Only time I'd go rubberless (for full sexual intercourse anyway) is if I was in a secure LTR with someone. Oral sex is a bit different, but still wise to use a condom or dental dam in the early days, as un-trendy as that is.
It's not just pregnancy (which, when unplanned, is a f*cking atom bomb on your life make no mistake).
It's STIs too. Tons of people (hell, I'd even say most) just assume they'll get "harmless" gonorrhea at worst and then it'll just be a routine course of antibiotics and job done. And that's exactly why we're starting to get antibiotic resistant STI superbugs, and it's exactly why at this rate people will be dying of syphillis again in a 10-20 year's time. The sheer f*cking dumb-animal stupidity of humanity at it's finest.
I just have to do a face palm when people say "BUT IT FEELS BETTA."
Would you rather put some rubber on your kn*b, or shove your d*ck in something that feels marginally nicer for 5 minutes and get HIV/herpes/med-resistant chlamydia/PREGNANT?
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My ex was always saying how she preferred sex without condoms and she seemed like a pretty decent girl all round. But then I started thinking "Hang on, how many guys have you seen since you broke up with your ex?" "3." "And you had sex without condoms with them?" "Yes." "How long did you know them?" "2-4 weeks ish."
Yeah, she had herpes - no f*cking surprise with that level of sexual ignorance. Whole relationship went to s**t, because I was offering her my virginity and she was offering me herpes.
Beautiful girl, great sense of humour, I still miss her a year on sometimes. Breaking with her sucked and I'm yet to connect with someone like that again. And yet her proclivity for risky sex ruined the best relationship she'd had before we could even sleep together. The guy she got it off of looked like a drug addict, I couldn't believe she even slept with this d*ckhead.
Wrap it before you tap it, the alternative f*cking sucks.