Man can I relate to a lot of what is said in this thread. I’ve always had a bit of a size complex since back in college. It didn’t get really bad until six or seven years ago. Before that it was always more like, “I wish I was a little bigger.” Then when I got out of a relationship back in 2007/2008 and hit the market again the whole social media thing kicked in. Most of the guys on there listed their size as 7 or more. Sure, I was aware of size inflation, but it still got my insecurities inflamed. Having decided I wanted to be a little bit more loose now that I was single it felt like the guys I were messing around with were mostly larger than me. Follow that up with an ever increasing sensitivity to size-queen comments made usually in jest about things in general and it really started feeding into some latent body dysmorphia that I obviously had rattling around my brain. By the time I met my current partner I was pretty insecure about my size but still wasn’t at the point of even researching much less contemplating PE. That all changed over the first year we were dating.
I was by far smaller than all of his ex’s. Worse still he had made some comments about some others guys that went something along the lines of, “So and so has a great dick.” To which I’d ask why it was so great and the response would be, “Because it’s huge!” We had some conversations about those type of comments. He said mine was “fine” which to me is practically an insult. He said he was happy with my size but I couldn’t get the fact I was smaller than the rest of his ex’s and these “I love huge” comments out of my head. I had found this site and was contemplating trying it but with the potential risk of permanent damage, however unlikely, it just seemed to risky and not worth it. Then I found Grindr. I’m an attractive guy and was getting lots of attention (all with my BF’s knowledge, we were both on it, so don’t judge) but when the conversation would go to dick then it would start getting uncomfortable. When I used my actual measurements I either would get a lack luster response or none at all. I decided maybe a picture would be better and took one that showcased my dick to be as big as it was going to look. Not only did I get the same usually lack luster response, or at best “that’s nice” but I even got blocked by some guys. That combined with the whole demoralization I was feeling about my partner’s history and comments had me one day just say “fuck it” and try it.
I gained a bit and that certainly made the problem a little less severe, but it still haunts me periodically. I’m back at it because I want to try to reach my original goals. I’m also working on the psychological aspect of this thing because at the root of this all is a stupid societal message that says “big = good” and “small or average = bad” which is total bullshit. For most girls (or guys) you don’t really need more than 4.5 inches. You certainly don’t need to be “above average” to satisfy most partners. But society tells us different. You *need* to have a big pay check, big expensive (r fast car), big paying job, big house and a big cock to be “successful.” Fuck that on all fronts, I say. While I can say it very easily on everything else, I can’t seem to get my brain wrapped around the last one though, so I work to make it a bit bigger and to make me psychologically not give a shit about it.
As to some of the other comments. I’ve always said I was glad I didn’t have the black thing going on with this size going on since the size expectation was even larger than it was for white guys. Intellectually we should know most black guys are average too, yet again that’s not what society tells us. So they must have an even greater mind fuck going on. As to women saying 5.5” is small, that’s probably because they are as bad at measuring cock size as their partner’s are. I had a friend tell me she needs at least 8” and then hold her hands up. That wasn’t even close to an 8” length. When she says all her partners have been over 8” and then I happened to see a picture of one of the guy’s hardons (Tumblr can be really weird about that lol) it was clear she had no idea what she was talking about. If I was being generous I would have said it was just under 7”. All that said, it’s easier to tell other guys their cock is fine being whatever size it is than to believe it myself. I’ll keep working on my internal message and making my cock bigger at the same time :) .
Start (Oct 2010) NBPEL: 5, BPEL: 5.875 inches, BASE GIRTH: 5.25 inches, MID GIRTH: 5
(November 2013) NBPEL: 5.875, BPEL: 6.625 inches, BASE GIRTH: 5.625 inches, MID GIRTH: 5
Goal NBPEL(7-7.5)xMEG(5.5-6) (journal)