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  • LoonLover1999

    Reaction to the truth

    I know this may boarder on the need to know basis but I want to know what your friends/parents/partners reaction was when you told them that you had a balloon or inflatable fetish?

    There are some on this forum who have never spoken up and I can understand their choice to keep people in the dark as it is not their business.

    If I didn't come clean I'd be miserable as at the time I hadn't felt the touch of a balloon for almost 3 or 4 years. The urge was driving me crazy so I decided the time was right for my sake.

    I told my dad then he told my mum. Their reaction was to be supportive and they would constantly ask if I was alright for weeks.

    It's still awkward to ask my dad to put balloons on the shopping list or as I call it "the usual".

    From then on I told a few close friends with the same reaction. This is only my experience and I understand some have never spoken, had a tough time afterwards regretting their choice or even had the same as me.

    I want to hear how it went for you. Don't speak if you don't want to as I know it's a delicate subject.
  • craggy2012
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 824

    #2
    Re: Reaction to the truth

    The only person I actually spilt the beans too, or confessed up to was my present, long term partner.

    That fear alone took me near on two years to do but we'd got to a point where we were serious and were viewing properties to move in together. I'd obviously got quite a bit of stuff in both my balloons and inflatable collections that I'd have to bring along at some point, so one night whilst we were having a 'heart to heart' I started explaining a few things to her. Fortunately she took it all rather well, I let her ask questions about it but left it at that, I never mentioned it again, but a week or so later she started asking about my fetish interests again, which culminated in a cheeky humoured text chat whilst at work with the last message reading something like 'So, are you gonna bring this beach ball over then?' And, that was pretty much that she'd accepted me for who I am, and actually fifteen years on still very much enjoys participation with them as much as I do.

    A few close friends know about us and what we get upto, some have even looked up the scene themselves online, maybe a few jokes were made here n there, but on the whole they've all been more than rather supportive.

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    • JR Looner
      Senior Member
      • May 2015
      • 101

      #3
      Re: Reaction to the truth

      I have only told a few close friends and my brother about it and, for the most part, it went over well. Most of the questions they had was 'What does the fetish include?' (or) 'What size balloons?', but when they found out that balloons are made in 'huge' sizes (anything larger than 11 inch) they were more intrigued. My parents and most of my relatives do not know, as I live on my own. I have wanted to share with them, but I don't really know how to go about it. It's not exactly an 'ice-breaking' topic to throw out at the dinner table when we are all together. Anywho, that's my abridged story.

      Take Care,

      JR

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      • Banzure
        Inflater of Dolls
        • Feb 2013
        • 257

        #4
        Re: Reaction to the truth

        As with all things fetish/sexual, I don't see why my family would need to/want to know about it. I've shared it with partners, and a select few women that I was comfortable talking to about it. And of course on forums/communities that relate to the fetishes.
        Bigger is good, but burst is better!

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        • Big Thud Joe
          Senior Member
          • May 2017
          • 352

          #5
          Re: Reaction to the truth

          Coming from a devout catholic northern european family, it was something frowned upon. Though not for sure, I've got a feeling my next brother up is also a looner. As a kid, I saw him with inflated bin liners blown up rock hard, when I walked into his bedroom, and yeah, with me it was balloons and the good ole australian goon bags of the 10L and 15L sizes.

          As soon as my parents found out, we were told not to do it (because we would apparently go blind) ha ha, and from that point, mother made sure they were no more balloons in the house, and with wines and spring-water, opted to get glass bottles instead, affraid that my brother and I would inflate the goon bag and do our looning thing.

          So from 14 to 19 years of age, I discovered how nice inflated PVC felt, and it nicely filled in the void, and with a number of beach balls, inflatable octopuses, and inflatable baseball bats, I successfully concealed my fetish. As my father worked in the food catering business, I was also able to get my hands on those huge shiny black bin liners which were inflated during the night, and again my parents never new the wiser.

          From that point i've told no-one, except for a few close friends, and though they don't object to it, their care factor is zero.

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          • OverTheTop
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2013
            • 711

            #6
            Re: Reaction to the truth

            I'm not too worried about people finding out but I don't tell people unless they should know (i.e. partners). There's no reason for me to tell my parents or siblings about my fetishes.

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            • craggy2012
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2012
              • 824

              #7
              Re: Reaction to the truth

              Whilst most folks don't tell their siblings, or parents it's an awkward situation when they start to suspect things (in my case a parent found a few items I'd haphazardly packed away in my early teen years, culminating in getting caught butt naked mid ride when I was about fourteen or so).

              The bedroom door closed as fast it opened in the first place, but what they saw or perceived I've no idea. It was a fraught family tea time later that day when we were all sat around the kitchen table, but it was about three or four days before I got 'The Spanish Inquisition' treatment off one of my parents.

              I'm a firm believer it's not something you get into, but it's more something we're all kind of hard wired from birth with.... it all stems from an pleasent trigger experience very early on and once discovered the parts all soon fit into place subconsciously even before knowing what a fetish even is.


              I'm guessing it's a generational thing though.... in their day things weren't ever discussed, in my day (I was a child of the late 70's and early 80's) there was very little if any material at all to stimulate our desires with, but then were possibly a little more open minded or adventurous with ourselves, whereas today's teens just have to 'google' to discover a whole plethora of online adult natured material and dig a little deeper for access to their associated fetish communities.

              End of the day though I don't think it's something you need to explicitly tell your family or peers about (unless it's becoming, or creating a problem). I never did sit down to tell mine, just my partner, fortunately she was very understanding and it quickly transpired we actually had a lot more in common between us than we ever thought.

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              • Micks101
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2017
                • 245

                #8
                Re: Reaction to the truth

                Although I'm not ashamed at all, I don't reckon I'll ever tell anyone (apart from partners) for the pure fact that I tend to be pessimistic towards others. You never know when someone may use that info against you is some stupid way haha

                Plus I'm not an advocate of freely expressing your sexuality to the public - no matter if you're straight, gay, bi, or have a fetish, it's a private thing and should stay that way I reckon. Just my opinion though, not dissing others, just providing my two cents

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                • Claire123
                  Member
                  • Oct 2016
                  • 49

                  #9
                  Re: Reaction to the truth

                  Originally posted by LoonLover1999
                  It's still awkward to ask my dad to put balloons on the shopping list or as I call it "the usual".
                  I don't think it's awkward because it's balloons though. While sexual interests are nothing to be ashamed of, the finer details are not really something that need to be shared with parents, or indeed from parents with their children.

                  Would you put regular porn magazines on the family shopping list? Probably not. Not because there is anything wrong with porn, but because it's personal.
                  Last edited by Claire123; 06-06-2017, 09:59.

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                  • 9/11 did Bush
                    Member
                    • Nov 2016
                    • 89

                    #10
                    Re: Reaction to the truth

                    I've had two girlfriends, and I directly told one about it. The other found out the only time we had sex. Both are relatively accepting of my fetish, and my current girlfriend is close to adopting it.

                    The only people that know about it are those girlfriends, and my older girl cousin who is also a looner (who has been my female partner to do play sessions with before both my girlfriends).

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                    • Shaxx
                      Junior Member
                      • Jun 2017
                      • 17

                      #11
                      Re: Reaction to the truth

                      I have only ever told my wife before we got married. She is completely accepting but she has no idea what to do as she does not enjoy balloons the same way and it's really hard to explain or try to experiment.
                      Hopefully one day she will experiment a bit more but in the mean time I feel very lucky to have someone who accepts.
                      I would never tell anyone else as we like having it as our little secret.

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                      • Blowitbig
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2016
                        • 688

                        #12
                        Re: Reaction to the truth

                        I did tell a partner once , and what a mistake that was , when I finally opened up about my balloon fetish I thought everything went well , I even blew up some large loons shortly after discussing my fetish, I went to work that afternoon and when I came home I found all my balloons were popped and a sewing needle on the nightstand , so I guess it will take me a long time to reveal my fetish to someone else again.
                        The bigger the better

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                        • Blustrkuk86
                          Senior Member
                          • Jun 2015
                          • 146

                          #13
                          Re: Reaction to the truth

                          I have told only a select few about my fetish since i live in a small town and it could be bad , also embarrassing everyone knowing about what i get up to in my private time. 3 of my best friends know about it but they probably forgotten about it by now since i told them before my teens.

                          My ex i told but although she was cool about it and participated i wish i never told her since we didn't break up very well. i would only tell my partner if we were getting serious or if they weren't from my home town i'd probably tell them so they can take it and decide if there cool with it

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                          • craggy2012
                            Senior Member
                            • Jan 2012
                            • 824

                            #14
                            Re: Reaction to the truth

                            When I told my partner I was actually expecting the worse. She'd not long previously came out of an long, protracted abusive relationship with her ex so I didn't have a clue one way or the other how she'd react when I told her. I left things at that for a few days, but to my amazement she actually went online at work during her break the next day and 'Googled' and looked up balloon and inflatable fetishes for herself. Surprisingly I've never had to ask her can we do this, or use that- she enthusiastically takes the lead. Our only regret being we'd never met up earlier, but that's life at times hey ho!

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                            • Blustrkuk86
                              Senior Member
                              • Jun 2015
                              • 146

                              #15
                              Re: Reaction to the truth

                              Originally posted by craggy2012
                              When I told my partner I was actually expecting the worse. She'd not long previously came out of an long, protracted abusive relationship with her ex so I didn't have a clue one way or the other how she'd react when I told her. I left things at that for a few days, but to my amazement she actually went online at work during her break the next day and 'Googled' and looked up balloon and inflatable fetishes for herself. Surprisingly I've never had to ask her can we do this, or use that- she enthusiastically takes the lead. Our only regret being we'd never met up earlier, but that's life at times hey ho!
                              thats sounds great! am glad she took it ok , nice to hear things like that

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