Re: Advice for Next-Gen Looners
Question: how many of y'all are out here meeting young or future looners in real life? Personally, I think it'd be kinda hard to spot a kid who may be taking a little extra interest in balloons. Unless they approach you about the subject, how would you even begin a conversation with a young/future looner? It'd be a disaster if you were spot a young person taking extra interest in balloons, you try to give them some looning fetish advice, and turns out that they just really like balloons in a non-fetishized fashion. Wouldn't it kinda seem a little inappropriate at a certain age to really have this conversation with them anyways? We're giving sexual advice to young people that we potentially do not have the type of relationship (e.g., familial/parental, close friend), which is kinda walking a fine line of acceptability. Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting question we're posing here. Also, it's kinda nice to imagine what I wish someone would have told me as I was first coming to understand that I had this fetish. But beyond that, I dunno. If anyone has had this experience, it'd be super interesting to learn more about your encounter.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but maybe people finding their way/ having their own journey to the fetish and the community is kinda the natural course in becoming a "looner". Just like any other fetish, (e.x., BDSM) unless they learn about the fetish from some sort of media exposure or it becomes mainstream (50 shades of grey), I believe they'll just naturally find their way here in time. It sucks, because there certainly is an isolating, shameful, secretive, stigmatizing nature to having a fetish. But the upside is that there is always the opportunity with the more you learn about the fetish and connect with other people, you can grow more comfortable in your own skin. Helping and giving advice to a "new" looner when they learn about the community is a beautiful thing imo, but actively going out to bring people in seems like a slippery slope. How do other fetish communities deal with this issue?
Question: how many of y'all are out here meeting young or future looners in real life? Personally, I think it'd be kinda hard to spot a kid who may be taking a little extra interest in balloons. Unless they approach you about the subject, how would you even begin a conversation with a young/future looner? It'd be a disaster if you were spot a young person taking extra interest in balloons, you try to give them some looning fetish advice, and turns out that they just really like balloons in a non-fetishized fashion. Wouldn't it kinda seem a little inappropriate at a certain age to really have this conversation with them anyways? We're giving sexual advice to young people that we potentially do not have the type of relationship (e.g., familial/parental, close friend), which is kinda walking a fine line of acceptability. Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting question we're posing here. Also, it's kinda nice to imagine what I wish someone would have told me as I was first coming to understand that I had this fetish. But beyond that, I dunno. If anyone has had this experience, it'd be super interesting to learn more about your encounter.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but maybe people finding their way/ having their own journey to the fetish and the community is kinda the natural course in becoming a "looner". Just like any other fetish, (e.x., BDSM) unless they learn about the fetish from some sort of media exposure or it becomes mainstream (50 shades of grey), I believe they'll just naturally find their way here in time. It sucks, because there certainly is an isolating, shameful, secretive, stigmatizing nature to having a fetish. But the upside is that there is always the opportunity with the more you learn about the fetish and connect with other people, you can grow more comfortable in your own skin. Helping and giving advice to a "new" looner when they learn about the community is a beautiful thing imo, but actively going out to bring people in seems like a slippery slope. How do other fetish communities deal with this issue?
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