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I've never been to a play party, If I met a potential partner who was into it, I'd definitely want to go - but from the pics I've seen on fet and elsewhere, it seems nothing like the impromptu no-holes-barred orgies in hotel rooms or peoples houses I've engaged in from time to time in my life, more like a lot of needle play, a Two or Three person scene in the middle of the room while everybody watches, and it seems to me to be more centered around exhibitionism/voyeurism, and just socializing, the sex is often confined to Hitachi play, etc. i.e., even if sex is involved, and who knows what goes on afterwards, I'm sure people hook up here and there, but it's not necessarily the-free-for-all I had vaguely visualized initially. In short, my current impression is that play parties are for "play", not unprotected sex with random strangers - there are people into that too, but I think they call those "gang bangs", or "orgies". Anyway, on the flip side, the author of this article describes her feelings in an article about casual sex: quote:
This situation — where you’re going to or are having sex with a someone but haven’t discussed the boundaries and parameters — is one I’ve been in more times than I can count. I’d like to think that I’m open-minded when it comes to talking about sex, but one of the reasons I usually don’t have those conversations is because a form of wishful thinking sets in. I know the vision I have for the other person and our relationship, and it’s much easier to assume they share that vision than tackle the nitty-gritty discussions over whether we are on the same page, not just about sex, but about our lives and values. I’m at a stage in my life where those are things I want to know before I sleep with someone; it’s part of why I recently removed myself from an online dating site I was using; trying to discern all those things in that form was too daunting. Is Casual Sex Good for You? So, there are no "invalid" points of view here, just people at different stages of life maybe, with different feelings about things, and it's not just about sex. It just occurs to me that it might help to describe to someone just what exactly your experiences at a play party are, before they draw their own conclusions from their own fevered imaginations. If you don't know them that well, selective editing is not necessarily dishonest of course, not everybody likes to describe their sex lives to complete strangers, and the wank factor is high, but an adult should be able to discuss adult social issues I should think, whether it's yay or nay. I think I'd have a hard time relating to someone who wasn't at the very least a bit curious and intrigued by it, whether it turned out ultimately to be their cup of tea or not.
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