Paul. on 10/10/2008 11:47:28
Wouldn't a second condown have a strangling effect?

Frankly, I don't care if it strangles him or not. I'm far too young to be a grandmother!
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: Carolyn on 10/10/2008 14:14:03: Quote from: neilep on 10/10/2008 12:22:54
If he wears them over his head then he is likely to break them !

Please bear that in mind.

LOL......thank you Neil. I'll be sure to pass that information on to him.
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: Carolyn on 10/10/2008 14:15:55: Quote from: Andrew K Fletcher on 10/10/2008 13:14:51
"A Condominimum" [:o)]

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*Mods - I wasn't sure where to put this, so please move it if it's in the wrong area.

I think you put it on the penis.

Hahahaha!!! Thanks Andrew! I completely set myself up for that one!

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Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: Make it Lady on 11/10/2008 19:25:22: It is more important to use a spermicidal cream with your single condom. Then if any of the sperms do a Houdini style escape the cream will kill them. This is a better way of being doubly protected and no grandkids will be drawing on your walls just yet.
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: time-cop on 16/10/2008 11:35:08: Carolyn, just remember the conversation between the two sperms !
Title: If one condom is good, are two better?
Post by: Carolyn on 17/10/2008 02:18:12: Quote from: time-cop on 16/10/2008 11:35:08
Carolyn, just remember the conversation between the two sperms !

LOL.....yes, I do Ray, but I'm not going to repeat it! GROSS!! [xx(]