My parents have open attitudes towads sex and masturbation. I found the joys of masturbating by myself, but when my dad brought up masturbation, I told him I already knew about it. Same as for sex, I sort of put it together how it's done especially finding his vast porn collection. My parents had/still have an active sex life, so I heard them many times and then peeked to see for myself how it was done to make sure I knew correctly in the non-porn world. And no I was not scarred by this. Also, masturbation was seen as natural so I never thought of it as shameful and the times one of them saw me, I didn't get embarrassed, it was just viewed as "me time." They would ask if schoolwork was done and I'd say yes (even if it wasn't ) and then I'd be free to do it for however long I wanted. They raised me naked so it wasn't embarrassing also for the fact they both saw my penis everyday, so it wasn't something to be upset over from them seeing it. My dad knew I found his porn collection and definitely didn't mind that I had. Sometimes if he saw me and saw I was watching one of his tapes (they still had a working vcr), or a downloaded video on his computer he would always joke I picked a good one and he also said put it back where I found it when I'm done. This dynamic is definitely not the norm in most families, but I loved the openness about it and my dad and I are close, so I never had embarrassment going to him with questions about my relationships.
I feel that for many guys if these talks took place it was well before the age of 18. So to answer the post in the 18+ time frame, by that point they obviously knew I masturbated and knew I already had sex and was careful about it (mostly was, but didn't get a girl pregnant), so if masturbation or my sex life came up in conversation, he either was making a jerk off joke, or checking in on how things were going between me and the girls I was dating.
If anyone here is a new father, try getting over any embarrassment bringing up these conversations with your son, because once sex and masturbation is seen as normal, it can lead to openness for your son to share any questions or problems.
I feel that for many guys if these talks took place it was well before the age of 18. So to answer the post in the 18+ time frame, by that point they obviously knew I masturbated and knew I already had sex and was careful about it (mostly was, but didn't get a girl pregnant), so if masturbation or my sex life came up in conversation, he either was making a jerk off joke, or checking in on how things were going between me and the girls I was dating.
If anyone here is a new father, try getting over any embarrassment bringing up these conversations with your son, because once sex and masturbation is seen as normal, it can lead to openness for your son to share any questions or problems.