My husband bought my first sex toy for me. One night, I was very tired, as we were preparing for Christmas and I heard his familiar "I've got something for you." as I lay down in bed. And I thought, "Oh, no. Not tonight. I'm too tired." (Yeah, me. I was
really tired.) The next thing I knew, he thrust a Doc Johnson Sil-A-Gel realistic vibrating dildo into my hand! I screamed, threw it at him and ran downstairs to cry alone on the couch.
He apologized, and said he "thought I wanted one" and reminded me that my previous hair trigger orgasm was getting harder and harder to get to. I apologized for freaking and asked him to take the toy back to the store. "Uh, babe. They won't take it back."
So, it sat in a drawer. Sometimes I thought about it. One night I was having a hard time with my first orgasm of the session and was still thinking about that "thing" in the drawer and said, "What the hell? Get that thing and let's see what happens." It actually helped, but I wasn't crazy about the smell, but I could orgasm more easily with the toy. (I knew nothing about safe materials, or that there were different types of sex toys, or really anything at all about toys. I was an "All Skin" girl and had only thought about using a sex toy in my darkest fantasies. Certainly not in real life.) I realized we were on to something helpful and good.
I wanted to replace the stinky Sil-A-Gel toy we had, and he said he'd be happy to buy me whatever I wanted. So, I went on a search, did some research about materials, motors, manufacturers etc and bought a few new toys from a competitor of Eden.
The toys were good,
but I wanted to talk about my new experiences and gain knowledge about this new stage in our long sex life. I found some very immature sex talk sites and one day stumbled upon Eden. I was probably the only person here who
didn't know about the free toys I just wanted to share my experiences with my Wahl and some other things, so I wrote my first review my first day here. I had written reviews for everything from books to breastfeeding supplies to children's amusement parks, but never got much feed back, even when I wrote a few short reviews for other sites before. Eden was open and happy to read my review, and I felt my efforts were being rewarded and actually helping other people find things to help
their sex lives.
My first review went live and was a featured review that week, and I found the discussion board and felt at home almost immediately.
Of course, I do and did have "favorite" reviewers, but I'll keep that to myself, because I don't want hurt feelings or to leave anybody out.
I learned the way the reviews were to be written, although I never joined the Mentor program (as either a student or as a reviewer) and took my time with each review. I still take my time and never rush a review. (Not even during "Double Points" week.
) The point system and the free toys just seemed like icing on the cake of an already great experience.
My Man thought it was funny that I was reviewing sex toys, but he was happy that I was happy, and we found our sex life (which was more than 20 years in the making at that point) growing stronger. Being out of work was a bit of a drag, and I felt that I had "work" to do getting up each morning after getting my youngest child off to school and get on with the Business of Eden. I kept writing reviews because I wanted to let people know about great toys I found, but also about the ones that were not so great, as well as some that may work for others, but weren't perfect for me.
I think the best review I've written was
Mark, It's Not You, It's Me about the O2 Mark dildo. I wanted to like this toy, and it was just a little too small for me, but a funny insightful review poured out of me one morning (after using it again) while I was getting dressed. Of course, my first review about my beloved Wahl
The Mixmaster holds a special place in my heart. It may not be my best review, but it was certainly heartfelt.
I seem to be able to write funnier reviews about products I don't care for as much, for some reason. I guess you can have fun with them, without trashing the product completely.
For a while I really enjoyed doing videos for toys. I put my heart and soul into picking out music, backgrounds, editing, making the credits etc. However, I have had my middle child home (with a part time job) since May when she graduated college and my little one home during the summer, so until the middle one goes to Grad School in January, my video review ability is on hold. Also, working a new job will be cutting into my time here, also.
I really enjoy being an editor. So many times, I've read a review and thought, "That could have been cleaned up a little and it would read a lot easier." With the Task Program, I can edit reviews of newer reviewers and hopefully do a good job while helping them get their point across more succinctly and understandably.
And, like most Eden reviewers, not much is as exciting as getting one of those boxes in the mail, or UPS, knowing that untold pleasures await My Man and I that evening.....
