Who has actually had a condom break during sex?

Contributor: ToyGurl ToyGurl
Not sure if this is already a post somewhere on EF, but I'm really curious to know.
Answers (private voting - your screen name will NOT appear in the results):
Yes
105  (55%)
No
84  (44%)
I don't know
2  (1%)
Total votes: 191
Poll is closed
06/10/2011
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Contributor: newfoundlust newfoundlust
Quote:
Originally posted by ToyGurl
Not sure if this is already a post somewhere on EF, but I'm really curious to know.
I have not had the need to wear one in over 15 years as I am married and have since had a vasectomy, but many years ago I had one break.
06/10/2011
Contributor: LikeSunshineDust LikeSunshineDust
We had one break once, but we caught it before he came, so it was all good.
06/10/2011
Contributor: emiliaa emiliaa
Haha, no, though I'm terrified of it! We use them properly though so it's unlikely. ^^
06/10/2011
Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
I think it's a myth, personally.

While hanging out at Denny's after a 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' performance, one of the girls opened up a condom and put it on over her foot and leg, all the way up to her thigh. Not a single tear, even with the ballet flats and fishnets she was wearing.

A friend and I also once decided to use them as water balloons, and began to fill our first one up in the bath tub. The sonofabitch filled the entire tub before it burst.

And our smooth as velvet insides manage to break them while being worn by something that will never be larger than a breadstick? Doesn't scan. Use another form of birth control and be more discriminate about partners.
06/10/2011
Contributor: LittleD LittleD
Quote:
Originally posted by ToyGurl
Not sure if this is already a post somewhere on EF, but I'm really curious to know.
yep
06/10/2011
Contributor: mandiegk mandiegk
I've only ever had one break in 7 years, but it wasn't a big deal because I was on the pill as well. My freshman year of college one of the girls on my hall had to get the morning after pill around 3 or 4 times in the first semester before she decided to go on the pill. I find it very hard to believe that the condom broke that often in a few months so I'm guessing they either had no idea what they were doing with them, they got a defective batch, or she was just lying and saying the condom broke when they didn't actually use one.
06/10/2011
Contributor: That Man from Mars That Man from Mars
I've actually had two of them break during my lifetime.
06/10/2011
Contributor: darthkitt3n darthkitt3n
I've had one break before.
06/10/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
Back about 18 years ago we had one break but I kept it in my wallet for awhile before hand. Have not had one break since then.
06/10/2011
Contributor: newfoundlust newfoundlust
Quote:
Originally posted by Chilipepper
I think it's a myth, personally.

While hanging out at Denny's after a 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' performance, one of the girls opened up a condom and put it on over her foot and leg, all the way up to her thigh. Not a single ... more
Chilipepper, that is funny. However, they will break. I have personally had it happen as noted above many years ago. For all I know they have improved in the years since. However, I have a personal anecdote to share that is non-sex related. I work in the theater industry. It is very common in live performance for the wireless mic packs that the performers wear to be covered by condoms (non-lubricated). This keeps sweat and other moisture out of the mic packs. I keep a case of 1000 non-lubricated name brand condoms in my mic case for this usage. We swap out the condom on the mic every performance. Thus, for a regular show that goes on for 6 shows daily plus a week of dress rehearsal, we go through a lot of condoms. It is standard and routine for at least 1-2 condoms to tear while we are pulling them on these small, smooth plastic boxes. Granted, the boxes a tad bigger than a penis or a vibrator but not much. They really can tear/rip not from usage but because of a slight catch on a fingernail or other thing, or sometimes from no apparent reason at all.
06/10/2011
Contributor: Red Vinyl Kitty Red Vinyl Kitty
I've never actually had one break, but twice when I was riding my partner cowgirl style, I had the condom slip off inside of me.

Thanks to a vasectomy, we almost never use condoms (although, we do when we're playing with others!)
06/10/2011
Contributor: Taylor Taylor
I haven't had one break yet, and hopefully I won't have it happen anytime in the future either.
06/10/2011
Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
Quote:
Originally posted by newfoundlust
Chilipepper, that is funny. However, they will break. I have personally had it happen as noted above many years ago. For all I know they have improved in the years since. However, I have a personal anecdote to share that is non-sex related. I ... more
I definitely appreciate this story. Seems, besides 'catching' on something from the outside, that it might actually be a lube issue.

I've had very limited partners (and know their sexual history better than they do), and have hardly used condoms because I'm on the Pill. The few times I've used them were sort of 'meh' encounters by the end of it, and none broke.
06/10/2011
Contributor: big b big b
a long three weeks
06/10/2011
Contributor: MN58 MN58
me and my fiance have never had a break. but we use the spermicidal condoms just in case.
06/10/2011
Contributor: babyrock babyrock
It's definitely something that will be on my mind for a bit... until I put on the next condom!
06/10/2011
Contributor: married with children married with children
we used condoms for about 5 years. it has been along time since we have used one. But we never had one break or come off while using. I have a hard time understand how a condom can break when used properly. But I guess stuff happens.
06/10/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by ToyGurl
Not sure if this is already a post somewhere on EF, but I'm really curious to know.
Decades ago, as a teen..was very scared till my monthly little friend came to visit. I was never regular so it was a LONG period of "sweating it out". Not fun. Funny how time changes things however. Years later, that same "stress" came from waiting each month, HOPING no little friend would come and doing all things possible to GET pregnant!!!!
06/10/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by married with children
we used condoms for about 5 years. it has been along time since we have used one. But we never had one break or come off while using. I have a hard time understand how a condom can break when used properly. But I guess stuff happens.
Anything made by humans can and will break sometimes. Condoms are no exception.
06/10/2011
Contributor: Bignuf Bignuf
Quote:
Originally posted by Chilipepper
I think it's a myth, personally.

While hanging out at Denny's after a 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' performance, one of the girls opened up a condom and put it on over her foot and leg, all the way up to her thigh. Not a single ... more
Not a myth..believe me. We too made water balloons, and yes, these are tough little devices, but give them a little heat and stress..especially the THIN, THIN "great feel" kind and POP....they DO rip. Been there...personally.
06/10/2011
Contributor: Naughty Student Naughty Student
It happenned once. I was on the pill and both my guy and I had been tested for STD's. It was just an extra precaution but it wasn't that necessary.
06/11/2011
Contributor: Ajax Ajax
Only once so far thankfully, but it freaked me out when it happened.

There's bound to be a defective condom every now and then just like everything else man made.
06/11/2011
Contributor: Mikey Likesit Mikey Likesit
It didn't break but I kept going once long after I had ejaculated and the combination of that inside it and it shrinking back to normal size made it come off all together.
06/11/2011
Contributor: ichigostrawberry ichigostrawberry
Nope, I have never had this happen, thankfully.
06/11/2011
Contributor: That Man from Mars That Man from Mars
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
Not a myth..believe me. We too made water balloons, and yes, these are tough little devices, but give them a little heat and stress..especially the THIN, THIN "great feel" kind and POP....they DO rip. Been there...personally.
That's true. I've had two break and I'm more than positive they were used properly. It was during intercourse and lube was used. No catching was involved. I think it's a manufacturing issue. Any item mass produced in a factory has a chance of being a defect, just not often.
06/11/2011
Contributor: curmudgeoncat curmudgeoncat
I've had multiple breaks and a few slip off in side of me; just a trade off for having a lot of rough sex. Thankfully I haven't caught anything thus far in my life. ( :
06/11/2011
Contributor: Miss Anonymous Miss Anonymous
Gosh that freaks me out.
06/14/2011
Contributor: Howells Howells
I broke several but never during sex. I was experimenting with oils and testing the stretchiness. If your dick is dry it shouldn't slip. If you use proper lubrication, then it shouldn't rip. I see no way of that happening with proper use. How on earth does it happen?
06/15/2011
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
I've never personally had one break during use, but we have had a few that have torn as he was tearing them off. I have a friend that breaks condoms if there's not enough lube, and it's happened to her numerous times.
06/15/2011