An interesting feedback phenomena

[sophia jane]

My last two pieces both involved masturbation (one a how to type piece about a rabbit, the other a toys and masturbation story), and I'm getting an interesting kind of feedback.
Two things keep happening- comments about an underlying sadness that I hadn't realized was there. Maybe it is, maybe it was a subconscious thing. Dunno.
But the other thing that's a little...different are the email comments of men asking me out. In all the stories I've written, I have had flattery and flirting, but I've never had anyone ask if I want to hook up. So, I have to wonder if maybe me writing a story about a single girl masturbating is giving guys the impression that I need a man or am dying to hook up.
(I'm not even going to go into the usual feedback of guys saying my SO is lucky to have me- I hate that.)
Has this happened to anyone else? Is this normal and I'm just late getting the offers? Any other odd feedback you've gotten?

 

[oggbashan]

I don't get offers as Og.

When I started writing as jeanne_d_artois, even though I gave my age as 60, I had several offers that would be impossible for me as me.

Now that my profile as jeanne makes it very clear that I am not female, the offers have stopped...

Og (and jeanne_d_artois and Fag-Ash_Lil)

 

[carsonshepherd]

I know you know this, but watch out for those people SJ. I don't answer personal questions from people who send me feedback anymore... some of them just got too weird. Mixed up admiration for my writing with an interest in me or something.

Glad you're getting nice feedback

 

[sophia jane]

I know you know this, but watch out for those people SJ. I don't answer personal questions from people who send me feedback anymore... some of them just got too weird. Mixed up admiration for my writing with an interest in me or something.

Glad you're getting nice feedback

Yeah, I'm careful. In fact, that's why my yahoo nic isn't on my lit account anymore, because a few people got a little...zealous in their admiration. But even they didn't write me and ask me if I want to "hook up or something".

 

[impressive]

.....

 

[sophia jane]

As I commented to you on LJ, I think lots of people still view masturbation as a "last resort" kinda thing -- that only the lonely do it. Yes, that's ridiculous -- but old attitudes die hard.

It's a blow to the stereotypical male ego (and before I get flamed, the men HERE on the AH are NOT stereotypical) to concede that a woman would rather get herself off than have a real man.

Get on with your bad self, SJ.

Yeah, that's probably true. But you know, I have a really high sex drive. I have since I was much much younger, so I masturbate quite alot. Even when I was married and had a somewhat regular sex life, I still masturbated a few times a week. Of course, part of that was because my sex life wasn't regular enough, but you know what I mean. I like masturbating.

 

[impressive]

.....

 

[sophia jane]

Must.
Have.
DAILY.
Orgasm.

Always nice when someone understands.

 

[Boota]

I've been pretty lucky. Most of my feedback has been from women telling me they like to masturbate while reading my story, and that's about it. Some have sent pictures of themselves doing it to the email I responded to them with, but I'm cool with that, too.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

After doing audio stories last year for survivor, I got several feedbacks from guys wanting me to call them for phone sex.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

My last two pieces both involved masturbation (one a how to type piece about a rabbit, the other a toys and masturbation story), and I'm getting an interesting kind of feedback.
Two things keep happening- comments about an underlying sadness that I hadn't realized was there. Maybe it is, maybe it was a subconscious thing. Dunno.
But the other thing that's a little...different are the email comments of men asking me out. In all the stories I've written, I have had flattery and flirting, but I've never had anyone ask if I want to hook up. So, I have to wonder if maybe me writing a story about a single girl masturbating is giving guys the impression that I need a man or am dying to hook up.
(I'm not even going to go into the usual feedback of guys saying my SO is lucky to have me- I hate that.)
Has this happened to anyone else? Is this normal and I'm just late getting the offers? Any other odd feedback you've gotten?

I found a little sadness in your VDay entry. I've thought about what you said, and I wonder if maybe my comments were colored with what I've read about your life in the various threads in AH.

As far as comments and emails, I haven't even received anything I could regard as mildly indecent. Maybe I'm doing something wrong...

 

[R. Richard]

I don't think it was a masturbation thing, but I have received several PMs suggesting that I fuck myself. Damn trolls!

 

[Guest]

My last two pieces both involved masturbation (one a how to type piece about a rabbit, the other a toys and masturbation story), and I'm getting an interesting kind of feedback.
Two things keep happening- comments about an underlying sadness that I hadn't realized was there. Maybe it is, maybe it was a subconscious thing. Dunno.
But the other thing that's a little...different are the email comments of men asking me out. In all the stories I've written, I have had flattery and flirting, but I've never had anyone ask if I want to hook up. So, I have to wonder if maybe me writing a story about a single girl masturbating is giving guys the impression that I need a man or am dying to hook up.
(I'm not even going to go into the usual feedback of guys saying my SO is lucky to have me- I hate that.)
Has this happened to anyone else? Is this normal and I'm just late getting the offers? Any other odd feedback you've gotten?

Continuously...

 

[Norajane]

(I'm not even going to go into the usual feedback of guys saying my SO is lucky to have me- I hate that.)

I know how you feel about this - I get it too, and it bugs me.

 

[rgraham666]

SJ did ask about other odd feedback. And I've been wanting to brag about (moan about? talk about?) this on for quite a while.

I wrote a story, Buzz Me, about 'strategic' use of a cell phone.

I received this as an anonymous comment.

This message contains feedback for: rgraham666
About the submission: Buzz Me
This feedback was sent by: Anonymous

Comments:

I've enjoyed all your previous stories, but regrettably, this was an exception. The story was well-written and I know that there will be many who think the story is fabulous; I would have, too, except that there were elements in the tale that bothered me. Yes, I realize that this is fiction - just a story - but even so, those elements nagged enough to detract.

At the beginning, I liked how you painted the relationship as one of mutual trust and regard between equals, rather than dominance (as in far too many of the stories on this site), but after reading further, it I felt that the story would have held together better if it *had* been one in which she was submissive to him, because then I her reactions would have made more sense to me.

The main problem that I had in reading the story was that I thought it was disrespectful of him to do something to do something that could severely and negatively affect her job and/or her standing at her workplace. For him to jeopardize a reputation and esteem that had taken years to build up just for a tease is very irresponsible of him, and if I were in her place, I'd be furious at him. You touched on this reaction briefly, but then took it in another direction; for me, that just didn't ring true.

I would, in fact, be angry enough that in her place, I'd find a way out of the situation without breaking my promise. There were several ways that she could have done that. Since the promise to "keep this here" left a lot to interpretation, she could have interpreted it to keep it in that specific part of those specific pair of panties, both of which would, of course, go into the plastic bag.

Even if the promise to "keep this here" was specified as against that specific part of her body, she could also have placed some padding between the device and her body.

Implied in the promise was that she'd obviously have to remove it for short periods of time, to use the toilet, for example. In those periods, she could have simply removed the battery from the phone, submerged in in water to short out the electronics, or even smashed it against the floor, then replaced an inoperable device into position.

I realize that taking this approach would result in no story, but as I said, it bothers me that he would jeopardize her career for this; if he had had the consideration to make sure to buzz her only when he knew that she was not at risk of damaging her career (some method of surveillance, or an accomplice at work, perhaps), I'd have felt better about it.

Alternatively, if you had established, at the beginning of the story, a leaning toward humiliation or submission in her personality, it might have worked, but as it was, her reaction, as a supposed equal in the relationship, just didn't ring true and so the story didn't work for me.

Is the work place really that similar to Orwell's 1984? And why do I get the feeling this respondent is a lawyer?

 

[NoJo]

From the thread title I was expecting a discussion of Watt's Flyball Governor.

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006011/images/grafics/nonani/watt_fliehkraftregulator.gif

 

[Quiet_Cool]

I hardly get any feedback. Of course, I hardly submit any stories...

Apparently those two things are somehow related.

Q_C

 

[sophia jane]

I know how you feel about this - I get it too, and it bugs me.

Even worse is the response when I tell them I don't have an SO. Then I get "I'm so sorry to hear that. Why is a girl like you single?"

 

[Norajane]

Even worse is the response when I tell them I don't have an SO. Then I get "I'm so sorry to hear that. Why is a girl like you single?"

Yep - if only it were that simple.

 

[oggbashan]

comments about an underlying sadness that I hadn't realized was there.

You shouldn't be surprised at those. There are several phrases in the story that hint that the protagonist would prefer a man (or more than one) to the toy, no matter how good it is. The story starts off with regret at being alone for Valentine's Day.

Og

 

[BlackShanglan]

Continuously...

Brevity is indeed the soul of wit.

I've never had a feedback or other contact offering to "hook up" or making similar explicit overtures. Hmmm. Can't imagine why not.

 

[sophia jane]

You shouldn't be surprised at those. There are several phrases in the story that hint that the protagonist would prefer a man (or more than one) to the toy, no matter how good it is. The story starts off with regret at being alone for Valentine's Day.

Og

Yeah, I see it now that people have pointed it out. But it was definitely not done intentionally. But that's okay cuz it makes my little stroke story have a little depth.

 

[Liar]

Yeah, I see it now that people have pointed it out. But it was definitely not done intentionally. But that's okay cuz it makes my little stroke story have a little depth.

Deep strokes?

 

[sophia jane]

Deep strokes?

We can only hope.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Most of my first person stories involve eating the woman's pussy and bringing her to at least one orgasm (five in one story) Occasionally, a woman will email me and tell me how she would love to get together with me, but I don't take these proposals seriously.