I also started fucking in the 80s when i lived in NYC. I have never put a rubber on myself, but over the years, 2 guys did put one on my cock,
The first one was in the filthy all-night Sansom Cinema in Philly and he used baby oil as lube, which disintegrated the condom, It felt GREAT to feel that condom shred, and i spewed in his hole. It felt awesome!
Another guy at a party, who was a TOP, but wanted to feel me inside him, squeezed a rubber on my cock and i gave him 20 strokes before i pulled out and pulled it off. I will not let a rubber near my cockhead again.