Why do you stay?

[bobsgirl]

During a chat with a friend, we both marveled at how addictive Lit is. Okay, we know there are hot stories, and pics, and maybe that gets you here, but what keeps you here? I am constantly amazed at how much I hang around here, and I get crazy if I've been gone too long. So, why do you stay, huh?

 

[Willing and Unsure]

some of the people are interesting... and it's cheap, usually fun entertainment

 

[bobsgirl]

some of the people are interesting... and it's cheap, usually fun entertainment

True enough, but It's so addictive for so many people. I know I am not the only one.

I think it's the sense of community. If you post here often enough, you get an idea of what the regular posters are like, and you start worrying when they don't post or they seem down.

I told my friend I'm starting to refer to it as Literotica High.

Time for "lab work"

 

[Kissophile]

True enough, but It's so addictive for so many people. I know I am not the only one.

I think it's the sense of community. If you post here often enough, you get an idea of what the regular posters are like, and you start worrying when they don't post or they seem down.

I told my friend I'm starting to refer to it as Literotica High.

Time for "lab work"

Psst...hey, Bobsgirl....you look really fab in that poodle skirt. Wanna go for a malt?

 

[flawed_ethics]

Cheap authoral advice. Also, the flamers seem pretty well corralled to the GB, which makes perusing the other boards a treat.

There's some genuinely smart people who post to Lit. For one, whenever Weird Harold speaks, I listen.

 

[bobsgirl]

Psst...hey, Bobsgirl....you look really fab in that poodle skirt. Wanna go for a malt?

Love to! But we'll go Dutch--I'm not that kind of girl.


Thanks for making me smile, Kiss.

 

[Kissophile]

Love to! But we'll go Dutch--I'm not that kind of girl.


Thanks for making me smile, Kiss.

Since malts are only a buck anyway (don't you just love 50s prices? ), that's a deal!

 

[BlueSugar]

There is always someone around, even if it is a troll... to talk to. I've learned that I am not alone in this sexual devient filled world and its comforting.

Entertainment, I definetly get the full gambit of laughs and tears. People share their lives (and sometimes wives ) with you, and it is a safe environment.

Educational of course. I thought I knew it all, and then I came here... and I learn a little bit everytime I open a thread. I've come to use Lit as a very valueable resource... may it be recipie advice, or how to suprise my S/O in bed.

A few months ago you couldn't pry me away from this machine. But I've slowed down.
At first you want to make thoughtful posts, and then the content gets pushed back as you make lit-friends and then you start posting "i'm bored" threads, and you become more relaxed... and help the newbies settle in. Then after a few thousand posts you want to leave your mark and you attach yourself to a certain board... becoming a regular... then people get bored and go for a while -- but they always come back.

Its fun to watch that transition.

I've also noticed as of late, now when I reconmend the site to other people for stories... I give them a few authors to look for depending on their kink level ... I like that, I like knowing the people that write, it helps weed out the "bad" stories and the junk that is also on here. So, I guess I just like the inside scoop.

::shrug::

I just love to be here
(sometimes much to my S/O's dismay hehe)

Oh.. and the stories are hot. lol.

 

[sheath]

Why do I stay...

For me, it is the acceptance. Especially on the How-To board, Literotica is a very open place. Judgments sometimes fly, of course...we're all human. But those judgments are usually tempered by the understanding that not a one of us is perfect, but we are definitely all equal.

There is a true community spirit here on the How-To Board that I haven't found on any other message board on the net. Here, the welcomes are real. There is always a helping hand (maybe literally, in more ways than one!) and a listening ear. It feels good to have that kind of support.

With every new thread, I find something in common with someone else. When I hear someone wondering at something sexual, when I read the 'what feeds my soul' posts, when I laugh at the antics written about somebody's kids...I can relate to it all. Most new threads help build this community into an even stronger one.

I have made friends here. Dear friends, who have gone on to be very important parts of my "real life". (I take exception with that term, but it is the best I can think of right now.) Those friendships mean the world to me. I cannot imagine them not in my life.

So that's why I stay. Sometimes it gets hard to deal with all the little annoyances, and at times I find myself looking around for my flak jacket...but in the end, the friendships stand strong, and that is what matters. As BlueSugar so wisely commented on another thread: "We take care of our own." If that isn't community, I don't know what is. The How-To Board is a truly wonderful place.

S.

 

[BlueSugar]

So that's why I stay. Sometimes it gets hard to deal with all the little annoyances, and at times I find myself looking around for my flak jacket...but in the end, the friendships stand strong, and that is what matters. As BlueSugar so wisely commented on another thread: "We take care of our own." If that isn't community, I don't know what is. The How-To Board is a truly wonderful place.

S.

::blush::

I agree whole-heartedly. There is a very strong sence of community here on the HTb. It is the only online place that I have noticed, as a whole, to have a free, open, caring "vibe" to it... and usualy, those can only be felt in person. This is also the only place I can see the lines blur between "real life" friends and "internet friends."

 

[Zergplex]

Zergplex Says

I'm here to share my opinions with both those who agree and disagree and hopefully gain insight from both, I'm here to share my experiances with others and hopefully help them with what I have learned, and I am here to get ego boosts from posting pictures on my amateur pics thread ^_~ (is that so wrong lol).

-Zergplex

 

[English Lady]

I can be me here.

I mean the whole me. the sexual me, the kinky me, the wife me, the mummy me, the Christian me, the giggly me..all the slightly varying mes I use with different people in real life and online blend here and all my different me's are accepted for who and what they are.

I love that freedom.


And I can be me because of the community, the caring the generally accepting outlook around here. This place fuelled a sexual revolution in me..oh yes indeed....

http://www.ciao.co.uk/What_is_your_opinion_on_pornography__Review_5354733

(this is me writing about my writing...lit gets a fair chunk written about it...it goes un-named but I know you can work it out)


And that is why i am still here. It gies me an outlet for my stories, a place to ask authorly questions, a place to chat and relax, to make friends and find out all kinds of interesting info, hints and tips.

 

[bobsgirl]

I can be me here.

I mean the whole me. the sexual me, the kinky me, the wife me, the mummy me, the Christian me, the giggly me..all the slightly varying mes I use with different people in real life and online blend here and all my different me's are accepted for who and what they are.

I know this is true for me too. I also know that bobsgirl says things that the RL me probably wouldn't. They're all me, but I'm not as outspoken in RL.

 

[sxylegs]

During a chat with a friend, we both marveled at how addictive Lit is. Okay, we know there are hot stories, and pics, and maybe that gets you here, but what keeps you here? I am constantly amazed at how much I hang around here, and I get crazy if I've been gone too long. So, why do you stay, huh?

for me this is a great place to relax. I love taking a break from work and just checking the threads and responding.
It also allows me to be free and it is really cool reading the responses from others. I have learned a lot here, I have tried things that were suggested and I think lit has helped open my mind to other things....

thanks to all

 

[ABN_Ranger]

Call it stres relief. Especially when someone posts something mind numbingly retarded and I get to go, what was the phrase I used to use all the time... Oh yeah, when I get to go "weapons free." That and friends, got poo loads of friends on here, and I like ta help on occasion. And the witty banter that flys throughout a few of the threads. Hehe... especially when I get threatened to be hurt if I don't stop talking about food.

J

 

[bobsgirl]

Call it stres relief. Especially when someone posts something mind numbingly retarded and I get to go, what was the phrase I used to use all the time... Oh yeah, when I get to go "weapons free." That and friends, got poo loads of friends on here, and I like ta help on occasion. And the witty banter that flys throughout a few of the threads. Hehe... especially when I get threatened to be hurt if I don't stop talking about food.

J

since you mentioned food...

Ranger, just as a small hijack to my own thread...

I tried that sauteed onion recipe you posted a while back. OMG. They were wonderful!

 

[ABN_Ranger]

since you mentioned food...

Ranger, just as a small hijack to my own thread...

I tried that sauteed onion recipe you posted a while back. OMG. They were wonderful!

Glad ya liked em.

J

 

[TigerClaw]

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[Spenser41]

I have to share on this

For me, it was about sexual release. I read the stories and thought OH WOW!
Then I found the forums and it was again about sex and learning and playing.
Then I meet some of the people here and it turned to friends
and now it is a home. I place I come to for fellowship.
That is why I am here.

 

[CoyoteTales]

I stay because I think it's where I need to be right now.

It's less about the sexuality; more about the sensuality -- and in my favorite place, the sense of spirituality.

I walk the paths that lie before me; here, for the moment, the twists and turns keep bringing me back. I write for myself; I write for others.

It's nice to whisper thoughts into the wind and have someone answer back.

It's nice to get to know new people who want to know me for the places I want to be in my life.

It's a place where people believe in me without needing to know everything about me. Because we're expected to be anonymous of a sort.

On the net... nobody knows you're not a Coyote. And this place lets me howl.

-CoyoteTales

 

[bobsgirl]

I stay because I think it's where I need to be right now.

>snip<

On the net... nobody knows you're not a Coyote. And this place lets me howl.

-CoyoteTales

Absolutely, yes.

 

[crazybbwgirl]

Sometimes - after a particularly rough go on the GB or something - I ask myself that same question! lol But I have met good people here. Read tons of great advice. Read some great stories. Added a few totally new dimensions to my sex life!!!! And tried my own hand at writing some stories too.

Sometimes this place will drive me crazy and I have to stay away for awhile. But when I have the time I check back to see what's going on.

 

[sxylegs]

Absolutely, yes.

hi bobsgirl
How do you just take a line or two from the person you are answering.......I guess you edit it sometime.....
when i am answering someone that wrote a book.....I want them to know what part i am answering.....I have seen others do it so I thought I would ask....

Have a good one!!!!

 

[Cathleen]

Hey BG, I'm just waiting for the tsunami that brought me here to receed....... then I'm outta here!


This is a unique place to say the least, I've made friends with many, greatest of friends with some. I like the word fellowship ~ there is a sense of belonging and welcoming here. It ceased to be about sex a long time ago for me. It is about the people, caring about one another, helping and enjoying ourselves together.

My feet are firmly planted here at Lit. While I agree there are days I just slap myself upside the head wondering about some things or people here, 99% is great and fun.

This is a community, no question in my mind.

 

[wicked woman]

Originally posted by sxylegs
hi bobsgirl
How do you just take a line or two from the person you are answering.......I guess you edit it sometime.....
when i am answering someone that wrote a book.....I want them to know what part i am answering.....I have seen others do it so I thought I would ask....

Have a good one!!!!

If I understand you correctly...you just quote them...like you did for bobsgirl and then when the whole quote shows up at the top of your reply delete what you don't want. Some people use <snip> where they took stuff out so you can tell you've omitted something. Not sure if this is what you mean though.