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    Are my hands too soft?

    OK, so maybe i'm making a big deal out of this, but I know that women like to be fingered. But here's the thing, I don't have "manly" hands. The palms of my hands are really soft - and I don't even use lotion regularly. But I've been told my several (surprised) people after handshakes that I have really soft hands. Even most girls have rougher hands than me!

    So is this a bad thing when it comes to fingering a woman's vagina/clit, or massaging her breast/body???

    Should I start to look for a job in manual labor?
  • kristalyn_04
    Veteran Member
    • Oct 2009
    • 2164

    I don't think hands are a huge factor for most women (just like with any other physical trait). Sure, women have preferences, but unless she is really shallow it won't have any bearing on a woman being willing to get to know you and want to be in a relationship with you.

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    • jns
      Assistant Admin
      • Mar 2010
      • 8398

      From my experience, most women do not like a lot of roughness around their more tender parts. Yes, sufficient strength if you are giving a back massage or trying to work out the kinks of a knotted muscle, but they like a much lighter touch around their erogenous zones. That is not to say that some don't like a heavier touch, they may, but I have not been with such women. I have to be careful about having too heavy of a touch. You should be fine.
      I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
      ...
      Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?

      From a speech by Patrick Henry on March 23, 1775 at St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia

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      • waya
        Veteran Member
        • Oct 2010
        • 206

        Actually I would think that would be a good thing when it comes to pleasing a woman. Or at least I know a lot of women who would think so because some men have a hard time being gentle enough with our tender parts.

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        • kristalyn_04
          Veteran Member
          • Oct 2009
          • 2164

          I think being gentle and the texture of a man's hands are two different things, though. A man can have rough hands but still be gentle with the way he uses them, and likewise a man with softer hands can be too forceful with them.

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          • waya
            Veteran Member
            • Oct 2010
            • 206

            Well yes but a man with softer hands could probably use a little more pressure without it being painful

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            • Texasred
              Veteran Member
              • Oct 2009
              • 1216

              Or you could exercise some, without wearing those gloves that some affect.
              Doing things with your hands will strengthen them, toughen them, and working out will lean you out all over - not just your hands.
              Can't hurt.

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              • lizzardb63
                Veteran Member
                • Aug 2010
                • 1493

                Its nice to not have someone down there with caluses. It can be rough and scratchy. Count your blessings!

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                • WildChild
                  Banned
                  • Sep 2008
                  • 14142

                  I Work with my hands and they aren't super soft. I like strong hands but that can mean a bit rough. We have a little habit that when the man in my life comes over I will massage lotion into his hands for him (and me).

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