Anyone for random non-sex (but occasionally sex) chat on the thread here?

[Mei5ter]

I would submit that that there are many among us that hold the opinion that homo sapiens are full evolved and that we've created the best of all possible worlds.

Unfortunately, and with the greatest of respect, this is demonstrably not the best of all possible worlds.

If it were, the outcomes of Games 1, 2 and 5 would have been different, and Boston would have ceased to exist after 1919.

 

[HollyS]

Unfortunately, and with the greatest of respect, this is demonstrably not the best off all possible worlds.

If it were, the outcomes of Games 1, 2 and 5 would have been different, and Boston would have ceased to exist after 1919.

Ooooo, I think those are fightin' words among some here!

Might have to have a jousting match in the Court. It's been a while!

 

[DeeDeeGQ]

Ooooo, I think those are fightin' words among some here!

Might have to have a jousting match in the Court. It's been a while!

Methinks @Mei5ter is full of too much whine of the sour grape variety.

 

[TunnelKing089]

Good morning Court members.

I am pleased to report that the forces of goodness and light prevailed in the season's final battle at the house of Ruth. It was another classic seesaw skirmish where the pinstriped soldiers took a commanding early lead, yet faltered mid-battle. The battlefield advantage shifted again and again. But in the end, the boys in blue reign victorious to the astounding delight to many of us in my corner of the realm.

This Serving Wench was busy serving and consuming copious quantities of bubbly fermented liquid grapes with toasts.

I like the way you describe baseball,very nice.

 

[HollyS]

Good morning to the Court!

Your humble Alchemist apologizes in advance to those who work weekends, but TGIF! This alchemist is tired of trying to turn whine to gold this week. It's been a decent week; it has been long, though. One day to go.

Did everyone survive Halloween okay? No one was spirited off to another plane? (At least not permanently?!)

Alright, time for me to finish off my coffee and grab a shower. Have a good day, everyone!

 

[MiaBabe23]

Unfortunately, and with the greatest of respect, this is demonstrably not the best of all possible worlds.

If it were, the outcomes of Games 1, 2 and 5 would have been different, and Boston would have ceased to exist after 1919.

Your problem with Boston being…?

 

[HollyS]

Your problem with Boston being…?

Maybe he hates molasses, my Queen.

 

[Mei5ter]

Your problem with Boston being…?

...purely baseball related

(I mean...there was that thing with the tea back in the day, and I thought Quincy Market was a bit of a tourist trap, but neither of those currently constitutes a problem for me personally).

 

[MiaBabe23]

Good morning everyone,
Hope you’re all doing well, and recovering/ recovered from any baseball/ Halloween related over-indulgence
Your humble assistant-queen is pondering approaches to risk, for no other reason than it came to mind
Do you enjoy risk, avoid it, or like me, have a thoroughly contradictory attitude to it?
For example, I’d be too afraid to skydive - though want to overcome that some day! - but have at times thought little of walking into a confrontation with people who could easily kick my ass, to try to defuse
Is it just about knowledge and familiarity, or scale of potential consequences, or something else?

 

[kinkykink]

I love risk and the thrill it makes me feel! sometimes i do things i am afraid of other times i just wait maybe for the right time later. but the thrill is great!!

 

[MiaBabe23]

I love risk and the thrill it makes me feel! sometimes i do things i am afraid of other times i just wait maybe for the right time later. but the thrill is great!!

Yes, agreed!

 

[kinkykink]

It is like the first time i exposed myself to the world on a site or in real life and more sexy things...

 

[HollyS]

Good morning everyone,
Hope you’re all doing well, and recovering/ recovered from any baseball/ Halloween related over-indulgence
Your humble assistant-queen is pondering approaches to risk, for no other reason than it came to mind
Do you enjoy risk, avoid it, or like me, have a thoroughly contradictory attitude to it?
For example, I’d be too afraid to skydive - though want to overcome that some day! - but have at times thought little of walking into a confrontation with people who could easily kick my ass, to try to defuse
Is it just about knowledge and familiarity, or scale of potential consequences, or something else?

Good morning to the Court and to our ever-more-reluctant Queen. I too hope everyone has recovered from any Halloween over-indulgence, not to mention Friday night indulgences.

What a wonderful topic, risk! I find I love it, but have a very contradictory attitude toward it, as well.

I get an absolute thrill out of doing some things that are risky! For me, it has to be something I'm interested in or drawn to - I'm not an adrenaline junky by any stretch. I don't seek things out just because they are risky.

This is a mostly non-sex thread, but I will say that many of my risky behaviors have been sexual in nature in the past. It's still a big driver for me but I am less likely to indulge now, for many reasons, and I think the reasons apply to most risks, not just sex. For one thing, when I was younger I had less to lose. I had potential that I might have lost, but I wasn't going to lose my freedom, my home, my partner, etc. At least, the risk of losing those things didn't seem very real. Potential is less of a deterrent when you are young and dumb. Or maybe that should be ignorant, not dumb.

So now, I still get just as big (or bigger!) a thrill, but I weigh things much more carefully. The chance of things going wrong has to be present, or it wouldn't be a risk. The reward has to be worth it. And the consequences weigh much more heavily on me than they once did. I consider consequences for myself, for my loved ones, and for strangers who might be affected. All that has evolved over the years.

I saw something once that said risk + survival = FUN! I think that's often true! We just have to weigh the scale of potential consequences vs reward.

Whew, that was a lot of thought for a Saturday Morning, pre-coffee!

 

[HollyS]

I just thought of an example of the risks I take now. For a couple of months I've had my pic in my AV. Cartoon-ized, so I thought I had just a bit of plausible deniability. But every time I opened Lit, I'd see my face, so obvious to me!

I finally asked a girlfriend if she'd be able to identify me from that pic (I showed her the av pic, but not here on the site). She said she would absolutely know it was me!

I left it for a while after that, but finally my fear got the better of me.

 

[MiaBabe23]

*sinks into the beanthrone, and cries a bit. Your assistant queen would welcome any hugs or nice things rn*

 

[HollyS]

*sinks into the beanthrone, and cries a bit. Your assistant queen would welcome any hugs or nice things rn*

*Snuggling in next to you and giving a supportive hug.*

Anything I can get for you, my Queen?

 

[Mo_Bandy]

*sinks into the beanthrone, and cries a bit. Your assistant queen would welcome any hugs or nice things rn*

No good?

 

[MiaBabe23]

*Snuggling in next to you and giving a supportive hug.*

Anything I can get for you, my Queen?

*snuggling to our wise Alchemist*
Thank you. Whatever is the strongest drink our lovely Wench has stocked I think

 

[HollyS]

*snuggling to our wise Alchemist*
Thank you. Whatever is the strongest drink our lovely Wench has stocked I think

Coming up.

Just lay your head here and rest your worries.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

*sinks into the beanthrone, and cries a bit. Your assistant queen would welcome any hugs or nice things rn*

I don't want to overstep, but I do give very good hugs.

 

[MiaBabe23]

Coming up.

Just lay your head here and rest your worries.

Thank you

 

[MiaBabe23]

I don't want to overstep, but I do give very good hugs.

Thank you

 

[HollyS]

Thank you

Of course, Mia.

If I were to put on some music, what would you like to hear?

 

[HollyS]

Thank you, but can’t cope with music rn

Okay.

That painful, huh? *hugs tighter*

 

[Whiskeyjack]

Just popping in to tell our beloved Queen @MiaBabe23 that if you're going through what I think you're going through (or anything close to it), I've been there before. And it sucks. But it does get better. There's no going back in time, there's no stopping our own dumbness sometimes, and we can't tell our hearts what they should want. But we do heal and learn and eventually do better. I know you'll eventually be okay (which, I know, doesn't help when you want to be okay immediately). Remember you've got folks around you who care about you and are rooting for you.