My friend returned from Frolicon bruised and exhausted but overflowing with NRE. Eager to live vicariously through her adventures, I asked for all the pertinent details. She told me any number of intriguing stories but the one that captured my attention the most had to do with the meeting of ginger and her pretty bottom.
Yes, she tried figging for the first time, and now that I’ve heard her enraptured praises of the practice, I feel that it is my absolute duty to try it as well:
Me: I think I could handle it.
Her: I’m sure you could. If I didn’t think you could I would tell you.
Her: Like, I would NOT recommend that you put five clothespins on each side of your labia and then use belts to strap the pins down to your inner thighs so that when your legs are tied apart your pussy is spread WIIIIIDE open. To that I would tell you a polite “no.”
Me: Hm, the wide open pussy sounds nice but the clothespins? Not so much.
*pause*
Me: Wait, did you do that too?
Her, coolly: Yes, yes I did.
Me: You are one brave but twisted lil fuck, you know that?
And now I’m wondering how many of you brave but twisted lil fucks have tried figging and not died during the act. Was it awesomer than awesome? How long did it take to make a full recovery? And most importantly, knowing what you know of my proclivities, would I survive a round or two?
Please advise.
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Somehow I’ve never even HEARD of that, but I’m willing to admit that I also haven’t examined the furthest reaches of BDSM. I haven’t even crossed the ocean (though the shore has been thoroughly combed).
Too many metaphors at once?
Anyway, it sounds pretty cool and I think you should try it. I’m not just saying that so you’ll tell everyone about it either, even though I’m curious as all hell.
I haven’t heard of figging either. It does sound like an interesting experience. I enjoy living vicariously through your adventures, so do feel free to tell us if decide to try it out!
I have to say that I rather enjoy dancing the edge between pleasure and pain. It’s an intoxicating experience. I’m a big fan of nipple clamps, paddles, and of course my pinwheel. That being said, the fig was too much for me. I very much enjoyed the process of selecting and preparing said fig. I was dripping with excitement, but I had read somewhere that you should test it out in your mouth before moving on to more delicate bits. This proved to be some valuable advice.
From the moment the fig touched my lips I felt a distinct stinging sensation. It was interesting, but not overwhelming. I licked it with the same result. I held it in my mouth for as long as I could (less than 1 minute). I have to say that there was definitely more stinging than burning if that makes sense. An hour later my mouth was still tingling, and my husband was still laughing.
Out of an abundance of caution thus endeth the experiment. I shudder at the thought of how that would have felt inside me.
Don’t let my experience sway you though. I think you should try it if you’re interested, I encourage you to test it in your mouth first.
I didn’t even know what this was…but now I am intrigued. Maybe a trip to the grocery store is in order.
I am hoping, for my own selfish reasons, that you give this a go and tell us all about it.
From reading the article you linked, I would try exterior first, like putting it on your clit, and that way you could probably wash it off more easily if it wasn’t working so well for you.
It’s no worse than a really hard spanking, but it’s on a different level of ouch. Think of biting into a big piece of ginger. Then think of that same burning at your various naughty bits only a bit milder (and a lot sexier). That’s about it. It also seems to have the mysterious effect of making me outrageously horny. The burn subsides not too long after you remove the offending root, so if it’s too much you can always take it out. I would totally recommend trying a little bit of ginger juice on a finger to see if it’s a sensation you enjoy.
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Let me be frank. I do note that you have “proclivities” for anal play, but I’ve never noticed you to express a real interest in pain. If you the thought of clothespins on your labia does not beckon to you, I would not rushed to get figged.
It’s the most painful thing I’ve had happen to me in a looooong time. I measure pain by the standard of the years of oral surgery I had, and this equaled or surpassed that. Now, it may have been partially due to the fact that my partner thought the proper size and shape for the “finger” of ginger was along the lines of a zucchini. But still.
I would be willing to try it again, so perhaps I’m a hypocrite for cautioning you against it. But it was not awesomer than awesome. It was not even mildly sexy. I cried the whole time and if I was turned on, I couldn’t feel it through the pain. Recovery? Physically, 1-3 days. Emotionally, I’m still not over it. ;)
I know masochists far more serious than I who also hate it. On the other hand, so many people love it that I think it’s one of those things–depends on the ginger, the day, your body chemistry, and so on.
As other said, if it really beckons to you, I’d recommend choosing a less sensitive “test spot”–I’d try a nipple or your clit–and apply it for a few minutes to see what it does for you.
Good luck!
I have heard many good things and also bad things about figging. It’s something I’ve always wanted to try but actually seeing it through has as of yet eludeded me. The main thing I’ve heard is that different people react to it differently. To some people the pain is very intense to others less so. But as someone said the pain apparently subsides pretty fast on removal so if it does get too much its not in the region of forgetting to wach your hands after preparing chili and having to wait the burning sensation out :P
There are things you can do to make it hurt more or less. I think it hurts like the devil, but then again Chris soaks the root in water for a minute before he inserts inside me. And, um, no lube. Lube sounds like a good idea, but it makes it hurt less and that’s not allowed (at our house, since the point is the pain).
The root does NOT need to be big. In fact, start small and wimpy. You can thread string through it if you’re concerned about it slipping in and getting lost, but we just carve a safety knob at the end.
Or, rather, he does. Experiencing it is survivable. Encouraging it is another matter entirely.
check out figging.com
They have some FAQs for first-timers.
I’m a huge fan. I also like playing in butts, and having mine played in.
I didn’t think it hurt too much at all. It was quite a lovely burn.
But…beware that if you do this, you owe us all a recap!
Oh yes I have to second the lube thing. You can make it a lot less painful by adding silicone lube. More stingy with water. Some roots are really hot, others not so much, and aging it seems to make it worse. Also, the feeling of it on my clit or nipples is not the same as the ass. I have no idea why.
P.S. your post is now entirely responsible for my partner’s decision that I am overdue for some ginger.
Oh dear.
I’ve never tried Ginger before, but I’d personally prefer MaryAnn if given the choice.
(smack!)
Ouch!
(running, ducking)
Couldn’t resist… sorry.
Mike
Um. I had never heard of it, but DO. NOT. WANT.
As you can see, responses to ginger vary.
For me, figging has always been milder than applications of vapor rub, Tiger Balm (the strong variety), or other camphor/menthol applications with higher percentages.
At least half the fun of figging though, is the psychological fun, the prep, the interplay.
No matter how it feels, it really won’t physically injure you, which is like way different from some of the other things I like to play with, so I’d agree with your friend — who I’m sure knows you better than any of us.
Ummm … OUCH! Would candied ginger work?
I’ve never tried it, but ever since reading that attached article, I have become extremely horny.
.. I would so love to try it.. either as Dom or sub…
clearly I am a S/switch.
Anyone in the Mid-South?
I have tried it a couple of times, and it was never very intense for me at all. I didn’t use any lube, just water (it’s supposed to be slippery enough with water to not need lube, and lube would dilute the effects).
I never let it age, so I haven’t tried to get a more intense feeling that way, but both times it was kind of disappointing. I’d love something a little more intense, but figging hasn’t been it. Though now that you mention it, I’d like to try it again… :)
So, given that it wasn’t too intense for me, I recommend you try it!
My girlfriend tied me up and did this to me and then whipped me :)
Usually when she whips me I’m able to kind of enter a headspace where I can kind of downgrade the ‘pain’, like turning down the volume of a radio. But this time the ginger root was rather distracting and made it unable for me to do that, so I wasn’t really able to.
Needless to say I was begging rather quickly.
I love ginger. I enjoy most types of anal play anyway. We don’t use a lube I think it dulls the effects way too much. It’s one of those ‘try it, you’ll like it!’ things. And if you don’t remove it. The sting goes away almost at once when it is removed.
Good luck and enjoy!
PK
I’ve tried it twice now. The first time seemed fairly mild, the second time was WOW!
I enjoyed every second of both attempts! I can only assume that the second piece of ginger i used was quite a bit more fresh than the first. I tried it for the first time a few years ago, and the most recent time today!
Hi gang We taught the figging class at Frolicon and always have enjoyed the diffetent ideas of GINGER!! Glad your friend had fun Sharon. Any questions,comments or willing victims? Who wants to try it? Perhaps our paths will cross someday, I hope so. We do a Figging workshop at The Floating World in NJ and I know again in April in Ft Lauderdale at Beyond Leather. Let me know Foxy foxden@mfi.net
Unfortunately I havent had the oportunity to test ginger, until now, but, can someone tell me if the feeling is more intense than with chili?? Thanks