Glad to see this thread here, which is about being "Turned off by anal sex", not about dick size and libido...So, guys, keep it focused on the original topic!
It is amazing to me that not only 'straight people' can't imagine homosexual sex and relationships NOT involving anal sex, but also the high percentage of GAY men that can't conceptualize it either.
When I was born, grew as a sexually curious child, and then as a teen, never did it enter my mind: "Hmm, am I a Top or a Bottom?... What will I shove up my butt today?... What will I shove up my friend's butt?"... The thought of anal sex never even occurred to me until later on when I saw gay pornos and got into my first real relationship, which ended, sadly, primarily over the issue of not wanting anal sex, either as giver or receiver.
Don't get me wrong here, I love and appreciate hot asses, and think prostate stimulation is a wonderful thing for those that enjoy it, but, I have no interest in anal sex, especially if it involves the weird, imposed, "Top or Bottom?" role playing business.
Anal sex is not the "be all and end all" of male-to-male sexual relations for a huge percentage of men that engage in sex together, but, that is not acknowledged, by most people, straight, bi or gay... For those with sexual activity preferences like mine; masturbation, mutual masturbation, frottage, massage, and other sensual activities are NOT "foreplay"... it is want we really enjoy, and what gets us off... No penetration needed!
It's not just about the "hassle", the grease, the possible mess, or the looming idea of spreading STD's... It's simply that I'm just not interested in doing it... Nor am I into identifying myself as a "Top" or "Bottom"... A concept that is apparently foreign to the "Majority".
Something that never ceases to amaze me with being online, and chatting with new men, is how quickly it becomes an issue. The whole "ASL?" thing with chat really should be changed to "ASLTorB?", as the question of whether you are a "Top" or a "Bottom" will almost always rear it's ugly head within 5 minutes of an online conversation. When I answer "Neither.", it never fails to either completely baffle the man who I am chatting with, or get the conversation going in a direction I am actually interested in, which is non-evasive, consensual, erotic male-to-male touch, bonding and appreciation of each other.
Finding friends who grasp that concept, is a wonderful thing.
A/B