This one is mine!!! Get your own!

Was my mother just ignorant to the ways of enema hygiene? I remember her, after years of practice, being able to enemize my two younger sisters and myself on one bulging enema bag. I think I remember other posts here where siblings were given enemas with the same equipment. Allot of posts refer to it as, "The family enema bag". These days, the medically educated advise everyone to have their own enema equipment and not to share it with others. When did the thinking on shared enema bags change. Was it with the discovery of Aids. or some other factor? Studidly, somewhere in the back of my mind, there is still some small thrill thinking about getting an enema from the nozzle I have just used to give my girlfriend an enema, knowing this is how good it felt to her when it was in her ass (hopefully). (Is this a dirty (unclean) thought? Oh no, my mother warned me about having dirty thoughts.) I do not follow through on the thought and know why it is not a good idea but the thought still pops up. (Maybe I need to install a pop-up blocker, in my brain.)

Making my English teacher roll over in her grave with my skilled use of the language. --- Fred

P.S. My teacher was done on that side, it was time to turn her over anyway.

AIDS was only part of it, as they found more critters that they didn't know about and depending on how people did an enema. Things like back flow was a concern, how you cleaned your equipment, etc. As mentioned in other threads, there is stuff like Cavicide, Envirocide and the like that can be sprayed or wipes to clean stuff and kill off all those nasty things. I would use the thing about common sense but that seems to have become a rarity these days.

Intrepid: I do know if you are old enough (your profile doesn't list any age) but would know when (approximate year) they started recommending not sharing equipment?

We live in an age (and society) where everything has been dumb-down to the lowest common denominator. You are no longer expected to think on your own. Someone, somewhere, in some backroom meeting makes up rules and then spreads those rules around to the rest of us. Then people repeat those rules to each other as though they are ‘experts-in-the-field’ and the cycle continues. Mission accomplished.

I’m sure the caution began due to diseases such as AIDS and Hepatitis. However, those common sense practices such as washing your hands and not dipping your Lilly into an unknown pond without proper protection get passed down as rules everyone should follow. Sure, that makes a lot of sense. My wife and I need separate enema bags, but then I can have unprotected sex with her and not have to worry about catching anything. Yep! Sounds like rational thinking to me.

If I were going to play enemas with a stranger, yes, I would use separate bags. But with someone I have been having sex with for more than a decade? Use some common sense, folks.

The Cave Man

The Cave Man: You may have introduced your unprotected penis into your wife's anus, even if only by accident, and you still seem to be alive, I think? Or, maybe somebody else is secretly using your user name and that by not very carefully managing the end of your unprotected penis, that action caused you to died instantly, along time ago because the "so called experts" WERE right. Who am I really typing to?)

P.S. Interesting. Has anybody noticed the real time spell checker is also doing context checking. The computers understand our language now. They are one step closer to taking over. Soon, us humans will be ruled by the giant, all seeing paperclip. We will have done this to ourselves. Who knows though, maybe it won't be that bad. The paperclip will probably do a better job of running the world than we do.

Sharing any equipment does seem like something for common sense. Certainly issues of infection need to be considered.

Separate equipment may be more of an awareness issue with those of us who are open enough to discuss enemas with people we don't really know. Separate equipment certainly is called for if, for example, you are at an efest or visiting a professional of some sort. But the majority of the posts actually indicate committed rather than casual relationships. In this case, normal cleanliness of equipment is probably sufficient.

A rule of thumb might be - if you and your partner use condoms for any reason other than simple birth control, then you should probably use separate equipment; and not if you don't use condoms for disease protection.

Fred,

Maybe I'm not fully awake, but I don't understand your reply. The point I was trying to make is that if I don't have to worry about catching something from my wife while having unprotected sex, then I am not going to worry about sharing enema equipment.

The Cave Man

The reason is bugs in your colon that can be passed on-especially c-diff and MRSA that may not have been prevelant back then.Everyone is a walking germ and sharing is a good way to get sick.

Likewise Fred, you don't list an age either but I remember being told that in the early 90's by someone who was into enemas on a daily basis. Unless one is in a monogamous relationship and know for certain that they are clean. Then it would be prudent to take precautions.

The Cave Man: Sorry if my post was confusing: It has been cold and snowy here. We have not going outside for a few days. Our house is sealed pretty tight. I think we are getting low on oxygen. (I really am thinking about getting an fresh air heat exchanger.)

I will try to explain my post, now that I opened a window.

I was agreeing with you about "they are ‘experts-in-the-field'" parroting the dumbed down version of things. Then I speculated that if the experts WERE right and you had accidentally had unprotected anal sex with your wife, you would die instantly. After your death, somebody reads your obituary in the news papers. They started logging onto enema enthusiast web sites using your name. I also read your obituary and know you are dead so I know that unless they have Internet in heaven, we can't be sending messages back and forth. I want to know who I am really comunicating with.

In the Post Script I am talking about text editor of the reply page. I typed in "You may have introduce your unprotected penis"" and the computer knew all the words were spelled right but it underlined "introduce" because it knew the tense was wrong. It was not happy until I changed "introduce" to "introduced". Because of what the computer had just done I figure that the computers know what we are saying. Then I went on to say that the computers are going to take ever world. Their interface spokesman will be the paperclip icon,that automatically offers to help you, that is part of Microsoft Office. Finally I speculate that the paperclip will do a better job of running the world than we have.

I thought the original post was clear as mud. Maybe you have sealed your cave too well and are suffering from lack of oxygen also. LOL

The always hypoxic --- Fred

P.S. I was saying it has been cold by my house. I have a program that can tell me the weather condition at official weather stations around the world. There is an unmanned weather station at the South Pole in Antarctica. The other night it was 2 degrees at my house and -5 degrees at the South Pole, so my yard was only 7 degrees warmer than the South Pole. Realize it is summer at the South Pole. Last August it was 84 degrees at my house -92 degrees at the South Pole (-129 degrees with the wind chill) so my yard was 176 degrees warmer than the South Pole (213 degrees with the wind chill.)

Cave Man you were right on about the dumbing down of America and people don't think for themselves. The government seems to think we can't protect ourselves so they have to do it for us.

Seems to me that the common sense rule applies really well in this case. If you don't know the person or haven't known them very long certainly separate bags. After giving some thought about possible backflow and even though you have been with your partner for what seems like forever, its true were all walking bug factories so based on that fact would seem like separate bags all around is a good thing. Just my opinion

This is an interesting thread

I generally agree with caveman as well as everyone else

Common sense seems to be less and less common now adays unfortunately

I would also say that there is some logic in some of the other post in this thread in that in many ways we are bug factories and that u less your sure of the person your playing with it might be best to take precautions rather then chance anything

Further I can see how back flow and surface contamination would be two of the possible issues from sharing equipment

But my response to that is

Why not just have a check valve/one way flow valve in the line somewhere that way all you have to change is the stuff starting from the valve down instead of having to have seperate everything

I'm not an expert though and haven't yet done research on this so can't be sure if the valve would truly protect the back and tubing from any bugs etc. But if it did help stop the spread of them then theoretically between the use of a valve like mentioned above and maybe a seperate nozzle or a good disinfectant like Isopropyl or Envirocide or something it maybe be possible to share equipment without concern although like I said I'm not an expert in any of that nor have I done the research yet to be sure of this so take what I say with a grain of salt

Things have changed. When I was young, the family used the same enema bulb and/or bag including the nozzles without a thought. You rinsed the bag with clean water and wiped the Vaseline off of the nozzle. At the time, nobody ever heard of AIDS, or C-dif, or any of the stuff people talk about these days. When I got married, I was on the pill so my husband and I had unprotected sex, the only rule was never go from the anus to the vagina with anything, and when I could talk him into enema play, we used the same nozzle.

I don't know if the bad stuff didn't exist then, or we were just lucky, but nobody got sick. But these days I have to say, IF, I were to be playing with strangers I would be careful.

@Cheryl77177 said,

When I was young, the family used the same enema bulb and/or bag including the nozzles without a thought. You rinsed the bag with clean water and wiped the Vaseline off of the nozzle. At the time, nobody ever heard of AIDS, or C-dif, or any of the stuff people talk about these days.

In the nineteen fifties an early sixties, my siblings and I swapped enemas on a regular basis using the same douche/enema bag and nozzle on one another. We always rinsed the bag out between each use, then washed it with soap and water before using it or putting it away. As for the nozzle, we washed it with soap and water then rubbing alcohol before and after each person or putting it away. This routine got extended in our mid-teens, to include my girlfriend and my sister's boyfriend. In all the years, we engaged in enema activities together, we never had an issue doing so. Including unprotected sexual contact. Years later, after I was married, my wife and I did likewise without issue. And just to note: The same STDs existed in the fifties and sixties, that exist today.

My post may be rather redundant, as others have already stated, those issues were not of much concern in prior decades. I was a bit older when I read warnings in newer texts and literature relative to enemas and douching. I was also treated to enemas with the new fangled disposable bags, as well as "Fleet" while in the hospital or clinical venues.

While mom and grandma had several rubber items, that became a memorable way to self-administer, or be compelled to accept a pint or more of warm water, there was never any concern expressed about cross contamination. If my sister and I were to be treated within the same timeframe, no extreme measures were used to clean a nozzle, bag, or bulb in the interim.

As I got older, having read such warnings, I had some feelings of guilt/concern, that some careless use of the equipment may have left telltale signs of exploration in my anal cavity. I was pretty good at cleaning up after myself, but occasionally I discovered indications of inadequate cleaning. Many decades later, I do use bleach, hydrogen peroxide, as well as antibacterial soap and water, before hanging the bag to dry.

@Cheryl77177 we did too. I have read where the danger lies in using utensils of others who are not related and that related individuals (especially husband and wife) are less likely to harbor diseases that could be contracted through casual contact with strangers. It's always to good to get clearance from partners ahead of time to make sure they are free from issues. Hopefully they are honest.

I would imagine that people sharing things rectally, would be more susceptible to nasty bacteria and viruses.

It’s common sense to be safe. My enema bag, along with nozzles and two sizes of rectal tubes, are for my own use. On rare occasions, I have used my syringe to give my husband enemas, but I make certain everything is thoroughly cleaned.

My older daughter, who is living at home, purchased her own silicone bag, and she uses hers exclusively. During the pandemic lockdown, I gave her an enema with her syringe and one of my rectal tubes, but we did a serious cleaning with hydrogen peroxide and soap.