Blue balls aren't real, you're welcome!

Honestly, they’re not a thing, they never have been, so don’t fall for this ‘you owe me an orgasm’ BS, because you don’t. The end.

- CANDICE JALILI

Okay, not really the end, because even in the era of constantly Googling every possible ‘can coffee kill you?’-type query that crosses the mind (it can!), guys are still out here believing and hawking the ‘blue ball’ myth – when a man gets aroused, but for some reason (ahem, you not being interested in going that far perhaps?) is prevented from ejaculating and he’s in physical pain until he does. A level of pain that means he needs relief – fast. And which men have been using since the dawn of time as a way to convince women that we have to ‘follow through’.

Let’s put an end to this, mmmkay?

Here’s what actually happens