Way back when I first started dating and petting with girls I encountered yet another source of sexual anxiety. I discovered pretty quickly that intense sexual arousal such as kissing, petting and touching through clothes caused me to get very wet, often resulting in an embarrassing wet patch in my pants. At the time I didn't realise that this fluid was called pre-ejaculate or 'pre-cum'. Of course I thought there was something wrong with me and tried to hide it. This 'problem' haunted me right through adolescence until I became fully sexually active.

Luckily for me, my first girlfriend not only considered it completely natural (as it in fact is), she actually found it very sexy. I suppose wetness is always welcome when it comes to sex.

It wasn't until we actually started having penetrative sex that the function of this annoying wet stuff became blatantly apparent.

Pre-ejaculate is quite literally the ultimate sexual lubricant, for penetrative sex or masturbation. It's so slippery and sexy, nothing can compare, and it's free!

I now know there is a large amount of variation between individuals in the production of pre-ejaculatory fluid and it seems that I may be somewhere near the top of this range (it's hard to know for sure). As annoying as it seemed as a paranoid teenager I'm now glad that I am.

Further reading - Pre-ejaculatory fluid article at Wikipedia.