When I was a teenager, I could get turned on with the slighest suggestion of something sexual. All I had to do was see a cute girl, or think about one, or sometimes do nothing at all. Imagination was more than enough to get me ready to go in seconds. Pictures of a woman in a bikini in some department store ad would make me want to disappear for a few minutes, to take care of the sudden urge that had come over me.

Over time maybe I've become a little jaded. Sure, imagination is still a great aid, and pictures can still be pretty sexy. But sometimes they feel like they're not enough--particularly if I'm lonely and looking for something a little more realistic than a snapshot, it's nice to have a little more. And so it was only natural to turn to videos for an even better experience. Having both audio and video in front of you has the power to be far more sexy.

But videos can get old, too. Unless you keep buying new ones all the time, the old ones get repetitive. You still know what the girl is going to do next. Or she makes a particularly funny noise that makes you laugh and breaks your concentration every time. You only get four or five girls to choose from, and you may not like one or two of them all that much anyway. And let's be honest: even if you do get new videos all the time, they're still pretty predictable. Nor is it very realistic. I mean, how many times can the pizza boy get a blowjob as a delivery tip in one night?

And this is where live video chat comes in. You get all the benefits of audio and video with a whole bunch of other improvements. First off, in a live chat you're actually talking to a real girl. She'll answer your questions and make suggestions of her own. Assuming she's playing along, she'll even take requests. It's not scripted, it's a real interaction. Short of having her in the room with you, it's about as realistic as it can get.

On top of that, video chat sites usually have a hundred or more girls on at any given time. So you're not stuck with the same girl over and over--you can talk to a different one every time, or stop in and say hi to a favorite over and over again.

One of my personal favorite sites is cams.com (they have a partner site at cumtv.com, too). Here's a few of the reasons I like their site:

1. You can stop in for free as an anonymous guest. You don't have to register at all to get a glimpse of the girls on the site. Many of them will have a free live chat, where you can peek in and watch them interacting with members. (As a guest you can't chat back, but you can still see what they're like.)
   
2. Membership on the site is free. As a member, you can go into the free chat areas and actually talk with the girls, without it costing you anything. In the free chat they won't be nude (they've got to cover nipples and the privates), but a lot of the girls are still very sexy and aren't wearing much. Most seem to have a specialty sexy move or "trick"--some will dance, or play with themselves under their clothes, and on very rare occasions I've actually caught a nipple flash.
   
3. There are always lots of girls on. I don't think I've ever seen less than a hundred on the site any time I've stopped in. There's always someone I find attractive there, and there's always a variety: hair color, body types, ethnicity, country of origin--there's a little of everything.
   
4. The site also has live nude chat, which does come with a per-minute fee, and if you find a girl you like you can "go private" to get a more involved one-on-one interaction.
   
5. Finally, they also have some recorded shows, which you can watch for a fee. This is more like watching a traditional video, but if a girl you like isn't online at the time, you can still check out her video. Most girls also have photo profiles so you can check out pictures of them whether or not they're online.
   

If you're not sure about how the site sounds, here's a couple of options for you to consider:

• Check out the cams.com home page
  
• See snapshots of what a few of their girls are up to right now

• Get a picture at random of one of their girls