How much Vaseline boys?

My preference is to first apply a substantial amount (considerably more than is necessary) on my anus and likewise on the tip of the thermometer as well. Rectal temperatures, whether self-taken or taken by someone else, are just humiliating by nature. To me, that is part of the pleasure. It’s the undressing, the removing of underwear, the preparation of the space (towel) and supplies, the assuming of the position for insertion, the application of the Vaseline, the penetration, etc. To insert something or have something inserted in me is an act of submission. Therefore, I enjoy creating a mess to have to wipe off and clean up when I’m finished. It gives me the time to think about what I’ve just been doing to myself, and to have to watch myself in the mirror as I’m wiping away and disposing of the evidence.

I am actually fine to take my temperature without lubrication.

Same as @FieberPo - when I was made to self-insert there was no lubricant.

In retrospect, I wonder if one incentive for moving from parent/nurse inserting the thermometer to having the child patient do it is to be able to do away with lubricant (I assume that it's much safer to use lubricant if inserting into another person, but I don't know if mom used lubricant when she inserted the thermometer because I barely recall when it happened). Back in the day lubricant was Vaseline, which is messy.

Back in the day lubricant was Vaseline, which is messy.

Until I was fairly old I knew of no other lubricant except Vaseline (and butter which grossed me out just thinking about it ... ha ha). I never liked the odor at all, there was something cloying about it and a faint but discernible miasma that hung around the body the rest of the day. I imagined people being able to detect the odor of Vaseline on me from meters away.

Mentioning Vaseline was also used in jokes a lot too. One memorable instance was in a French movie, where a high school student called to the priest's room for confession, gets taunted with 'don't forget the Vaseline' and which doesn't elicit anything but a mild rebuke from a teacher in the classroom.

@agracier I like butter for cooking & on toast etc. but sometimes I can't look at a pack without thinking "Last Tango In Paris" 😧

@agracier I'm unsure other lubricants than Vaseline were widely available until condom use against AIDS became widespread. KY jelly was original medical supply only, right?

Don’t forget surge a lube

I'm unsure other lubricants than Vaseline were widely available until condom use against AIDS became widespread. KY jelly was original medical supply only, right?

I certainly knew of nothing else besides Vaseline. This was 1972 I was telling about. From another lifetime truly, I was pretty ignorant back then.

In fact, in the 1980s there was a British comedy show, really hilarious, called 'KYTV'. Sort of a follow up to 'Not the Nine O'Clock News'. But even with that name: 'KYTV' I didn't get the joke until years later ...

@agracier In the early 1990s I recall reading about "water-based gels" in the context of AIDS prevention (recall I'm from the generation that was drilled to use a condom), but there was no information where to buy them. 😉 I think they popped up in supermarkets one decade later.

Every time I received rt they always had little Vaseline, other times they had none at all

I have a 55 gallon drum of it you would be surprized at its many uses you can thin it with ,mineral oil if you heat it up till liquid you can also add baby oil get found in the infant section of stores theres a few different scents it will make it slipperier and a pleasant scent warm in in a deep pan with water and have fun

In all my years of taking rectal temperatures, I've never used Vaseline. I always use only baby cream. As for the amount, I apply a thin layer about halfway up the thermometer, as I then insert it very deeply into my butt.

As for lubricating the anus, I simply run my finger over it, with a little bit of the cream left on it from lubricating the thermometer. Nothing more.

I believe my mom was heavily responsible for the oil shortage in the 70’s, due to the amount of Vaseline used when taking my temperature. Please accept my apologies on her behalf.

I believe my mom was heavily responsible for the oil shortage in the 70’s, due to the amount of Vaseline used when taking my temperature. Please accept my apologies on her behalf.

@rockinrt LMAO🤣🤣🤣

My mom used to play with my anus, using vaseline put on the tip of the thermometer, since when i am sensitive down there

I remember being given rectal 🌡 temperature taking and there would be a small glob of Vaseline on the tip end and the taker would in a somewhat teasing manner touch it upon the anus outer I suppose for it to relax before the insertion because I remember feeling two sensations from the procedure.

Similar to receiving an injection in the butt cheeks as they first wipe the area with a antiseptic then the needle insertion.

When I take mine I always put the Vaseline on my anus. Only if I used too much Vaseline and need to use the excess do I put it directly on the thermometer.

It's been a long time since my mom took my rectal temperature (or sometimes an aunt or my grandmother) but I'm sure it was done without Vaseline or lubricant.