Caught masturbating, what do i do?

I was at my computer descretley pleasuring my self with my hand in my pants when my young niece walked in. At this time nothing was on the computer screen but she asked what i was doing on the computer, i told her i was looking up some files i need for work and she just said oh ok. I dont think she knew what i was doing and bought the excuse i told her because she didnt seem awkward or ask anymore after that and from the angle she was at im hoping she didnt see anything. What are your thoughts on this?

-- Tue Apr 30, 2013 2:04 pm --

Her question asking what i was doing on the computer seemed very general so im not sure if she saw anything.

Vividly recall the first time I knew my parents were naked in bed together. Stands out because they were never openly affectionate and I mentioned it to my next door neighbor as something very odd to which he replied, "Of course dummy. They're your parents." Dunno how old I was, but it stands out because up until that discovery I had no idea my parents were sexual beings. I had a vague awareness of sex but I never associated it with my parents.

I think when kids are growing up, whatever's normal everyday experience becomes normal regardless of what it is to other people. So any sudden change in that normalacy will stand out.

Since nothing followed with your niece I don't think any further thought needs to be spent on the matter. For myself though, if ever blessed with kids (and a wife heh,) I'd never conceal my sexuality, my nakedness, or masturbation from them. I'd want them to grow up used to seeing me and their mother naked, pleasuring ourselves, and having sex. Trying to be sex-positive but then freaking out if your own kids see you enjoying yourself sends a mixed signal that'll stand out in kids' memories and probably become some kind of sexual problem. Whereas if it's all kept casual, routine, and normal it can be kept a simple matter of like, "We're having sex. Did you need something?" And not, "Oh my G-d! Get out! Shut the door!" And diving under the covers freaking the kids out.

Masturbation is your own business. It's hard to imagine anything that would be more your own business. I've masturbated nearly every day of my life since I was a teenager and I'm over 60.
I prefer to do it lying face down in bed without taking anything out of my pants for public view which could possibly be misinterpreted by an audience and if anybody notices me doing it it's much
easier to shrug off as a wet dream during a nap that way which it essentially is since masturbation
fantasies are all just daydreams. Avoid doing it in a work environment where it might be a bit of
a problem changing into clean underwear if it...ahem... gets out of hand. As Woody Allen said
I'm very good at actual sex when I have it because I practice a lot on my own but I don't need
actual sex which has kept me out of a lot of trouble a number of Presidents and members of Congress would have been able to avoid getting themselves into had they the wisdom to handle
their sexual fantasies likewise. We have come a long way from when Jimi Hendrix was kicked
out of the 101st Airborne for masturbating in a public latrine forcing him to take up a life of
sex, drugs, and rock and roll. I'm a retired 101st Airborne veteran happily married for the last
26 years with no criminal record and a college degree so it doesn't seem to have harmed me.