Important addendum to Fact or Fiction?

My romance’s Altoids/blow job scene is a bust. I’ll have to rewrite it. My bad for not personally testing out the facts.

So . . . are there any other ways to screw up a blow job? Cuz that scene can’t end well. It just can’t. (I thought about giving Brad a peanut allergy, but that’s no laughing matter.)
D.

16 Comments

  1. noxcat says:

    During high school, my boyfriend and I decided to try palying with whipped cream. Silly us, we took it straight out of the fridge and applied it directly. Fasted mood killer I’ve ever seen.

    Or maybe he doesn’t like ice chips?

  2. Sam says:

    OK – this is surely going to go into the book as one of those ‘more than I wanted to know about her’ moments…
    I was drinking tea and my hubby was reading next to me. I was in a playful mood and leaned over and, with tea still in my mouth, started to give him a blowjob.
    People – penis’s are more sensitive to heat than mouths. He pulled away with a yell, tea went ALL over. The seduction scene was a huge flop.

    And on a lighter note I’m haveing a fun contest over on my blog! Go check it out!

  3. Dean says:

    I don’t think you have to rewrite it. I’ve had some experience with minty products and sensitive skin, and I think your scene was probably reasonably feasible.

    There’s probably only one way to check it out, though. Buy a box of Altoids and rattle it suggestively at Karen.

  4. Walnut says:

    Guess you guys are blowing hot and cold on this one.

    Sorry, sorry. As my family would tell you, sometimes I can’t resist a pun.

    Dean, yeah, I think I’ll keep it, although I may work in a bit of “your results may vary” to cover me from those critics who’ll claim I’m merely spreading an urban legend.

  5. DementedM says:

    Braces?

    M

  6. sxKitten says:

    I think the cinnamon altoids might produce an unpleasant burn.

    And the urban legend part works, I think – Laurie isn’t experienced, so believing an UL would be in character.

  7. Suisan says:

    Chef husband was preparing salsa. Chopped up lots of little fresh chilis.

    He didn’t wash his hands well enough before he came to wake me up from a nap with a bit of naughty foreplay.

    The pain was so intense a few minutes later (it builds), that I was alternately screaming at him and sobbing.

    Unless girly is sucking on jalepenos, I’m not sure how that would work for a blowjob, but man oh man, I’ll tell you now that the sight of him chopping peppers in the kitchen still gives me unpleasant shivers.

  8. So . . . are there any other ways to screw up a blow job?

    One word: Habaneros.

    (Though I’d imagine that the onset of symptoms would be too fast for things to get too far along…)

  9. kate r says:

    does it have to be peanut allergy? maybe it could be some other sort of skin allergy? make him itchy. Youch.

  10. Darla says:

    Never did Altoids, but regular candy mints–the red & white striped ones–did cause enough tingling that I was requested to spit it out.

    So I had zero trouble believing your scene.

    Some genitalia is no doubt more sensitive than others. And Snopes is not infallible. 🙂

  11. Wow, you’re chock full of mood killers over here. I just stuck my head in to make sure you were weathering all the weather.

  12. Walnut says:

    Sorry for the long silence. I’ve been at a Taekwondo tournament all day (is that all one word or three) — more later on that.

    noxcat: wow, that is cold sensitive. Maybe he has a cavity.

    Sam: with all due respect to your hubby, What. A. Wimp. My wife would have to have bumblebees in her mouth for me to object.

    Michelle: braces? You think Brad’s wiener needs a brace to stand at attention?

    SxK: there’s another vote for keeping the cinnamon altoids. I LIKE not having to change anything!

    Suisan: I’ll save the peppers (yeah, static, habaneros would be dandy!) for another book — you know, when I start repeating myself 🙂

    Kate: naw, itchy won’t cut it. Lori would simply scratch it. With her teeth.

    Darla: and there’s a third vote for No Change. The altoids stay.

    Charlene: we had an awful storm a while back, but nothing recently. How about you?

  13. I have a sick desire to read about the altoids, snicker. Storms are storming over here. It’s not fun. : ( Glad they’re missing you!

  14. Lyvvie says:

    What if she has a hairtrigger gag reflex and he pushes in a little and she gacks on him?? That would be a King mood killer.

  15. Walnut says:

    Charlene, if you’re interested in being a beta reader, let me know 🙂

    Lyvvie, it wouldn’t work. In a previous scene, I established she has a very well-controlled gag reflex. Um . . . don’t ask.

  16. Lyvvie says:

    I guess I haven’t gotten to that bit yet!!