I literally just threw mine away like 2 weeks ago, I'd had them for probably 30 years, moved with me at least a half dozen times, and I doubt I used them for more than an hour in all that time lol. Was cleaning my game room and they've been sitting next to my PC for years, had to ask myself why I still had them, couldn't come up with a good answer so into the trash they went.
Also got these in a Chinatown. There was a rumor that there was some weird sexual uses for them and upon googling, that seems to be true. They can also be used as kegel balls for pelvic floor training.
This discussion makes me think of a scene in this kinda obscure early aughts rom com called "100 Girls." Cheesy but funny and the Ben Wah ball scenes are so silly.
hah well i was 11 then, so neither of those uses would have been for me. I did play guitar however and they were great for building strength and dexterity!
>and they were great for building strength and dexterity!
Yep! I was into card manipulation when I was younger. I used them for the same reasons as you
What's in the picture: [Baoding Balls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoding_balls)
What you looked up: [Ben Wa balls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wa_balls)
“We sell glasswares and ceramics for decorative purposes ONLY, any implication of illegal use will result in your being escorted from the store” - The Management
Omg yes !!!!!!! My parents had them and they were my favorite thing as a kid. I’ve recently wondered where they disappeared to bc I neeeeeeed them for my fidget collection
I saw them in shops and liked them but didn't know what they were "for" as the shops didn't really include instructional placards LOL. I remember them coming up in conversation in middle or junior high school and it was decided that they were sex toys, meant for insertion, so that you chime when you walk. I didn't want any after that.
Think I have the same set in a bin. So much junk we accumulated! No I'm not getting rid of them. ;]
I think i read they are based on Chinese walnuts ppl would tumble? I forget the details.
I still have mine. Picked them up years ago at a store that showed up in the mall (and didn’t last very long) selling all kinds of Asian looking things (I say that because I highly doubt any of it was authentic).
Still have them! My partner actually just recently bust them out to help with some tendonitis in their hands. Who knew they'd come in handy all these years later!
My dad brought me home a pair of those from a business trip to San Francisco in the early 90s. I still have them sitting on a shelf in my office and I occasionally - you know there's no way I can say this without sounding like a double entender - pull out my healthy balls and give them a twirl.
I never knew what the point was. My friend who owned them said you were supposed to move them without them making a sound but they had these chimes inside them that were very lovely.
Was he wrong? Was the point to have peaceful chimes as you twirled them in your palm?
My dad brought back a set of these when we went to China on a work trip in the late 80s or early 90s. As a kid they absolutely fascinated me. My parents are getting ready to downsize, and last time I was home my dad gave them to me. I absolutely love them still.
No. Those are smaller and ANIT for masturbation, they are held inside while going about your day to strengthen your pelvic floor especially after giving birth.
Still have mine. And I have a small one on a string hanging from my rearview mirror. I bought it when I was 18 and it's hung from the rearview mirror of each car I've owned ever since.
I had a smaller one in a little cage on a necklace, and a tiny wind chime necklace too. Every movement I made sounded like a fairy. They were magical and I wish I still had them!
I thought I was so cool because my brother brought a set back from (South) Korea in 1996. Now I realize that that particular present he bought at the airport on his way home.
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