Anonymous: My girl and I decided to try anal only April. She wasn’t sure at first but we’re only a week in and she’s already wearing a plug to work sometimes. I don’t think we’ll ever go back.

That’s great! If you’re both already this into it and don’t think you’ll go back, it just keeps getting better, so you’re probably really going to love it by the end of the month.

Anonymous: My Dom wants me to go anal only for a while so I can learn to cum from anal… but idk how to cum from anal. Any suggestions?

He has the right idea. Focusing just on anal for a while and avoiding other means of orgasm like vaginal sex and clitoral stimulation will not only increase your arousal and make you more sensitive, it also forces you and your body to learn to orgasm from different means, and if you’re concentrating on a lot of anal during that time, it can help to start unlock that ability. Just explore anal and start to pay attention to what feels particularly good with it and while seems like it might lead to an orgasm if you keep doing that, and let it build. Don’t be too frustrated with it if it doesn’t always happen every time or if it starts to build but doesn’t go anywhere at first. Just keep trying and enjoy the process. You’ll get there.

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alwaysanalblog: I second that advice, with would add: don’t ‘try’ too hard. Enjoy the moment and the feelings. Since you are a sub, you should be stimulating the mental side as much as you can. Think about your doms enjoyment and pleasure and how it makes you feel to give yourself so completely to him.

Far too often people underestimate the power of their imagination and fantasies.

typicalsluttyblonde: I’m absolutely loving anal only April, I’ve only been fucked by two people (one man one woman) but even just masturbating by only stimulating my asshole is absolutely incredible and yesterday I had my first anal squirt!!

Congratulations! The first of many, I’m sure! Once you commit to only masturbating (and having sex) anally, it opens up all sorts of new possibilities and often reveals new things you can do and new sources of pleasure you didn’t know were possible to you. And once you can orgasm and squirt from anal only, why bother with your pussy or clit again?

Glad to hear it’s a great experience for you. If you’re still enjoying it by the end of the month, I encourage staying anal only long-term.

Anonymous: Alright I’m convinced. I’m going to go for it this month. I think for me the only way it’ll work is if I go cold turkey and leave my pussy out of the equation this month, just focus on my ass. My goal then is to work my way up to at least my smaller toy by the end of the month!

Excellent, good to have you on board! Sounds like you have a good plan to focus purely on anal only, and if you keep it a consistent routine and really stick with it, I bet you’ll easily achieve your goal of your smallest toy, and maybe even go beyond that.

If you have any questions as you proceed to explore, feel free to ask—or stop in our Discord server and ask our friendly and ever-growing community (currently over 1200 members signed up) in the #advice channel—and keep us updated throughout the month.

Anonymous: I am another vaginal virgin saying hello. I have seen your releases in Anal Only April and although I have only had anal sex for 3 years, I have decided this month to make it permanent. Many thanks.

I’m glad to have helped inspire you to choose the anal only lifestyle! It really is the best way to be, and your using Anal Only April to make that decision for yourself going forward is a great honor.

Anonymous: I’ve rarely done anal and never done anal only before but Anal Only April was too tempting to pass up, especially since the first was Easter. I brought it up to my husband ahead of time but I bought a bunny tail plug and after Easter festivities were over and the kids went to bed I surprised him with a Playboy Bunny outfit. We’re planning on the whole month but for tonight I’m happy I’m going to bed wet and with a load of cum in my plugged ass.

Sounds like a sexy way to kick off a fun challenge! Keep us updated on how it goes.

Anonymous: I admit I was really skeptical when my husband wanted us to try anal only April. I like anal and we do it a few times a month normally but I thought of him wanting to not use my pussy as a sort of rejection. He seemed eager though, and he said it was just a fun challenge and he loved my ass so much, so he convinced me to try, but thought it would be challenging and that I’d miss my pussy. Well, I can tell you, I LOVE it and we’re just a week in. I’m so horny and feel so sexy and just want more!

A lot of people reject the idea of being anal only without even trying it for themselves and seeing what it’s really all about. That’s what challenge months like Anal Only April and No Pussy November are all about: giving people the collective opportunity and inspiring them to try it without an up front long term commitment beyond the month. Because the reality is that many people, like yourself, realize it actually is something really fantastic for them and something they enjoy a lot, and maybe even something they want to continue doing.

Enjoy the rest of the month (and maybe more)!

Anonymous: We want to go anal only for April but anal is something we only do a few times a month. We really love it and want to do it more but it’s always been hard to do it more often without me getting sore or it starting to hurt the next time. Any advice?

Great question! I think this is something that a lot of people struggle with—they enjoy anal a lot and want to do it more often, or even try going anal only as in your case, but they find it hard to do often enough to establish a routine.

If you’re sore or in pain after or during anal, you probably didn’t warm up enough before and did too much before you were ready. Try to really focus on making anal play and masturbation part of your regular routine, starting with smaller things like fingers or small toys and then working up with bigger toys closer in size to your partner’s penis. Start wearing a butt plug regularly—not necessarily all day, every day, but at least for a period of time most days as you’re able to, as well as in advance of having anal sex. This can really help relax, train and warm up your ass for sex.

In addition to keeping up a routine of anal training in periods between having sex and warmup before sex, the other thing that obviously helps is to start doing anal more often. Find a starting frequency that works for you, maintain it for a week, then try to add another day into the frequency the following week, and repeat from there. If you find it easy, you can increase the frequency faster, if you find it hard, go a little slower, but see how it goes for you and adjust as needed.

I would suggest going ahead with Anal Only April, starting with anal sex one or two times a week and focusing on oral and other non-vaginal sex in between, as well as having anal play sessions even at times you aren’t ready for anal sex again but are ready for some other anal play. For your first time, I’d suggest not having anal the very first day of the challenge but building up to it over the next week with lots of anal play and training so you’re much more relaxed and warmed up for it, then the following week you might be ready for sex two or three times throughout the week, and continuing to build up from there as you listen to your body and figure out what you’re ready for as the month progresses.

By the end of the month, you should be enjoying frequent anal without discomfort.

Anonymous: I love this idea of Anal Only April! My wife and I have been doing anal since before we were married and it’s been a really regular stable that we both love more than vaginal, but though we’ve gone without vaginal for a while before it hasn’t really been deliberate. We talked about it last night and we decided we’re going to try Anal Only April and then probably keep going after too. We both really like the idea of choosing to be anal only and stop using her pussy.

I think a lot of anal only couples start out through a natural process of preferring anal and shifting towards primarily doing it, before realizing that it’s how they want to be and choosing deliberately to be anal only, and that can be a really effective way of establishing a strong, lasting anal only relationship, because of that sort of natural evolution that made it obvious to the both of you that being anal only is what’s best.

I think you’re going to have a really fun month and I’m sure you’ll want to stay anal only indefinitely now that you’re consciously considering that you prefer it that way.

Anonymous: Which diet do u essentially recommend while doing the anal only month? Thx

Any well-balanced diet will do, try to have a healthy amount of dietary fiber and avoid too much fat and you should be fine. The most important thing is to try and get into a fairly consistent digestive routine and be able to listen to your body to know when you need to go to the bathroom, etc.