Q&A Forum - October 2007 (The best of Elise)

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Q. Ms Sutton, my wife and I attended our first BDSM event a few months ago with mixed results. We both were a little uneasy at first. I am not sure what I was expecting but I didn’t see many “mainstream” people there. My wife and I are kinky but you would never know it from our appearance or public demeanor. The majority of the attendees were in no way “mainstream”. I was hoping to meet other couples like us at this event but we were a definite minority.

My wife was uncomfortable the entire weekend but I decided since I was there, I should make the best of it. “When in Rome…”, right? Once I relaxed and mingled with people, I found them to be very nice and helpful. Weird, perhaps, but nice. If the people I work with knew what my wife and I do behind closed doors, they would think I was weird. Therefore I am not judging these people, only relaying my thoughts.