Sex toys are not hiding under our beds anymore but being swung with pride at our friends and potential mates. This revolutionary normalization of sex toys leaves many not thinking about dating when returning back to their pre-pandemic routines. You did not survive a global pandemic to fake an orgasm.

You finish your 9–5 job, full of Zoom meetings and staring at a computer screen. Starting the week filled with Zoom calls and eating your leftovers from carryout from Sunday night.

*Monch* *Monch*

Instead of swiping for countless hours on tinder to find someone who isn’t over their ex, the new norm is to have the “Friends” theme song playing as you toon your own theme song. The main key; ‘Octave. The cherry on top of the day.

Sex toys include vibrators, dildos, sleeves, penis rings, anal rings, pumps, Packers, Ben Wa balls, and harnesses. Getting into sex toys helps explore what it is you prefer as your pleasure.

That might mean stimulating the clitoris is all you need. And if you feel like you need a little more oomf, a dual vibrating massager might just satisfy your needs, never worrying about finding a partner who you can trust.

If vibrators are not for you, sleeves come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Depending on what your preference is, different textures on the inside can be picked for a different sensation. Some sleeves also have vibration or suction to simulate more stimulation.

With the ongoing inflation of sex toys local chain stores such as Target, have made sex toys not only affordable but accessible. Not everyone has 90 dollars to spend on a new sex toy.

For many who still live at home, or worry about someone opening your package for you, the ability to go to Target and self-checkout your sex toys and vibrators is what the new target trips are all about.

This makes the experience exciting and more accessible to those who might be intimidated to walk into a sex shop for the first time.

Communication is lubrication when coming to reaching that O one always wishes to reach. Only 18.4 percent of them reach orgasm through vaginal sex alone. This leaves 81.6 percent of them not reaching orgasm whereas 95% of males orgasm during partner sexual activity, 86% of homosexual women orgasm,66% of bisexual women, and 65% of heterosexual women.

Being limited to organic meet-cutes in one’s day-to-day routes and activities, many lacked their sexual satisfaction at the start of 2020.

Not wanting to risk not only getting a virus but sexually transmitted diseases leave one to figure out what it is they enjoy, to explore self-pleasure.

Since talking about our sex lives and fantasies is not something we discuss with our friends and close ones like we share movie recommendations, sex toys can satisfy and allow one to explore their kinks within the comfort of their own home.

Not having to give feedback to your partner but yourself leaves one reaching their orgasm quickly and effectively.

Learning to love yourself and control your orgasms will leave you prioritizing pleasure over lust. Now when you have your hour break for lunch at home, maybe there is a more effective way to get dopamine and oxytocin.

So many instead of a nap, using a sex toy will give you the same amount of energy as that five-dollar Starbucks coffee.