I've just been reading a thread started by 'charles', in which he's reluctant to reveal his location ("a small conservative town"), and in another thread, DeniseBabe is regretting her choice of username now that google finds her posts here.
I don't have this problem, because I was very cautious when I joined, I picked a fairly unidentifiable username (my second name doesn't even begin with 'D' for those chatroom users who know me as 'Mr_D'), and I obscured my exact details a bit - if people asked me where I live, I've either given a very broad response, or if I'm interested in meeting at some stage I've namde somewhere that's not actually where I live, but is as near as makes no difference, and Ivel varied my age by a year in either direction at random, my height by an inch or two either way and so on.
I'm not intending to mislead anyone, I just want to be able to say to someone not on the site 'oh that can't be me, look, this and that are different'. I'm only comfortable admitting this now that I've 'settled in' to the site and trust the people here.
What do other people on the site think of me doing this? Wise precaution or unnacceptable deceit? Are you doing it too?
I can see exactly where Mr D is coming from on this.
I also go in for a small element of disguise, however once I have been in PM with people for a while then I lift the said disguise (and many will confirm on here).
Dont get me wrong, I'm not in the business of deceipt, only a bit of self preservation.
I doubt whether anybody I have met will indicate that I have 'led them up the garden path' so to speak.
My location & other details are all pretty close if not spot on I would like to add.
Big hugs to all, Alex x x
Yes, well, erm..... I REALLY do have pink hair :shock:
Bloody hell
That was you :shock:
you never let on you were eight feet tall..and juggled red ducks for a livnig :shock:
hope the avatars true at least :twisted:
true or not pleeeeeeeeease dont ditch the avatar it brightens up the dullest of days
scots pensioner 67
Mr. D
Im with you on this one. There is no need to give exact location to everyone or age , family details etc. nobody expects you to be 100 percent honest in this forum, just round about. Even in this day and age its too dangerous if you have a decent job and a positioon in respectable society!! I for one would not put anything on here that might jepordise either of the above or leave my h/b open to redicule.I know it shouldnt matter but it does!!
However should you be looking to meet anyone that is a different matter, you have to be 100% honest and up front before you meet them
bloody hell judy do you want a page to your self , ill read it later but now ive only got an hour spare lol
Indeed - thanks Judy for yet another well thought out and interesting post.
There is clearly an additional issue of pride (and also Pride!) for sectons of the scene that have been (searching for the right phrase here, and probaly getting it wrong) repressed that I had not considered.
I know that pride is a big issue in both the Gay and S&M fields, but how big an issue is it in the swinging scene? Should there be a dogging pride march to try and raise awareness of the baseball bat wielding hooligan issue?
I think there is an issue of Pride involved, also an issue of how comfortable you are with your own situation, as well as how able you feel to justify it to other people who may find out.
One thing to remember though is how easy is it really to identify someone from general information unless you already know them? And how many people can really be bothered to make the effort?
Having had a look at my past posts there is enough information for someone who knows my wife and I in real life to identify us. However so far no-one has rung us up and said we've seen you on swinging heaven!
I don't think you should go out and tell everyone you know that you are a swinger. However life is too short to spend it ashamed of what you enjoy. I think it also shows low self esteem - "Other peoples views are more important than mine so I had better appear to conform."
Roger (Waiting for that phone call) :shock: :shock: