I love foreplay. The journey is as fun and exciting as the finish line. Afterwards some fondling and caressing feels good too.
Fore play is very important, women are not like men and can just get hard and they are good to go. Every woman is different, but you need to get the motor running before you put it in, I try to get a woman to orgasm either through oral or rubbing before insertion. That way they can have another one or more with vaginal stimulation.
As per what i learn you need to arouse women by any means before fuck her so she get wet and intercourse will be pleasurable for her . Most I love oral sex cunnilingus love lick any will women give her orgasm or two with my tongue.
For me (and those friends I have enjoyed it with), foreplay *is* sex. Yes fucking is good but it's more intense to spend ages stroking, licking, kissing and sucking each other, in turn. The delay to our orgasms made them more intense; the intimacy of it all made the afterglow last longer for us both and, I expect, there were more orgasms per calorie burned LOL. It's like mutual edging such that we get each other to the brink and then move along to another erogenous zone and build up again from there. It's quite hot to be told in strained speech, 'make me cum, make me cum' a string of those commands Not so good (at the time) when I'm begging she makes me cum whilst I have been writhing on the bed/floor/ground as she does things to me. Afterwards, though, that's a whole other story. The intensity is next level, the duration of orgasm sensations is longer and the sense of release or calmness is greater. The need for the next 'shag' is also delayed - perhaps for up to a week, instead of a day. So I advocate for lots of sex play and focus on each other with foreplay (ie non-penetrative sex) to enjoy stronger and longer orgasms. Fucking then becomes optional; something you want to do rather than needing to do it and that means we can spend longer doing it for better enjoyment for her and also, ourselves.
Very damned important when you're having sex with a woman... not really sure how important it is when you're having sex with a guy and I've felt that some guys who have sex with guy feel/believe/whatever that they have to engage in foreplay with men, too - different strokes for different folks, I guess. I don't expect foreplay when I'm with a guy since I don't need to be warmed up - we're gonna have sex so I'm already all nice and toasty and ready to go and, really, sometimes, there's no time to engage in foreplay when you're trying to squeeze a "quickie" into your day. Most guys want to get right to the business at hand and kissing and hugging on each other is, dude, ew - let's just get to it! I've had to endure foreplay with guys because they need to be warmed up more than I do. "Historically," one of the big selling points for guys having sex with guys was there was no need for foreplay and like you had to get into with women...
For my wife and I, foreplay is a highly important part of our sex life. I understand she needs more time and opportunity to become prepared for her journey towards the promised land. We have found several different pathways to bring her body and mind into a state of readiness so we don't always travel the same road to make this happen. This has made our time together so much more fun...even after 47 years. Now for me, I always am ready to 'plug and play' by just seeing her naked.....
At 53, foreplay is a MUST. I'm not a kid anymore. I don't get an erection just because I see a nipple. I need a time to be teased and aroused. My wife just wants to get in bed, kiss and have sex. I never get an erection with that routine.
I like to give orgasms as much as I like to get off. So sometimes I just have foreplays only and can walk off without even cuming. It's hard to explain, but there's a real satisfaction in just bringing someone to an orgasm.
Without foreplay I would very rarely give the woman I am with much pleasure. I have a tiny penis and unreliable stamina when fucking. I can last for ages masturbating myself or being wanked by someone. I can last a fair length of time if someone is sucking me off but when I try to fuck them I usually cum in less than a minute on a good day. I was with one girl who believe it or not had no interest in foreplay - I didnt get a second date.
I had learn that, you need to help women all that you can and once she gets arouse and then she is wet or moist then she could have some enjoyably intercourse that will be a bit more pleasurable for her. Often I can enjoy oral sex and I also love lick and provide any female with all the orgasm she prefers just with my tongue.