I've experienced condom nirvana and I'm not going back. Have any of you had this too? I can't be the only one who never realised, surely!

My big dick problem is that I've been using the wrong size of condom for like a decade and I never realised.

For context, I'm not huge but I'm comfortably bigger than average. I didn't sleep around much when I was young, didn't lose my virginity until about 20, but I'm around 30 now so I like to think I'm fairly experienced (with both guys and girls and variations thereof).

I've always just used normal condoms and thought that they're ... fine, you know? They take a while to roll on, sometimes they kill the mood, leave a red ring on your dick when you pull them off afterwards. But that's just how they are. No wonder so many guys prefer not to use them. I never really noticed problems with staying hard, but sometimes I'd be like "Oh, this position isn't really doing it for me, let's switch it up."

I've heard plenty of stuff about people with massive dicks saying condoms are a real pain and I can believe it, though I never thought it really applied to me.

BUT one day I thought well why not have a read around, do some research. I looked around online and found out that with my girth (5.5 up to like 6 at the base) I should be wearing larger ones. So I went to the supermarket (in the UK you can basically only buy durex and skyn but that's fine) an they had a pack of the durex light in wide fit, called XL and they're apparently 60mm nominal width.

I was nervous about trying them during sex because I don't want anything to slip off so I used one to have a posh wank with and it was pretty good. Felt secure but was also easy to get on, didn't slip at all and didn't leave a red line or constrict anything. I tried on a regular one in the same session to have a direct comparison and it was so apparent. The regular fit was so much more difficult to get on, and when I rolled it down it pinched my dick. Looked like the ring at the base was strangling it. I can't believe I never really took any notice before.

And so finally, I tried it when I actually had sex and it was SO much better. It rolled on in an instant, went all the way down and didn't pinch at all. No problem staying hard in any position.

Jeez, I can't believe no one talks about this. The "but condoms are stretchy so they can take any dick, you're not special," argument is tired and toxic and ... well, just wrong.

I'm converted.

For anyone wondering, just try it out. Nothing to lose.