Buddy tugging

---Lived in a college dorm where just about everyone went to and from the shower nude, often in groups and may stop to visit at any open door.

Same situation with my college dorm - all male - mid 1970s. When you are headed to an open shower room there isn't much point becoming a cocoon in a towel. Also, why wrap a clean towel around your dirty body? I doubt that happens these days.
 
Take a look at the graphic. The way I see it one panel shows a group of regular guys (call them straight) who are team mates and are comfortable communicating (bonding) at a buddy tug level.

Then there is what appears to be a meeting of three guys nude (call them gay) who are comfortable communicating (greeting) at a buddy tug level.

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And then there are a group of friends (presume straight) having their picture made with one guy flashing his balls. Implication of the photo is that guys who are comfortable with each other will demonstrate that comfort in varying degrees of dick, ball, and butt play.
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This kind of activity adds to group bonding and opens the door for new levels of intimacy and humor. Perhaps not to the degree shown in the card game below but it could help.

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**** For all those threads discussing overly modest behavior in a GYM shower and dressing area, there are lessons to be learned here. If you take a friend or group of friends and have an open and relaxed time, others may tend to follow since it appears to be a natural socialization process for humans.

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In many ancient societies this type of "greeting" was common. It was not considered sexual, but an expression of affection (or sometimes fealty).

At one time it was common to swear oaths while grasping the other's testicles. World Wide Words states "swearing on the testicles is recorded in the Bible. The practice is mentioned in the Old Testament, though the King James’ version bowdlerised the reference in Genesis to 'grasping the thigh'."

I'd be perfectly okay living in a culture where this type of greeting was normal. After awhile it might feel much like the "male bonding" you sometimes feel in a shower room naked with other guys or like hugging the man next to you in church. (Some churches go in for "group hugs". It can be as ritualistic as drinking the wine and chewing the wafer.)
Thats where the word 'Testimony' comes from as well as other words coming from 'testes'. Your balls were held by someone as you swore to tell the truth.
You can be SURE to tell the truth when someone has you by the balls!
 
At one time I had a group of friends where this might occur. Yes, it is undue familiarity....but it is really the ultimate compliment...you are truly close to another guy if they feel comfortable doing that. Guys crave closeness...believe it ir not. As long as their is no humiliation, it's just a fist bump equivalent. I'm small and don't like being naked around friends...but I think it would be totally cool. I guess I never grew up...reminds me of our frat house....
 
I have a friend who is gay who does this to me, but only if we are alone. For example if we went swimming at his house and we were drying off and dressing in the pool house, he may give mine a tug and say something like , “okay, c’mon get me. Plump in some clothes so we can get something to eat or get to the movie etc.” it is usually because I lag behind trying to get my hair dry enough. There are times it is worn just mussed and in what you might describe as a surfer look and he gets impatient with me. He is my dear friend and it is not sexual, just a bro thing. Ordinarily, I would say hands off my dick unless invited!
 
I think each situation would have to stand on it's on. It could be a totally innocent joke between friends or it could be a sexual assault. It would have to be a special friendship. As long as both guys are ok with it then I think it's fine. If it's not a sexual thing then it's just another body part.
 
I remember being a young man and working in a meat slaughter house. I stood on a low platform to do my job and there was this older man who seemed to like me a lot. He would come up behind me while I was working and run his hand up between my legs, cup my dick and nuts and give them a gentle squeeze. It made me uncomfortable but I was raise to respect my elders and never said much to him. I also had a locker right across from him and when I would come out of the shower and start drying off, to get dressed, he would make comments about my dick. He'd say things about how big it was and how he wished he had one like that. He never showered and I never saw him naked. Looking back I can see that he was attracted to me and there was a sexual reason for his interest. I'm sure if I hadn't been so naive that i could have encourage him and he would have done more but I was young and dumb as hell about things like that back then. I sure found out better in later life LOL
 
It would depend on the situation. If it was someone I knew really well, I could just laugh it off and say something along the lines of "Yeah, you like it, don't you?" As long as it's all in fun.

However: If it's someone I don't know well or a stranger, I would give a not-so-friendly tug...to his arm, and ask "What do you think you're doing, BUDDY?" Again, it would have to be someone I knew well and could trust.
 
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LOL!!!!
May be SO but I prefer MY version!!!

allmanbud the ancient Hebrews did have an oath where a person, who was a slave, had take hold of his master's privates before making a promise as shown in this link:

Why did oaths involve putting a hand under someone’s thigh (Genesis 24:9)? | GotQuestions.org

And re: the OP When in Rome:

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