How Others See Your Dick

I gotta bone to pick with bone-pressed measurements.

I think we all agree that your BP is the standard for tracking progress, but I don’t believe this measurement counts in the real world. Sure, your NBP measurements fluctuate, but try proving you have an 8” cock (which you know is bone-pressed) to someone and let them see you jamming the ruler in… you’d be accused of cheating. Oh yeah, and try explaining to a non-PE oriented person what bone press is…good luck. They’d still think you’re cheating somehow. It’s all cool and all to “talk shop” up here in the forum, but to your average layperson, it’s NBP all the way.

The same kind of thing goes for your flaccid size. Let’s say you whip out your dick at a party… or like in a locker room or something. Most of the time society will judge you on the appearance of your flaccid size no matter what. You could be able to get a ten inch boner, but if it’s a nub when flaccid, you’re marked as having a small one. Know what I’m talkin’ about? Obviously we here know more about what’s what when it comes to dick size, but on the outside… it’s an uphill battle

One more steamy nugget of psuedo-wisdom: You’re only as long as your shortest measurement. I didn’t wanna believe it myself, but I’ve accepted it and it only drives me further. I’m longer when seated, slightly shorter when standing… my standing measurement is my measurement. If you don’t embellish, you can really zero in on what works and what doesn’t in your own particular program.

One final thing: don’t give up. I almost did. I kept with it after not seeing much gains over the course of a year, and now I am seeing gains…so don’t stop. PE every day.

The rest of the world may consider bone-pressed to be cheating, but I doubt they would consider measuring from the side cheating, which for me is greater than bone-pressed.

7” - NBP
7.5” - BP
up to 8” - “from the side”

I would even go as far as to say that a lot of people wouldn’t even think twice about a measurement taken from some arbitrary point on your scrotum, along the bottom. I havn’t measured this way but I bet I could get a >8” reading if I really tried.

yeah, I measure longer from the side as well. What a conundrum. Perhaps measuring through the water-displacement method is the answer. What was the name of the dude who discovered that way back when?

Archimedes I believe. Interesting discussion by the way prickle, certainly gave me something to ponder.

ah, point taken prickle. Just out of curiosity, what kind of gains are you seeing?

cheers

-antistar

Wow. I wonder how many times a thread has been started about BPEL not being a realistic measurement by now.

I know I made one a few weeks after I joined here, and my initial comments pretty much sounded exactly like Prickle’s.

Somethings never change I guess.

But I still hold my beliefs about NPBEL and I agree with Prickle.
The length I set my goals for will always be a number in NBPEL.

Both BPEL and NBPEL measurements are important, but the interesting thing is that guys put a huge effort to gain a single inch for months and nobody discusses how the fat pad can be eliminated by such and such methods. Each of us at least have 0.5-1” buried under our fat pad, but we show no effort to eliminate it and we don’t consider it as a part of PE. If BPEL measurement gets almost equal to NBPEL, then there will be no ambiguity anymore about measurement. IMHO, this fat pad fight must be much closely looked at and assigned a different forum heading, because some men even can’t see a one inch gain at all during their PE journey and one inch is still a noticeable gain even for big gainers.

Prickle,

I agree with you about the real world. And as you mentioned BP is standard/best for tracking purposes since it is usually most consistent.

But hey, go with what ever suits you best.

And…hmmmm I was about to say don’t worry about how others measure or size comparisons but I just realized that would have been a bit hypocritical considering my true feelings on that subject.

Well anyway I see your point, try not to let it get under your skin.

Bye the way, how often do you “whip it out at a party?”

Prickle’s comments reflect the most important part of PE gains for me, and that is how much I’ve gained in flaccid size, non-bone pressed. I feel that’s where I have had my best success physically, emotionally, spiritually and even intellectually. My ruler and my mirror don’t lie.

Peforeal

teoman - it’s true what you say about the fat pad. Losing bodyfat will definitely make your cock look bigger, or reveal more of it. Too bad spot reduction is a myth.

antistar - ever since I’ve been PEing on a daily basis (or as close to it as possible), it looks like things are coming along. I’ve noticed that my old routine(s) were shiftless. Nowadays I’m holding stretches for longer periods of time, really focusing, till my deltoids scream. I’m holding my squeezes longer (a FULL thirty seconds or more) instead of saying to myself, “Eh, that’s long enough”…use a watch! Time yourself! The only gains I’ve been noticing are flaccid gains…I’m just eyeballin’ it…looks bigger. Whenever I break out the ruler, my wood just fades away. I can’t explain it, but ever since I upped the intensity…things just feel like they’re starting to work. I don’t measure myself often - that’s like weighing yourself everyday when you’re trying to lose weight. By the end of the month, I’ll either be real happy, or real disappointed. Hey, it’s a crapshoot. All I know is I’m trying my best.

As for NBP and BP - Bone pressing is great for personal recording of results, I’m not disagreeing with that…even though it fuckin’ hurts! When it comes to actual size…NBP is it…although that can fluctuate too. (Anyone ready to pull their hair out yet?)

I try to refrain from whipping it out at parties. Ironically, parties I’ve been to where someone actually does whip it out - the person doing the flashing is hardly ever flash worthy. (but then again, I’m judging by flaccid size…see?) You can never tell. But believe you me…when I reach my goals I’ll probably become a lecherous perv getting arrested for indecent exposure.

Years ago, I had a girlfriend who thought it’d be a bit of fun to measure me. She took the measurement from the base of my scrotum (much to my relief:D )

I’d love to have seen her friends faces when she told them how big I was.lol.

These are the same girls that think 8” is average. ;)

I have to admit, I’ve often thought it was cheating myself. I don’t do PE so who am I to complain.

Prickle,

“bone pressed” isn’t the number you would use other than here. I’m almost 8” BP, but if I did state my size to a non PE person it would be “over 7”.

I’m torn in this matter. In one way, I don’t want to see my shortest measurement, since it just discourages me. I mean, when I changed measuring technique once, I “lost” like, 0.25”, but I wanted to get a more accurate measurement. I also have my goals in NBP. But… how do I actually know I’ve reached 7” NBP if there’s even a difference in length in how I STAND? Should I keep going until I’m 8”NBP in one position, and 7” NBP in another? Augh.

Oh, a sidenote: Most people will probably see your dick from the side or something like that, so then the side measurement counts? :o