When I was a child I played with myself because it felt good. I don't recall any sex fantasies until I found some porn. I started jerking off when I was 11 and I fantasized about having sex and have continued till this day even after 3 marriages and lot's of G/F's and one night stands.

There is a definite difference. Some guys play with themselves, basically lazily fondle their junk, all the time. Masturbation on the other hand is purposeful, i.e. you working to make it hard, make it cum or make it ride the edge and give you pleasure over and over.

My point also . I read a post where a guy said he started masturbating at age 4. I found that a little unlikely based on my own experience.

I never played with my penis at all.then at the age of 10 I started getting erections and hair growing.it was 1960,sex hadn't been invented.at 10 1/2 my uncle wanked me off.that was it,haven't stopped since!

wellwhen i was 4 i played with my cock every chance i got i would jack it till it was so hard it hurt then i would let it go soft and start again maybe not jo and just playin with ithow did i learn that well my dad show me how 2 skin it back so i wouldnt piss all over then he showed me how 2 keep it clean im not cut got all of my cock if it felt good play with it u guys that are cut ur head is dead

That might have been me.

When I was 4 or 5 I discovered that rubbing my cock against the inside of my thigh felt really good and I often had to stop because it got too intense. It was what we now all know as the feeling immediately before you come.

I did it all the time for the pure pleasure of it, and when I was about 7 my parents caught me and made me stop ... which simply caused me to be more secretive.

One day when I was 9 I decided to do it and force myself to go past that intense feeling that had always stopped me. That was when I had my first ejaculation. I remember everything about that day - as if it was yesterday!

By the time I was 12 or 13 I learned to jack off the regular way and was no longer rubbing it against my leg to get off.

In summary - when I was very young I was doing "it" for the pure pleasure and (almost) climaxing. That's why I say I've been "masturbating" since the age of 4 or 5.

I can't remember when I first noticed that my cock would get hard or that it felt good to touch, but I know it was certainly by the time I was probably 10 because that's when I was introduced to mutual cock rubbing by a friend - we used to call it a rub-up! Before then, though, I remember having sexual feelings a few years before. I sat next to a girl at school - I still remember her name - who would let me feel her bottom. It didn't make my cock hard, but it did give me a good feeling and I knew that it was naughty. That's probably why my favourite part of a woman is her bottom. When I moved to another town and a different school I tried it on another girl, assuming all girls liked that. This girl didn't. She screamed and said I touched her. I protested my innocence to the very end, and never tried it again! I soon discovered boys enjoyed touching and being touched a whole lot more than girls did.

Where I live those two terms are used somewhat interchangeably but if you mean what I think you mean then there are definitely two different modes.

One is where the intention is to enjoy an orgasm and the end and thus even if you don't rush to the finish but instead take your time there is still that goal. So our minds will be on something sexual whether fantasy or porn and the stimulation level is relatively high.

The other kind is where you are actually doing something else but easy access to your cock means you fondle it just because that feels good but maybe not consciously and certainly not because you're horny and want to cum.

And I do both of these at different times.

I agree, I play with myself daily for at least an hour or more, but masturbate with the purpose of orgasm 2 or 3 times a week.

I have a nurse lady friend that said she started masturbating to orgasm when she only about 6 or 7 and has been doing it since, she is 72 now.

I started playing with myself when I was 4.I was jacking off at 9 after someone showed me how, and I couldn't cum but I learned I could still have an orgasm. Today I like both playing with myself and jacking off, just depends the mood I'm in and how much time I have.

i don't play with my self but love to comb my pubes with my fingers... it feels great...

I did start at around 4 and with the absolute purpose of getting hard and looking at my dick. I just really liked it and did it often. I used to rip the side of my pants pocket so I could feel my dick. 50 years later I still love it.

I have liked "playing with my self" since an early age (still do). Sometimes it leads to masturbation, sometimes not.