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Guys, how often do you have "morning wood"? Girls, how often has/have yr guy (s) had a morning erection?
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My husband almost never wakes up with an erection -- literally less than once a year. He certainly has no problems with erectile or sexual function, nor are his hormones out of balance, so... eh. From my experience with other boyfriends, too, I've found that morning erections are far from universal. I'd say that more boys regularly woke up without them than with them. But... people seem to talk about "morning wood" as though it's something that happens to almost every dude, almost every morning. Some people even seem to think it's a problem if a guy DOESN'T get an erection (almost) every morning. Guys— How often? And how old are you (over 25 or under 25)? Girls— What's been yr experience? (If yr experience is sufficiently diverse, please pick the poll option that corresponds to a majority of yr experience.)
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Also -- Guys, if you DO get morning erections regularly -- Are they pleasurable? Painful? Neither? If you're in a relationship and yr girl is around, does a morning erection make you want to fuck?
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What Girls & Guys Said
7 64Erections are actually caused by the relaxation of a muscle that prevents blood flow into the penis. When blood flows in you get pressure/hard.
It is normal to have several of these at night when your muscles are relaxed. Waking up with one is just a matter of timing.
How does it feel? You certainly want it touched and wanting to fuck? Yes please!!
See that's fascinating, there's such a great divide between the guys who're saying what you're saying and the guys who're saying "nah, it's got nothing to do with sex" / "it's fucking annoying" hahah
If you masturbated or had sex the night before it's less likely. Also less likely if you wake up really late. I only get them sometimes, but would not go so far as rarely/never.
Neither of us is on a 24-hour sleep/wake cycle, so "wake up early/late" has basically no meaning for us. We both sleep well, and for as long as we need to, and can count the number of times we've needed to set an alarm in the past 5 years on one hand.
Yeah I don't know why but find I'm more likely to get an erection if I wake up really early. Lazing about all day, having random sex and maturation, I probably would not wake up with boners.
How early?
for me, it's any time before 8am
I'm 17... And about everyday or close to it. (Maybe 4 to 7 days in a month that I don't get "morning wood")
Oh and they are sometimes pleasurable and sometimes painful.
I'd say half the time is a fairly decent guess.
when I do, it's on weekends when I wake up naturally. I never have it when an alarm wakes me up. and it's just there. it's not painful or pleasurable. It goes away as soon as I get out of bed.
almost never
hm interesting. do you have cold hands and/or other signs of poor blood circulation? also, you're pretty tall, right? 6'4" or something if I remember correctly? that's also interesting, because @yumix is another young guy who's said "almost never" and he's 6'5" I think. I wonder if it's related to height? HMMM
i have a theory that it's because a shit ton of dudes on here who are sexually frustrated virgins. so their dreams are them having sex and then they wake up severely disappointed and the boner is what's left :/
I can almost never remember my dreams... maybe it's because of that? :P
@Yumix i remember mine. it's their subconscious talking!
lmaooo
half the time depending on whether im tired or when the last tim I had sex was.
I'm over 25. I'm currently 44. Just about every morning, ever since puberty, I desired sex in the morning.
Its every day for me.
I get them very often, BUT I also sleep basically naked, so I feel like it'd be hard not to.
what does sleeping naked (or not) have to do with it? or was that just an opportunity to make a dad joke ("hard")
no dad jokes intended I mean when I sleep naked it's like... guaranteed bawners
I dont think i evor woke up without one.. Motherfucker is like an upward cannon always giving me a hardpee. e to pee.
Hahah for literally every guy younger than 25 xD It's hormones and puberty for me :/ Not comfortable at all and happens EVERY MORNING!
once a month.
I remember reading somewhere that men get erections roughly every two hours during sleep. Morning wood is simply waking up during one of these cycles. I'd say I wake up with morning wood around half the time. It's not painful. It doesn't make me want to fuck. I view it more of a nuisance. Gets in the way of my morning routine.
every day.
Just about everyday. 😡 sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night very very hard. 😞
Most mornings
It is a bladder-induced erection. Bladder gets full and puts pressure on the blood vessels exiting the penis. It has nothing to do with sex. It affects each guy differently. Once he uses the bathroom, it will go away. Sometimes sleeping position will affect whether on not he gets one.
Every single morning! Lol
Every morning it's at least a semi. Can't actually remember waking up after a full night's sleep completely flacid. Maybe if I only had like a 1 hour nap or something.