Reminds me of an evening when I went to visit a friend, female, someone I've known since childhood and remains a close friend to this day. We were hanging out, probably discussing sex which was a common topic for us, comparing experiences and so on.
Sex toys came up and I said something like “how many toys do you have?”, sorta joking, and she went into the bedroom and came back with a shoe box and handed it to me with a smile. I opened it and there were 7 or 8 different dildos in there. At the time I was quite inexperienced, early 20s, and had never used toys myself. I wish I could remember each one. But I recall some were big, some small, one ribbed, a buttplug, another one called a “rabbit pearl” as she said, and at least one vibrator. I didn't spend to much time looking at them, feeling a little bit uncomfortable, not really sure what I was supposed to do other than compliment her on her collection! The obvious thought of course is, Did we ever use them with each other? Strange but, in all the years we've been friends and discussed relationships and sex in detail, we never even kissed. Truth is, we're just friends which is probably why we're still friends. But I do admit to having fantasies about her over the years.
If I'd been a little bolder and maybe stupider on that evening back then, I might have asked her to try one of those toys out on me. You know like “no sex, just teach me how it works”. I have always wondered what she would have said.