Re: Fetish
I would say that it affects my everyday life in the sense that if I come across TF content, I get aroused to the point that I'm completely distracted until I go and deal with it. Sometimes that can be annoying if I get triggered by something in the mainstream that I wasn't prepared for. (I could share many an awkward story.)
As for my personal relationships, I've kept my interests pretty much secret from everyone in my life. My family I think suspects something, but they can't pinpoint exactly where my particular interests lie. Being that it's not exactly a commonplace fetish, it makes it harder for people to quickly connect the dots like that, even though to us it would seem so obvious. As I've gotten older, I've been able to talk about transformation related topics with friends more, without ever revealing my true feelings about it. Most of my friends think I'm just super into werewolves and movies like Willow or The Witches. It makes it kind of easier in a way that I work in the filmmaking and FX industry, which allows me to get away with appreciating movies with transformation FX a little more that a casual movie fan. When I was younger, I would totally try to avoid any talk of werewolves and the like around friends for fear of them seeing how obvious it was on my face that my interest in that stuff went beyond being frightened of monsters movies.
The biggest step I've made in my life is that I've told my current girlfriend about it, which was a very scary decision to make. We have been dating for a few years, and one day I just kind of let it out during a conversation about honesty. It was ultimately a good decision because she has been very supportive of it. I know that she doesn't really understand it or get off on it herself, but she enjoys that I really get off on it, so she indulges me. At first it started as TF roleplays via text until she got comfortable, then that turned into phone sex mixed with a TF, then that progressed to me looking at TF videos and art in front of her, and now we're at a place where she and I act out TFs during sex. My ultimate fantasy involves her done up in some make-up FX, which is an idea she hasn't really been opposed to. It's been a really fulfilling relationship so far and it feels great knowing that this giant burden has been lifted.
Oh, and if I need to indulge my fetish and my gf is a little too busy or stressed with work, I have the go ahead to call phone sex operators and have them act out TF scenarios with me over the phone. Some are really great at it, but it's not as good as it is with her. She also doesn't feel threatened by that and even listens in on occasion.
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