Claudia wrote: keithw 4, I find your statements very interesting and I'd love hearing from you what specific ways of doing and expressing of your parents made you realize their enjoyment in giving you enemas.
Claudia, I remember overhearing my parents discussing giving me an enema several times when I was a young child. The discussion was always short and the conclusion obvious (and welcome to me). I'm sure I didn't need an enema most times but I never objected. For reference, this was in the 1940s.
I wasn't aware of my parents taking enemas themselves when I was growing up but I now realize they did. I am pretty sure my father was hooked on enemas and suspect my mother rather liked them too. Here are some of my thoughts:
When my parents gave me my first enema (I was four or five) they already had an enema bag. Daddy got it from their bedroom and I watched him prepare my enema. The bag needed no assembly, just filling. The black, bat-shaped enema nozzle was already attached and I remember seeing holes in the jar of cold cream where the nozzle had been stuck in before. Since the enema bag had never been used on me and since I had no siblings, it must have been used by my parents themselves.
My father was rather excited when he told me I was going to get an enema and I believe it was because he was looking forward to giving me the enema. As he was preparing the enema bag, I remember him telling me something like "You'll enjoy this enema" or "This enema will feel good."
Mother inserted the enema nozzle into me and always did it gently and expertly. I'm certain it was not the first time she'd done it and she seemed to enjoy doing it.
I never heard or saw them doing enemas themselves, but I do recall occasions when I was surprised to discover the enema bag in the bathroom hanging from the shower rod or a towel rack. It was often there for a while after one of my own enemas but it was also there plenty of times when I'd not gotten an enema.