Halloween: "Your" holiday?!

[Chicklet]

I was talking to a friend today and he asked if I had any plans for tonight. I said no, and he was surprised. Because I'm in to BDSM, he said, he thought that this was a big holiday for me.

?!

Does anyone feel that way?

 

[rosco rathbone]

Halloween is to BDSM as New Years is to drinking: Amateur Night.

 

[P. B. Walker]

I think Halloween is just as big an excuse to drink and get crazy as any other "drinking" holiday. It's not necessarily a BDSM kinda thing... at least to me. Plus... I generally don't think alot of booze and BDSM playing match up too well.


Just me two cents.

PBW

 

[lost]

newp as far as i'm concerned it's just another day on the calander. Except of course for all the half price candy tomorrow

 

[NemoAlia]

You rock, rosco! (whether or not I agree...)

Nah, Halloween's not a big deal for the BDSMer in me. It's sure fun for the inner child, though.

Chicklet -- I wonder if your friend is equating BDSM with Goth in his mind? Or is Halloween no big deal for Goths either? Seems like the costuming involved would lend itself to a lot of crossover -- which could be the link to BDSM, as far as fetishwear is concerned.

*Edited to fix my verbs.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Every one knows that goths are the public face of BDSM.

 

[yuppietowngirl]

Went into our local...or close to my local Starbucks..and there were more collars there then at any club I have seen. hehehe didn't know that Starbucks was the new fetish hangout.

 

[MissTaken]

Are you sure it was Starbucks and not "Starbarks", ya know? The up scale pupateria?

 

[Cirrus]

Nada for me as well. I spent the evening home playing with my cat and studying chem. Now I'm enjoying a frosty, alcoholic malted beverage (just one or two) and posting here. Shortly I'll go to bed. I think Halloween is mostly for kids and college freshmen.

 

[Chicklet]

Chicklet -- I wonder if your friend is equating BDSM with Goth in his mind?

that's another thing that I wonder about - I happen to know that I'm the opposite of a Goth, I mean, dressing all yuppyish and such...at my school there were lots of Goths...so when I would confide to people that BDSM interested me, they thought of it as being more of a Goth thing...

I guess I'm just pissed that my friend linked me to a subculture that I don't think I belong in just cause I might like kinky sex.

Chicklet

 

[Guest]

Yes.

 

[bunny bondage]

Halloween is to BDSM as New Years is to drinking: Amateur Night.

LOL! *falls from her chair onto the ground in a fit of laughter* i don't know why that caught me so off-guard, but damn that was funny.

 

[Little Girl]

What?

Halloween is a BDSM Holiday.... and here I thought it was just a night I had to freeze my butt off taking my kids around to get candy from neighbors.....

 

[Ebonyfire]

Some Do; Some Don't

I have gone to fetish parties just about every year at Halloween time for a long while. It is a matter of preference.

I love Halloween, and I would sometimes spend it in Orlando at Universal Studios cause they have a really kick ass Halloween Party.

Eb

 

[MissTaken]

Hi, Chicklet!

IT is so cool to see you posting here.

Well, I have always loved Halloween and this year was no different.

However, I guess I never considered it as part any lifestyle stuff

 

[Chicklet]

Re: What?

Halloween is a BDSM Holiday.... and here I thought it was just a night I had to freeze my butt off taking my kids around to get candy from neighbors.....

yeah, turns out we've all been cheated.

 

[deliciously_naughty]

The goth/halloween connection is a bit problematic as well. Although a large number of goths are into pagan religions (for whom this *was* a big holiday) it isn't a big goth event. I think the same can be sad for those who practice bsdm. Yeah, I could wear my vinyl outside (and I'd freeze) but I'd get just as many looks and incidents of sexual harassment as I would otherwise.

 

[Guest]

I was talking to a friend today and he asked if I had any plans for tonight. I said no, and he was surprised. Because I'm in to BDSM, he said, he thought that this was a big holiday for me.

October 31, to me, is sacred. Not because I am submissive, but because I am Neo Pagan and follow Sabbats more than Christian holidays.

 

[Chicklet]

linds, love the new pic.

 

[Guest]

Thank you.

 

[quietwillow]

A Halloween Wedding

I do not think Halloween is necessarily a BDSM holiday, but we attended a wedding that day for some good BDSM friends of ours. Actually my Master, Daedalus77, officiated the wedding. It all went off without a hitch and the only way that they couple involved showed their BDSM was to dress sa a SUltan and His slavegirl. The bride did have to eat a chocolate covered cricket to show her submission to Him though! Master was dressed as a Royal Mideastern Minister and I was His concubine. The decor was all Halloween with a bride and groom skeleton background with trolls and a winged horned demon.

After the wedding we all went to Halloween Horror nights at Universal in Orlando which was a great way to spend our evening. Talk about scary


quiet

 

[Chicklet]

now that is pretty cool

 

[SensitiveSuccubus]

Double whammy, Chicklet.

Your friend not only misrepresented you for saying Halloween is a BDSM holiday, but also insulted pagans by trivializing the day when they see Samhain as the coming of the new year.

Anyone else want to get a lick in on this guy.

Candy manufacturers maybe, or the kids.

Somebody think of the children...