Which is more pleasurable - masturbation or sex?

Both combined.

Pleasuring oneself in front of a lover is powerfully hot. Observing such is too.

I knew a friend that wouldn’t do a boy unless he was willing to jill himself in front of her, Bully for her.

I think it has its moments but I wouldn’t want to give up on sex.

But for “I want it now and don’t want to spend all night getting it” type times, it can’t be beat.

I don’t have to dress up for my husband (he prefers the opposite for sex ;)

and I never have to dress up for Bob!

Sex. The intimacy, act of penetration, and lack of control makes it more pleasurable than masturbation.

Its like a song I heard once “I’m my own best lay”

I prefer sex, the idea of pleasuring my other is ungodly arousing to me, plus I love doing it.
Though there’ve been phone sex moments that were just too awesome to describe- as there have been with sex.
Somewhat related; the other night my SO asked me to masturbate for her while on the phone; she didn’t do anything – and I just wasn’t having it. I got almost no pleasure out of it.

I guess I’d have to say it’s situational.

Depends. If you’re having sex with someone you really vibe with intimately, then for sure sex. Otherwise, I think I’d much rather pleasure myself and think of someone I know I do/would vibe unbelievably well with .

Depends on my mood. I cum quicker by myself, but of course, it lacks the holding, touching, kissing, talking…the good stuff that comes with sharing it.

I find making love to a person to be much more pleasurable. It’s not like I haven’t had some mind blowing masturbatory experiences—the mind is the most powerful sex organ—but it’s just not the same as actually being with the person.

I’ve participated in some phone sex and it was like an out-of-body experience, which was both good and a problem. Part of sex is about grounding yourself and getting intimately involved with the physical world. Masturbation gets you intimately involved in your imagination. Imagination can be very powerful, but it is also a fantasy, and unrelated to the real world, except for how you are stimulating yourself.

There’s little ritual to masturbation, as there is to actual love-making. Love-making is a process, and while there can be process to masturbation, it generally goes by much quicker. The goal of masturbation is to get yourself off. In love-making, the goal is to experience yourself with the other person—to develop a feedback loop that makes you feel the other person’s pleasure which makes you feel your own, which helps them feel theirs and on and on.

The sex is so amazing and so intense with my boyfriend that masturbation almost never does anything to really release any tension. It feels alright, but not great… and that goes for both of us. Unfortunately we’re long distance, so masturbation is what we have most of the time. Every now and then you get a good one, but it’s usually when we’re talking to each other while we’re doing it…

I used to say masturbation. Now, I say sex, all the way.

Yeah, I have to go with masturbation. Most of the time it doesn’t work for me, but at least it does sometimes. Sex with other people never does.

Definitely sex for me. I love that closeness and connection with a partner. Masturbation just doesn’t even come close…excuse the pun!

Masturbation is nice, but when you find a lover who figures out what you like, there’s nothing better.

Sex, because of the aspect of intimacy and passion.

My partner is way better at making me cum than I am so sex over masturbation always

Depends on the partner obviously. Some are so lousy that masturbation is far better, but most of the ones I’ve had were better.

I’m a girl and I would rather have sex to enjoy one type of orgasm but I don’t want anyone touching the part that I play with ;)...meaning I reserve one type for the other

Definitely sex with a partner and masturbation with a partner is better than solo too. I like the trust and bond that is built when two people can share masturbation together as part of their sexual repertoir. I believe the pleasure of intercourse intensifies because the two people have become comfortable enough to show each other the most intimate ways they pleasure themselves.

They both have their perks.
I would list them here but I think they are obvious.

@SpatzieLover I knew every women calls them “Bob!” lol

It’s been quite a while since I’ve had good sex, but even so I would still have to say sex and it depends on the partner. I’ve had sex since the last time I had good sex and masturbation would’ve been a better attempt, lol, sad no? Also, I would have to agree masturbating with a partner is ultra hot, it usually doesn’t stay that way though. The arousal from watching each other is immense and usually ends with excuse my language, but banging each others brains out, lol. So, yea, sex is better.

@Axemusica shit, now that I think about it, a loooong time ago I had a small stuffed green cucumber and I imagined he was a dildo and called him bob

@Simone_De_Beauvoir that’s a little graphic, but yea, confirmation!

@Axemusica oh no no, I didn’t use bob as a dildo (it was a soft cucumber, not gonna work)

“Bob”? Never even thought of it.

There’s that old Woody Allen line I like from Annie Hall, “Don’t knock masturbation, it’s sex with someone I love.”.

The reason the masturabation is so good is because you know exactly how to touch yourself and what is going to make you orgasm. Sex may not always do that for you because it might not rub you the same way! For me sex is better. I can teach my partner the best ways to get me there and I can share that experience with them.