Anyone else ever forget to be “normal” about balloons?

[zman21]

Re: Anyone else ever forget to be “normal” about balloons?

Was helping to decorate for a birthday party this weekend and naturally gravitated towards the balloons as my job. I blew up several with a helium tank to make clusters for decorations and two little boys, probably about age 7, wandered over to see what I was doing. One asked me if I could make him one. I didn’t know these kids, but I was trying to be agreeable so I could get back to decorating. I asked him to pick a color and I would blow it up for him. I didn’t want to waste the helium since I didn’t know how many balloons I’d be doing that day and there were still some larger mylar number ones to do. So I asked if he cared if it didn’t float and he said he didn’t. So I brought the balloon to my lips and started to put in some really deep breaths, trying to hurry.

Normally I count my breaths as a way of roughly knowing how full it’s getting. I know that’s silly, but I can never tell by feel. They always feel firm to me after about 10 breaths or so. But most don’t bust until about 15-20 breaths.

Anyway, I was kind of focused on other things and was frankly spacing out. At some point, I definitely slipped into “looner mode” and really started to overinflate the thing. I was 100% on my way to doing a blow to pop without thinking anything of it. I only realized it once I saw the little guy scramble to cover his ears. At first, I had no idea why he would do that. It honestly took me by surprise and kind of brought me back to reality. I realized I had been holding the neck with both hands really preparing to put one or two last big breaths into it trying to bust the thing. I was totally on autopilot. I took the balloon away from my mouth to examine it and I had this massive orb (way bigger around than the 12” suggested size) with a fairly decent neck pinched between my fingers. It looked like it could blow at any second! This poor kid looked horrified that I would just keep blowing and blowing, exploding his balloon right in front of him. I felt so bad! I let out a considerable amount of air, tied it off and gave it to him. When I asked his friend if he wanted one, he politely declined.

Anyone else kind of forget to be normal about balloons and just go straight into btp mode?

Wow Katie, that really is an amazing story! Apart from the fact that the two kids got a little scared, it's a very exciting topic. You almost seemed to have been in a little trance - I think that's the best way to describe it.

Something like this has never happened to me before, but what I do know is the fact that I see a lot through "Looner glasses".

An example: When I see "normal" balloons on the street, I think they're great, but when I see necked balloons, I immediately see them in looner mode and think about playing with them or even inflating them bigger (which is what I always ask myself... could they get bigger? ).

Second thing I noticed: It's somehow difficult for me to say the words "balloon" or "bang" when I'm talking to other people (it would be "Luftballon" and "Knall" in my first language). It feels somehow weird to say those words because I immediately think about my fetish. It almost feels like "getting caught".

Third and very crazy thing: Usually when I'm looning I don't tie my balloons off completely. I always make "half knots" to be able to add some air later... or I simbly twist the mouthpiece a bit (which works perfectly with very tight balloons). Well... I´ve already caught myself making a "half knot" in a non-looning situation... I just helped decorating a room... Somehow I had to smile as I realized that I was in "loooner mode" - preparing the balloons for being inflated bigger after some time haha :-)

Maybe that's a tiny bit off the original topic, but it goes along the same lines.

Thanks for reading my message

[9/11 did Bush]

Re: Anyone else ever forget to be “normal” about balloons?

Depends on what it is. At most parties I’m usually fine I think to myself “yea I want to take these home and fuck them” but can control that. Sometimes when balloons are being blown up by other people or myself I can struggle to control the boner so I usually try to rock up late to avoid that and the ensuing weird situation. If some chick interacts with me about them I try my best to laugh it off despite obviously being turned on because they are typically fond of balloons anyhow

[LoudPop]

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I would of loved to see that, Katielynn. I do have a tendency to blow up balloons larger than recommended and they do pop spontaneously. I have to really make a conscious effort to only inflate them to safe sizes for party decorating. I've inflated balloons for home parties and on different occasions balloons have popped startling people and been asked "Why did blow the balloons up so big?". I just laughed it off and told them I like nice full balloons.

My ex-wife and I threw a Superbowl party and I decorated with probably 30-40 tightly inflated (classic light-bulb shape) Navy blue Jewel-tone balloons. They were strung up all over the living and dinning room. Needless to say during the party, BOOM! When these balloons popped, people flinched. After several had popped, one lady even commented that she jumps every time these balloons pop. Most people just laughed each time one popped.

Reminds me of a different party I was at with family, friends and kids. There were balloons as decorations and loose on the floor. A few had popped by kids playing rough with them. Some of the women and a grandmother reacted each time one popped and the kids would laugh. The grandfather was in deep conversation with me a few other adults were listening to our talk when the oldest kid grabbed a balloon and went over to his grandmother and started scratching and threatening to pop the balloon near her. And she was telling him, "No! Don't pop that balloon by me."; he would pick the skin of the balloon and she would say "Stop that. You're going to pop it." He would giggle and laugh and this kept on for what seemed like several minutes. Now, I'm trying to listen to the conversation but I want to watch this soon to be balloon popping incident. No one else is even phased by the loud balloon noises or the anticipation of the inevitable pop (except for kid, grandmother and I). A few more scratching threats...then Pop! Grandmother reacts and kid runs off giggling. No one else reacted to the pop.

[Merl]

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Was helping to decorate for a birthday party this weekend and naturally gravitated towards the balloons as my job. I blew up several with a helium tank to make clusters for decorations and two little boys, probably about age 7, wandered over to see what I was doing. One asked me if I could make him one. I didn’t know these kids, but I was trying to be agreeable so I could get back to decorating. I asked him to pick a color and I would blow it up for him. I didn’t want to waste the helium since I didn’t know how many balloons I’d be doing that day and there were still some larger mylar number ones to do. So I asked if he cared if it didn’t float and he said he didn’t. So I brought the balloon to my lips and started to put in some really deep breaths, trying to hurry.

Normally I count my breaths as a way of roughly knowing how full it’s getting. I know that’s silly, but I can never tell by feel. They always feel firm to me after about 10 breaths or so. But most don’t bust until about 15-20 breaths.

Anyway, I was kind of focused on other things and was frankly spacing out. At some point, I definitely slipped into “looner mode” and really started to overinflate the thing. I was 100% on my way to doing a blow to pop without thinking anything of it. I only realized it once I saw the little guy scramble to cover his ears. At first, I had no idea why he would do that. It honestly took me by surprise and kind of brought me back to reality. I realized I had been holding the neck with both hands really preparing to put one or two last big breaths into it trying to bust the thing. I was totally on autopilot. I took the balloon away from my mouth to examine it and I had this massive orb (way bigger around than the 12” suggested size) with a fairly decent neck pinched between my fingers. It looked like it could blow at any second! This poor kid looked horrified that I would just keep blowing and blowing, exploding his balloon right in front of him. I felt so bad! I let out a considerable amount of air, tied it off and gave it to him. When I asked his friend if he wanted one, he politely declined.

Good thing you aren't a bouncer.

[Merl]

Re: Anyone else ever forget to be “normal” about balloons?

I'm able to disengage my mind from any possibility of public temptation. It's just an act of the will combined with the awareness of possible consequences for accidental exposure.

[Mutaloon]

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I can sort of. This is probably because I get anxious around people blowing up balloons. If the balloon is already inflated, then I don't even worry about it or anything. But when it comes to people inflating them, then it's a different story. Just hearing the hissing sound of a balloon blowing up, or even an inflatable, triggers some response in me. I have seen others over inflate balloons and it makes me think they are going to burst. Perhaps they do it on purpose, I can't help but think people seem to like how far they can go with filling them up.

[Katielynn]

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Good thing you aren't a bouncer.

Who says I’m not a bouncer? 😉

[bubblesNdragons]

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Despite imagining myself potentially being in situations like this, I think my phobia side always fronts and I'm just always anxious around balloons instead of wanting to play with them.

That is present day, but in high school it was a different story.
After school spirit week I found myself pretty preoccupied with blowing up and playing with the leftover balloons and the beach ball. They were initially stashed behind the theatre stage before being properly dealt with, and since I was in the theatre club, I found myself interacting with them a lot after school. I would also sometimes cling to a balloon I found around the school during my after school activities.
Unfortunately I'm pretty sure those behaviors, along with oversharing online, led to too many of my classmates knowing about me being a looner.

I guess either way I struggle to be "normal" around balloons.

[aron_crow]

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Oh man, this is a very difficult thing to handle. On one hand, to stop myself from getting aroused, on the other to just test the loons size and shape out a bit. I'll end up looking very sus if I ever did decoration with others

[Steve_inflator]

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I still get a little anxious at gatherings/parties where balloons are present. That level goes up a bit when balloons get into unpredictable hands.
Having given myself some "therapy" since my phobic childhood has helped growing some kind of immunity to others popping balloons, therefore bringing on my "act cool" phase.

[aron_crow]

Re: Anyone else ever forget to be “normal” about balloons?

I still get a little anxious at gatherings/parties where balloons are present. That level goes up a bit when balloons get into unpredictable hands.
Having given myself some "therapy" since my phobic childhood has helped growing some kind of immunity to others popping balloons, therefore bringing on my "act cool" phase.

I can relate to this, this was before me getting out of my popping phobia. Now I am fine with people around balloons except of course if women are involved haha

[bfinch2000]

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I'm usually ok if I'm expecting it, but if I'm caught off guard in a balloon "situation" then sometimes I can feel myself getting hot or red, no idea if it actually shows. But if I know that there are going to be balloons at a party, or if I am going to be blowing some up with friends beforehand, I can usually ready myself and keep it together. Just makes good memories for later...

[EnglishLooner]

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I'm still super phobic around balloons, so there was one situation where I was at a carboot sale and there was a stall selling deflated punch balloons for 50p and I was sooo tempted to buy some but I was nervous.

I went to the next stall trying to muster up the courage to buy some (I still get super awkward buying balloons from people fave to face) when a group of 3 kids with their dad bought some of the punch balloons.

I was ok with this, until while they were still at that stall they started inflating the balloons, at first I was pretty nervous as I gate it when people inflate balloons around me, but I wanted to stay as I wanted to buy some balloons of my own, but they inflated their balloons pretty big and I had to get the hell out of there.

A few moments later I saw them with their pretty big punch balloons, they had tied them and was hitting them with the elastic band, I cringed every time they got close to the grass below as I knew they'd instantly pop, luckily they didn't pop but I never went back to buy some for myself

[ChefBoyjordee]

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I used to be really bad about it. I would always be staring at the balloons at the event, and even ask in the middle of events if I could have the balloons at the end. As I've gotten older, I've been able to handle it more, and act more casual in situations involving balloons. Though I definitely still ask for the balloons at the end of the event

[loonerlee]

Re: Anyone else ever forget to be “normal” about balloons?

As soon as I walk out my door I'm different around balloons, I ignore or avoid automatically.