Shankara20
Well, that is lovely
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I was on a vacation not so long ago. 3,800 driving miles over 7 days in the great American west - loooong hours moving at 90 mph with vast expanse all around. My mind wandered, as is often the case.
This time my wandering left me considering the many ways I talk about things that lead other to draw conclusions about my life experiences that just might by contrary to the actual facts.
At 65 I have enough years that people just might project all sorts of things into my history just to fill their idea of who I am - for what ever reasons.
For example, People might think otherwise, but my experience with marijuana is minimal - at most 3 joints. I do have extensive experiences with other ways to induce non-ordinary states of consciousness, but weed? Not so much. But when talking about the 60's and 70's I let set some peoples believe what they will.
People might think I have, but I have never been to a showing of Rocky Horror where the audience does all the silly stuff.
People might think I have, but I have never fully taken a hand in fisting. I left the active BDSM world before being penetrated by more then 4 finders up to the knuckles.
People might think I have, but I have had sex with men but never had a same-sexed long term lover.
People might think I have always been liberal, but I supported Berry Goldwater for about 6 months in 1964.
If I am with people that I feel a need to be accepted by, at times I let impressions stand if they are close enough to the truth that a fraud charge would never stick.
So, what is true about you that may differ ever-so-slightly with what others think you are about?
Tell us. You can trust us. We would never tell what is spoken here.
This time my wandering left me considering the many ways I talk about things that lead other to draw conclusions about my life experiences that just might by contrary to the actual facts.
At 65 I have enough years that people just might project all sorts of things into my history just to fill their idea of who I am - for what ever reasons.
For example, People might think otherwise, but my experience with marijuana is minimal - at most 3 joints. I do have extensive experiences with other ways to induce non-ordinary states of consciousness, but weed? Not so much. But when talking about the 60's and 70's I let set some peoples believe what they will.
People might think I have, but I have never been to a showing of Rocky Horror where the audience does all the silly stuff.
People might think I have, but I have never fully taken a hand in fisting. I left the active BDSM world before being penetrated by more then 4 finders up to the knuckles.
People might think I have, but I have had sex with men but never had a same-sexed long term lover.
People might think I have always been liberal, but I supported Berry Goldwater for about 6 months in 1964.
If I am with people that I feel a need to be accepted by, at times I let impressions stand if they are close enough to the truth that a fraud charge would never stick.
So, what is true about you that may differ ever-so-slightly with what others think you are about?
Tell us. You can trust us. We would never tell what is spoken here.
