Did I make a mistake?

[Carl East]

As I write this, I'm wondering how many of you have made the same mistake as me. I made the mistake of telling all my friends and family, that I write erotic literature. One friend now thinks I'm a pervert, while my family won't even read a single story.

Has this sort of thing happened to any of you, or am I just imagining it.

Carl.

 

[Guest]

Carl,

There was a post a while back where someone asked if your friends, family, co-workers knew about Lit and "your" involvement in it. There were many responses to it, and I was surprised at how many people looked down on erotica. Hell, I have a direct blue link to this site (as well as www.thehun.net) in my profile for Yahoo, and I mention the site at AOL all the time. I love it (Literotica) and love writing erotica. Hell, damn near anyone who has a computer has seen me naked. The point I'm making is I think it's a shame when people feel they have to hide a part of themselves!!!

 

[CreamyLady]

I told my friends, and my family. My sister is a very "proper" person, but she told me she enjoyed the stories. I even told my mother, who just laughed.

My lover read the stories I wrote and posted here, and has informed me that he is now officially afraid of me. I'm not sure that's the reaction I expected.

 

[Weird Harold]

Originally posted by Carl east:
One friend now thinks I'm a pervert, while my family won't even read a single story.

The response from my two adult daughters was "no way do I want to take a trip into the mind of a dirty old man'. The reponse of friends who know I write erotic stories is 'That's cool, you old pervert.'

If someone doesn't want to associate with me because I write erotic stories, the the only thing I have to say to them is "Bye"

 

[Skibum]

Originally posted by CreamyLady:

My lover read the stories I wrote and posted here, and has informed me that he is now officially afraid of me.

I have not yet read any of your stories, but now I have to! If you can ellicit fear from your lover I wonder how they will effect me!



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[Lasher]

Well, it's not exactly a subject that comes up in normal conversation with me, at least with most people I know. I don't sit in the lunch room at work saying to people, "Hey! Have you read any good incest stories lately?? I sure as fuck have!!". So that's never really been a problem.

I have mentioned the site to a few freinds who I thought might be interested..and it's also come up with some of my friends when I've mentioned my own budding internet empire. None of them have thought it was too bizarre.

As for my family..I do whatever I can do avoid taking to them about anything, so it hasn't really been an issue there, either.

Now...my wife, on the other hand, can't seem to help but tell people that I run an adult website of my own. She's managed to tell pretty much all her friends and her family, and probably most of the people she works with. The only problem I've had with this is that now many of her friends call me Lasher to my face...and that really freaks me out.

Or maybe it's just the writing of erotic literature that scares the hell out of people...

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[CreamyLady]

Originally posted by skibum:
I have not yet read any of your stories, but now I have to! If you can ellicit fear from your lover I wonder how they will effect me!

I hope you enjoy them, Skibum, but I honestly don't know why he'd think I was a vampire . . .

 

[Savage Kitten]

Most of my friends knew I wrote poetry.. and when I started writing erotic stories I HAD to have feedback (I'm an attention junkie haha) ... I did of course warn them b4 they plopped down to read it hehe.... most were more than suprised that those words came from quiet little me... I told them they shouldn't be so suprised since they knew how sexually deprived I was/am haha

every now and again someone will enquire if i am still writting or if i have written anything new ... and unless they r lyin to me they are all very proud of me

 

[Guest]

Hey Weird, I have a special appreciation for Dirty Old Men! I jsut love 'em!!


Creamy, it's good to see you in another post. Do you have your stories posted on Lit yet? I guess I'll have to wander over that way to take a look.

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[CreamyLady]

Yup -- three of them. I'm working on another, but I got sidetracked by clay.

I'm always getting sidetracked by something.

 

[Whispersecret]

It was me who asked if your friends, family, religious advisor, whatever knew. Heh heh. I love it when people remember my threads.

My husband knows. Although he hasn't read my story, he is proud of me and hasn't been surprised in the least at the mail I've received or in my ranking on the weekly lists.

I have two writer friends who know I have written an erotic story. I have hesitated to tell them about this site because I have exposed so much of my private self here. Also, because I'm public school teacher, I can't afford to publicize my involvement with erotica.

I don't know that any of my family would read my erotica, but perhaps they too have a steamier side. Who knows? Maybe my mother has a secret wish to be fucked against a wall, and I came by my fantasy honestly.

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[Cyra_3]

I told a couple of people at work about my obsession with Literotica but I'm a self-confessed pervert anyway so no shocks there.

 

[Weird Harold]

Originally posted by Tiggs:
Hey Weird, I have a special appreciation for Dirty Old Men! I just love 'em!!

It's not that my daughters don't appreciate me or are upset that I'm a dirty old man, it's just that they don't see any reason to encourage me. <G>

I'm almost afraid to ask this, but how would you feel reading an erotic story written by your father?

 

[Carl East]

I can honestly say, that I wouldn't mind, and would join in the fun, by reading all of those wonderful stories. But that's me, so I'm with you when you said, "bye" if they can't see it, for what it is, a bit of harmless fun, who cares.

Carl.

 

[Shylady]

Well i am not a writer but i still don't tell my family that i come here. I don't want the grief they would give me. I have led a very sheltered life and they would freak out if they thought i was trying to learn new things.

 

[Jade]

Originally posted by Carl east:

Has this sort of thing happened to any of you, or am I just imagining it.

Carl.

huge problem for me right now!

~JAde

 

[Guest]

Funny you should mention that Weird! I still haven't gotten over the emotional scars (sorry BofB, please don't be mad at me! ) my father gave me. A few years back (before I moved out of my parents' house) I was messin' around on the computer. I came across a ton of pics (complete w/ a woman fucking a horse, some of my dad's "slaves", and a pic of his dick ), and some MSN saved chatrooms. It's scary to know that he and I are into some of the same things!

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[Svedish_Chef]

Just a note to say that I think most of us are called perverts before we get here so not too much will change.

Enjoy
da chef

 

[Carl East]

Bump.

 

[Dillinger]

Good bump Carl. So, I'm curious - two years later - do you think you made a mistake? Has anyone's attitude changed?

 

[Carl East]

Good bump Carl. So, I'm curious - two years later - do you think you made a mistake? As anyone's attitude changed?

Good question, and the answer is an emphatic yes, my sister thinks I'm talented, (the fool lol) my friends now accept that I'm a perv. lol

Carl

 

[glamorilla]

I dunno.

When I first signed onto the boards I was going to turn a couple of girls I know onto this place but you know I kind of think I'm better off keeping this my dirty little secret.

If you don't mind my saying Mr.East you're a pretty smooth guy. Your family and friends need a little time to get used to the idea of your hobby and soon they won't even think about it and things should go back to normal.

If they don't look under everybody mattresses.

 

[naudiz]

Hee! I told my mother. It's funny, I was afraid she'd find out, so I told her. Don't ask me what the logic is there. I told her I wrote gay erotica. She was silent for a moment, then said, "Well. At least your fans won't be stalking you."

Mom's great.

 

[Carl East]

I dunno.

When I first signed onto the boards I was going to turn a couple of girls I know onto this place but you know I kind of think I'm better off keeping this my dirty little secret.

If you don't mind my saying Mr.East you're a pretty smooth guy. Your family and friends need a little time to get used to the idea of your hobby and soon they won't even think about it and things should go back to normal.

If they don't look under everybody mattresses.

Thanks Glam, compliments are good for the soul.

Carl

 

[curvacious]

My bf knows I'm on here quite a bit and has read the story I have here. I haven't told any family members or too many friends about the site. I think I could handle it if I thought they would never be able to guess which ID I am (especially since the story I wrote was RL). I think that they would be cool with it but I just don't want to look into their eyes and know that they know some of my private life.