[sebbie]

Josh and Dylan have very obviously moved a step forward in how they see each other both as roommates and as friends. Indeed, just being a college freshman puts guys in all sorts of situations that were considered off-limits as under age high school students. Of course, some high schoolers do end up engaging in activities that their parents, teachers and other adults would consider to be off limits for an underage teenager. All sorts of stuff falls into the category of things that teenagers might do without their parent’s knowledge or approval…Sexual activity of various sorts involving a teenage girl might be one example, but we could also list things like alcoholic beverage consumption and other activities teenagers are not supposed to be doing.

But Josh and Dylan are both 19, and now considered to be young adults, and further, young adults considered responsible enough such that their parents are not observing their every move. Having said that, they have managed to get off into territory that they themselves (and most other high school males) would have considered to be strictly off limits as younger teenagers. For starters, most teenage males guard carefully anything that would suggests to any of their peers that they ever engage in solo sex. To leave any indication otherwise in this regard is to leave yourself open to near instant teasing and bullying.

Related to this is the basic idea that the only teen male socially acceptable indication a guy can provide to peers is the basic idea that he is turned on by a certain girl his age. But then, whoever the girl is might become very upset if she manages to learn somehow that a guy is talking about her in this manner to his male peers in high school. So guys quickly learn that the best strategy is to say absolutely nothing at all about anything sexual at all, whether or not a girl is involved, but in particular if whatever it is involves some sort of a solo sex activity.

That is part of what makes the situation for Josh and Dylan so intriguing right now. Obviously, the various clothing items Dylan picked out were chosen specifically because they have a good chance of making Dylan feel horny and needing desperately to jerk off. And, I might add, the various items have been doing a pretty good job of exactly that. Some of this is obviously physical, but some of this has a psychological component as well. Heck,

Dylan doesn’t like to admit this, but he got turned on by just seeing Bill and Joe in their gear wandering down the dorm hallway a few weeks ago. Dylan has been uneasy about this in part because he is unsure if this arousal that came about from observing other males was, in essence, a “gay” response, and that this could mean that he is not as straight as he only recently thought he was.

Heck, Bill and Joe went through this stage as well and maybe are still going through it. There has been something both psychological and physical that has been “pulling” Dylan along. After all, Dylan jumped at the chance to participate in the big Amazon® order with Bill and Joe, and he had to know that they were choosing items that were being picked out in large measure because they would be a turn-on for solo sex. Goodness! This would have NEVER happened in high school for sure. But Dylan is now wondering where all of this fits in the entire scheme of adult male sexuality.

What happens if Dylan subsequently meets a girl he likes a lot? Does this mean he will no longer get aroused when he gets into his special gear? And what if this special girl discovers, perhaps inadvertently, about this aspect of Dylan’s sexual behavior? How will she react? In anger? In amusement? A lot of girls grow up thinking that they are and will be the only source of sexual pleasure their guy could ever want or need, and if a guy is caught pleasuring himself solo in any way that is a negative mark on them as a female and their own sex appeal. This can easily get to be very messy stuff both emotionally and psychologically. It almost can become just another version of what the guy went through in high school with both his parents and peers.

Anyhow, Josh has pretty well already figured out what Dylan is up to with his various clothing items. There is no need to Dylan to explain this in more detail using words, even if Dylan could get up the nerve to do so. Josh knows because his body is telling him how he would respond (or maybe responding) to the situation Dylan is in. Dylan has already volunteered to help Josh with some shopping, and Josh has indicated that he is more than OK with that. All of this other weighty stuff that needs to be sorted through can wait for another day. Josh and Dylan remain roommates and buddies, closer now than before, given the entire sequence of events.

To be continued….