Writing makes it better/worse

[nice90sguy]

So it's a bait and switch then?

I blame Literotica for everything good and bad that's happened to me over the last two decades.

• Literotica got me into webcam sites, to which I'm addicted, from its ads (a bad thing).
  
  
• It catalyzed the breakup of my first marriage (a good thing), through making me realize that I wasn't ever going to get over her infidelities.
  
  
• I met a beatiful woman on this forum, fell in unrequited love, travelled 10k miles to meet her, and still think about her often (a bittersweet thing)
  
  
• Through my fumbling attempts to illustrate a story, Literotica intoduced me to Ren'Py, Daz 3d and Blender, which are all useful skills in my real, paid work (a good thing)
  
  
• I understand my sexuality a little better now through my own writing (a good thing)
  
  
• I use it as an excuse to play hookey from life (a bad thing)
  
  
• I've met lots of interesting super-smart and nice people here (a good thing)
  
  
• I've used it as sort of dating service, in failed attempts to square the cirle of romance and sexual perversion (a good/bad thing)

 

[gunhilltrain]

I blame Literotica for everything good and bad that's happened to me over the last two decades.

• Literotica got me into webcam sites, to which I'm addicted, from its ads (a bad thing).
  
  
• It catalyzed the breakup of my first marriage (a good thing), through making me realize that I wasn't ever going to get over her infidelities.
  
  
• I met a beatiful woman on this forum, fell in unrequited love, travelled 10k miles to meet her, and still think about her often (a bittersweet thing)
  
  
• Through my fumbling attempts to illustrate a story, Literotica intoduced me to Ren'Py, Daz 3d and Blender, which are all useful skills in my real, paid work (a good thing)
  
  
• I understand my sexuality a little better now through my own writing (a good thing)
  
  
• I use it as an excuse to play hookey from life (a bad thing)
  
  
• I've met lots of interesting super-smart and nice people here (a good thing)
  
  
• I've used it as sort of dating service, in failed attempts to square the cirle of romance and sexual perversion (a good/bad thing)

That is quite an impressive list of Literotica influences. I've been here for six years, and Lit has only been a realtively small influence on my overall well-being. So if I got this right, you've been here for two years (not counting Mombasa) and all that happened to you?

Since you mentioned dating, I'm struck that you met someone on other than the "personals" forums and traveled 10 K miles to see her. (I couldn't afford a trip like that in any case.) I was on dating sites (not "apps") two decades ago before smartphones were introduced. One of the first things I noticed was "geographic incompatibility," and I'm talking about 100 miles, not ten-thousand.