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		<title>Becoming the Hunted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p class="wp-caption-text">Big cat says &#34;Me-ow&#34;</p>
<p>I wasted a lot of energy in 2011 on other people. Any of it that wasn&#8217;t going to my job went to other people, with a teensy tiny bit of leftovers coming to me. (And of course, I always have a permanent chunk for my lovely husband. That doesn&#8217;t change.) I lay <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2012/01/becoming-the-hunted/">Becoming the Hunted</a></span>]]></description>
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<p>I wasted a lot of energy in 2011 on other people. Any of it that wasn&#8217;t going to my job went to other people, with a teensy tiny bit of leftovers coming to me. (And of course, I always have a permanent chunk for my lovely husband. That doesn&#8217;t change.) I lay myself bare to be attacked last year, removing my heart from my chest and serving it on a platter for other people to nom on. Along the way I completely forgot what it was that mattered to me. I pursued others because I thought that&#8217;s what I needed or they wanted but I really had no idea what I was doing.</p>
<p>I realize now that all of that time spent pursuing was an absolute waste. The only benefit of it has come in the self-awareness I have gained, knowing that I don&#8217;t want to ever feel like I did last year.</p>
<p>So while it has arrived at the beginning of the year, this isn&#8217;t a resolution. It&#8217;s more of an awakening. Or a slap over the head if that&#8217;s a more eye opening way of looking at it.</p>
<p>2012 is not going to be about pursuing others while hurting myself. This year (and life moving forward) will be about making time for people that are good to me. I will put effort into seeing friends and lovers who offer my life richness, excitement and affection. And I will allow myself to be pursue like I totally deserve, because I. Am. Awesome.</p>
<p>At the moment I have a pretty, sexy lady who is offering me plenty of attention, and it&#8217;s lovely. I&#8217;ve also thought to myself about putting a bit more effort into dating some friends I have crushes on, but I&#8217;m going to leave those possibilities in their courts.</p>
<p>The hunter is FINALLY going to allow herself to become the hunted and that sounds like perfect evolution to me.</p>
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		<title>Ohai Stake Burners &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I was interviewed recently by Sexy Typewriter about my open relationship. Or so I thought. If you&#8217;re reading this and you&#8217;re not a Facebook or Twitter friendly, it&#8217;s highly likely that you linked to me from the Toronto Sun&#8217;s website. Or the Edmonton Sun &#8230; or one of the many Suns across Canada (apparently what they <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2012/01/ohai-stake-burners/">Ohai Stake Burners &#8230;</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was interviewed recently by <a href="http://www.sexytypewriter.com/" target="_blank">Sexy Typewriter</a> about my open relationship. Or so I thought. If you&#8217;re reading this and you&#8217;re not a Facebook or Twitter friendly, it&#8217;s highly likely that you linked to me from the <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2012/01/25/multiple-relationships-can-fulfill-needs-and-heighten-sexuality-says-author" target="_blank">Toronto Sun&#8217;s website</a>. Or the Edmonton Sun &#8230; or one of the many Suns across Canada (apparently what they teach in science about one sun is false information.)</p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re here and you want to burn me at the stake for ruining marriage or being a selfish whore or whatever else you feel I am doing to destroy society, I invite you to read my post, <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2011/12/i-aint-no-poster-child/" target="_blank">&#8220;I Am Not a Poster Child&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think that non-monogamy works for everyone. I think there are definitely some careless un-safe non-monogamists out there, just like there are un-safe monogamists as well. There are happy and sad versions on each side.</p>
<p>It might matter to you what I do, but I don&#8217;t care what you do in your bedroom and who you do it with. What matters to me is if you&#8217;re a nice person. If you say thank you to the bus driver. If you hold doors open for people. If you teach your children to stand up to bullies. If you teach your children about gender equality and rape culture and eating their vegetables. I hope you remember to laugh at silly things. I hope you are honest with yourself and your friends and especially your family. I hope you like to indulge sometimes. I hope you live life to the fullest.</p>
<p>And I hope that whatever you choose to do with your love life that you are not judged and that you get lots of cuddles.</p>
<p>Feel free to commence the burning at the stake in 3, 2, 1 &#8230;</p>
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		<title>Confessions of a Fat Kid: How &#8220;I&#8217;m lazy&#8221; destroys self-worth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been holding off on writing anything lately because I&#8217;ve had a bit of a chip on my blog&#8217;s shoulder that I&#8217;ve needed to remove. I told myself that I can&#8217;t write about anything sexy or otherwise until I am finally honest with myself about something that is really eating at my core. I&#8217;m afraid to <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2012/01/fatkid/">Confessions of a Fat Kid: How &#8220;I&#8217;m lazy&#8221; destroys self-worth</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been holding off on writing anything lately because I&#8217;ve had a bit of a chip on my blog&#8217;s shoulder that I&#8217;ve needed to remove. I told myself that I can&#8217;t write about anything sexy or otherwise until I am finally honest with myself about something that is really eating at my core. I&#8217;m afraid to write this post because I feel I will cry while doing it, but I suppose that&#8217;s not really the end of the world. (*note*: I did fight back tears while writing most of this.)</p>
<p>You see, I have a confession to make. I&#8217;m a fat kid; you probably already know that. But what you might not know is how evil I am to myself because of it. How I&#8217;ve let my inner voices rule my decisions, my self-worth and my motivation for years. Forever, really. This is what I&#8217;m having trouble admitting to myself, and to you. I don&#8217;t really like to talk about my weight struggles much, outside of acknowledging that they&#8217;re there, however I have to now. I feel like I cannot move forward and share with you other sexy stories, other activist-like posts and so on, without being 100% honest with everyone about what I&#8217;m thinking all the time, under the surface. All. The. Time.</p>
<div id="attachment_1958" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 421px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1958" title="251077_10150614135115032_593300031_18813149_7245883_n" src="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/251077_10150614135115032_593300031_18813149_7245883_n.jpg" alt="" width="411" height="604" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fat in Grade 10. And obsessed with Shaq. Can you dig it?</p></div>
<p>After finally separating my self-worth from my body image, years ago, I thought I was free and clear of all that negativity. Who was I kidding? Sure, I reached a point where I realized that I could be valued as a person with opinions, fears, ideas and personality &#8211; and that had little to do with the size of my ass, but I&#8217;d be lying if I said I&#8217;ve always been comfortable with myself. Just comfortable enough to get by and fake it. I would say that&#8217;s a pretty successful and content place to be.</p>
<p>Then 2011 happened. 2011, or as I like to bitterly think of it as, &#8220;The year that my heart was stomped on and I allowed my confidence to be removed out from underneath me.&#8221; Never mind the fact that I had three relationships end; the most serious one of all dragged on with empty promises and ill intentions. And what was worse was that I allowed it to for far too long until I just physically could not take it anymore. But the damage was done.</p>
<p>Somewhere along the way, the mixed messages full of compliments and rejection broke me. Those two separate bubbles of self worth and body image became one again and I began to once again tell myself, deep in my sub conscious, that I wasn&#8217;t worth anything because I&#8217;m fat. To add insult to injury, I actually gained weight last year and took terrible care of myself. And not just a little weight, but enough that my comforting tights that have fit for years suddenly don&#8217;t anymore. I got dressed this morning, into a favorite dress, and it was tight and I felt terrible in it. And my tights wanted to fall down. And my underwear wouldn&#8217;t stay over my belly. Because it&#8217;s too big. And I just wanted to crawl under a rock and melt away.</p>
<p>The reason I&#8217;m writing this out isn&#8217;t for you. I think that&#8217;s pretty clear at this point in this sappy, emo post. I&#8217;m writing this post to finally admit to myself all of the hurtful and harmful things I tell myself without realizing. This is me coming face to face with all of my inner demons and starting down the path to set them free.</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;I am a lazy, fat slob.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>This is a perfect example of a sentence that I have told myself for years. Of course I would never say it out loud to anyone else, unless it was in jest; instead it&#8217;s always remained at the surface, like a little invisible monster that nobody sees but me.</p>
<p>I must be lazy because if I wasn&#8217;t I would work out more, right? I must be a slob because otherwise I wouldn&#8217;t feel hungry enough to eat that one bite more than you had. I must be not worth dating because I have a larger tummy than I should have for this body.</p>
<p>Right???</p>
<p>I think a lot of us fat folk tell ourselves we&#8217;re lazy far too often. We&#8217;re so used to failing that it just makes sense that we&#8217;re lazy. Might as well just accept that fact and get on with it.</p>
<p>If I don&#8217;t want to go to store on the weekends, I&#8217;m lazy. If I don&#8217;t put my laundry away, I&#8217;m lazy. If I don&#8217;t do anything but sit on the couch and binge on Netflix, I&#8217;m lazy. Ok, well that one counts. Point is though, I tell myself that everything I do (or rather &#8220;don&#8217;t do&#8221;) is because I&#8217;m lazy. Because everything connects to how I feel about my body and being lazy is what makes sense.</p>
<p>Except I&#8217;m not lazy actually. Well, on a Saturday morning I am. In fact, most mornings I am, but I prefer to call that &#8220;night owl syndrome&#8221;, not laziness. Anyway, I digress. It took a good friend pointing out to me that when I want something, I pour my heart and soul into it. Last year when I planned Digifest, and my baby, Playground, I gave my absolute all to those events. So much so that I ended up with a 5 day flu that had me barely able to walk to the toilet after they were finished. I worked about 40/50 days straight, barely stopping to pee or MSN for months leading up to the events.</p>
<p>And yet, my inner voice would still tell myself that I was a lazy failure. And some illogical part of my psyche would agree, and the self-hate would perpetuate.</p>
<p>What I&#8217;ve learned from my friends&#8217; advice is that I can, and DO, succeed at things when I really want them. It has nothing to do with being a slob, instead it has everything to do with motivation. I succeeded at writing 220 pages of my book but have yet to finish the remaining 30. How could I be so motivated for the majority, but fail on the rest? I&#8217;ve been secretly telling myself I&#8217;m a failure for over a year because of it, but I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m simply scared instead.</p>
<p>A similar story is to be told when it comes to my weight. It&#8217;s not that I have no idea how to be healthy. I&#8217;ve done so many good (and bad) things to lose weight and get healthy over the years. Bernstein, Weight Watchers, anorexia, bulimia, a personal trainer, working out at home, yoga, WiiFit, changing my diet &#8230; blah blah blah. I know the things that work, and with many of those things I&#8217;ve been relatively successful. Then something would change in my life and I&#8217;d move on to either something else &#8230; or nothing at all.</p>
<p>&#8220;Get back in the gym!&#8221; &#8220;Stop eating that cheese!&#8221; &#8220;Stop being a baby and just lose the weight already!&#8221;</p>
<p>I get it. Some of you might want to yell those things at me. Some of you might have been born with excellent metabolisms and the ability to wake up in the morning and work out without feeling like ass. You might have not had experiences with body hatred. Or maybe you have, and have gotten over it and forget how hard it is. Your parents might have never gotten divorced and lived across the country. You might have more than just one parent left alive. You might have never been mocked with fat phobic remarks like I have been my entire life. And while I don&#8217;t resent you your body privilege or ability to go go go, and while I won&#8217;t deny envying you, I will defend my right to be fucked up because of those things as the reason I am writing this confession to you now. It certainly doesn&#8217;t help that the first time I ever lost any fat I was anorexic, bulimic and an obsessive exerciser all at the same time. Because if there&#8217;s ONE thing I&#8217;m good at, it&#8217;s multi-tasking.</p>
<p>In order for me to succeed, I have to <strong>want</strong> to be successful. My lack of energy to try isn&#8217;t because I&#8217;m lazy, it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m unmotivated and absolutely terrified.</p>
<p>The absolute 100% truth in the matter is that I am pretty convinced that whatever I start to do for weight loss and muscle gain &#8211; I will fail in. And this is the battle I am up against. This stupid inner voice telling me that this time will be just like the rest. That I will have some success but then I will lose focus and get fat again. That I will never NOT be the girl who takes up too much space on the subway seats. That I will always be the girl who can&#8217;t wear heels because I&#8217;m too heavy and weak to hold myself up. And of course I will always be the girl pulling up my tights or my pants because they don&#8217;t fit me perfectly as there&#8217;s just too much fat there.</p>
<p>I WILL ALWAYS FAIL SO WHY EVEN BOTHER TRYING???</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want to think that anymore. I don&#8217;t want to be distant with my husband because I can&#8217;t bare to take his compliments when I&#8217;m hating myself. I don&#8217;t want to avoid putting my laundry away because it makes me see all of the clothes I look terrible in. I&#8217;m finally trying to start owning it. I&#8217;m finally acknowledging those inner demons and trying to acknowledge every time, or at least more often, when I feed myself hateful language. I have only just started to realize how hateful and mean I have been to myself for years. And years. And years. I have let the fact that I have a large stomach rule almost everything I do, without even realizing it was happening. What&#8217;s funny is that I am comfortable as a big girl. I *could* be a smaller girl, but I&#8217;d be happy as a curvy girl forever. I have no big desire to be skinny. I mainly just want my tummy to go away. And I want to love myself again. And feel sexy. And give my love to others.</p>
<p>And fit into my fucking tights.</p>
<p>Now I just have to figure out which direction my baby steps need to go in and who can help me along this path. Because being stuck in my own head is obviously not working for me.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s do this.</p>
<p><em>Please note: I am not looking for sympathy as a result of this post. I&#8217;ll take empathy and hugs, questions about what I&#8217;ve tried and what I haven&#8217;t, followed by suggestions if you have them. I didn&#8217;t write this or share it to have you tell me I&#8217;m pretty. I AM pretty, and smart, and sexy and pretty talented at a lot of things. I haven&#8217;t forgotten any of this stuff; the narcissist in me won&#8217;t let me. I just needed to share with the world. It&#8217;s a bit of a compulsion I have. If I tell the world what&#8217;s going on, I can&#8217;t pretend it&#8217;s not happening anymore. Thank you for reading this far. You&#8217;re probably a pretty awesome person and I hope lots of people love you.</em></p>
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		<title>I Ain&#8217;t No Poster Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>When I first started this blog I never wanted to be a poster child for non-monogamy. Sure, I&#8217;ve enjoyed what limited &#8220;fame&#8221; I&#8217;ve achieved (if you can call it that), but I don&#8217;t aspire to be the go to person when the media needs someone to talk to. That being said, I&#8217;m always happy to share <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2011/12/i-aint-no-poster-child/">I Ain&#8217;t No Poster Child</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I first started this blog I never wanted to be a poster child for non-monogamy. Sure, I&#8217;ve enjoyed what limited &#8220;fame&#8221; I&#8217;ve achieved (if you can call it that), but I don&#8217;t aspire to be the go to person when the media needs someone to talk to. That being said, I&#8217;m always happy to share my experiences &#8211; expecting, and somewhat demanding that people take them with a grain of salt. I was more than happy to oblige when David Paterson from The Grid wanted to come to my sexuality conference in November called <a href="http://www.playgroundconf.com" target="_blank">Playground.</a> The fact that anyone from a media outlet was interested in what I had created, well that had me pretty chuffed.</p>
<p>David mentioned to me at some point before or after my <a href="http://www.playgroundconf.com" target="_blank">Playground</a> <strong>Non-Monogamy 101</strong> workshop that he would be interested in doing a piece on non-monogamy where I would be featured. I&#8217;ve said yes to similar pieces in the past and had a great feeling about both him and the girl who called me a few days after my initial interview to &#8220;fact check&#8221;.</p>
<p>That article <a href="http://www.thegridto.com/city/sexuality/the-swing-of-it/" target="_blank">can be found here</a>. To be honest, the only issue that I have with it is that it seems to focus on the fact that &#8211; a few months into non-monogamy I struggled extra with the little details &#8211; like the visual cue of my husband&#8217;s date&#8217;s wine glass being left behind in my kitchen. When we were relatively fresh other people fuckers, silly shit like that was hard to handle. So I share those stories with other people because those are the things that threw me for a loop back in the day. A few commenters on the article have latched onto the wine glass story, suggesting that if I&#8217;m not comfortable with that then I must not really be happy with non-monogamy at all.</p>
<p>And this is a mild challenge I always see that, for the most part, I ignore. There are a lot of assumptions out there about open relationships. First of all, people will often react strongly when they hear someone is in one. &#8220;Isn&#8217;t that hard? What about jealousy? What if you fall in love?&#8221;. On the flip side however, if I suggest mySELF that non-monogamy is hard and that sometimes those questions can have really tough answers, then I obviously must not be happy with it. It&#8217;s not a practice that we should continue if there&#8217;s any hint that it&#8217;s sometimes challenging to have your partner fuck someone else and not you.</p>
<p>*blink* #sarcasm</p>
<p>I find this attitude so ridiculous which is why I will constantly strive to be honest when discussing open relationships. I would make a terrible happy poster child because I don&#8217;t just talk about the good on this site (and at my workshops), I also talk about the bad, and the ugly. Maybe I need to talk more about the good, which is a fair point. It&#8217;s always so much easier to talk about something challenging that we learned from instead of something easy that we just breezed right through. However in the interest of clarity, I will list a few points here that maybe I haven&#8217;t said in some time.</p>
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<li>Just as all of our time together has evolved &#8211; as we&#8217;ve gotten older / had new experiences / grown closer &#8211; so has the non-monogamous side to our marriage. There are many things that are much easier to deal with now &#8211; 5 years in, but were very definitely challenging at first &#8211; like the wine glass example from The Grid article.</li>
<li>Non-monogamy ISN&#8217;T always easy. Whether you&#8217;re in it as a swinger or poly, it requires a lot of you and a lot of your partner and can be very challenging. Denying that it&#8217;s tough sometimes would be doing a disservice to anyone that was thinking of trying it.</li>
<li>Fucking other people isn&#8217;t the only benefit to being open, which is something I try to stress all the time. It&#8217;s certainly a huge one, but there are countless other personal benefits on top of sexy fun.</li>
<li>Acknowledging the desire to be selfish and do things for yourself is healthy. It&#8217;s how you choose to handle those feelings that dictate whether or not you are an asshole. I recently went out and splurged some money on new (needed) clothes and a hair-do because I wanted it for me. It&#8217;s not that I didn&#8217;t want something good for Steph as well &#8211; he&#8217;s free to shop all he likes! &#8211; but this didn&#8217;t concern him as I am my own person, with my own needs.</li>
<li>While I certainly don&#8217;t think that we were headed down a path to divorce (at the time of opening up), I feel 100% certain that opening up our marriage was the best thing for our future as it has brought us more self-awareness, more confidence and more understanding of each other.</li>
<li>Steph and I are more in love with one another, each and every day. As we grow and experience life together, our bond is constantly growing.</li>
<li>I was never a &#8220;forever&#8221; person and now &#8211; as I see what a strong &#8220;team&#8221; we are &#8211; I am much more that way inclined.</li>
<li>I admit it and I KNOW it&#8217;s hypocritical, but it is much easier for me to be with other people than it is for me when Steph is. Does me admitting that it&#8217;s sometimes difficult mean that I can&#8217;t be ok with it happening? Of course not. Compromise / happiness and unconditional love are things that matter very much to me and I will work through my issues because they are just that &#8211; my issues. Sometimes you&#8217;ll read about them here too. That&#8217;s kinda&#8217; the point of this blog. You know, the diary-esque site you&#8217;re reading right now that has my feelings in it.</li>
<li>Despite other people&#8217;s objections that Steph and I are stomping all over the &#8220;traditional definition&#8221; of marriage, blah blah blah &#8230; we feel, deep down, that we are very, very married. We still make all of our household decisions together. We travel together. We support each other when we&#8217;re sick. We buy groceries at one of the local stores whose name he always forgets. We share many bills. We get into married sex ruts. We burp and fart around each other. We take our cats to the vet. We hang out with our friends, separately and as a couple. Many of them are hetero normative, living &#8220;normal&#8221;, traditional, happy lives, and some are queer and challenging social norms because it makes them happy to do so. And sometimes we hang out with our friends that we sleep with.</li>
<li>Being open has certainly brought us a little heartache over the years; me more so than him because I tend to get more involved with people emotionally, but he is right there beside me as it happens.</li>
<li>Being open has also brought us more love. We have a bond between us that no one can break. We have people in our life that we likely would not have met without this lifestyle that we love like family and I can&#8217;t imagine not having around.</li>
</ul>
<div>I don&#8217;t fool myself into thinking for one minute that the people that think we are awful, horrible, delusional, promiscuous heathens will ever understand. For those that feel offended by our lifestyle choices I am sorry. Not to you, but for you for having to worry about something that doesn&#8217;t matter in the grand scheme of YOUR time on this planet. For those that expect open relationships to be sunshine, light and orgies, I wish you good luck. I will be over here, hugging my husband, wishing the world love and cleaning up my wine glasses because we are fine and happy together knowing how important silly little details can be.</div>
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		<title>Oral Sex For Gals: Holiday Gift Giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I posted this first in 2010, but hey, it&#8217;s the holidays! Why not share it again now!</p>
<p>Now that you&#8217;ve read all about Oral Sex For Dudes, it&#8217;s time to get to the ladies. I cannot deny that this post will be slightly biased by my own vagina but I have spoken to enough gals, and been <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2011/12/oral-sex-for-gals-holiday-gift-giving/">Oral Sex For Gals: Holiday Gift Giving</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I posted this first in 2010, but hey, it&#8217;s the holidays! Why not share it again now!</em></p>
<p>Now that you&#8217;ve read all about <a title="Oral Sex For Dudes: Holiday Gift Giving" href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2010/12/oral-sex-for-dudes-holiday-gift-giving/" target="_blank">Oral Sex For Dudes</a>, it&#8217;s time to get to the ladies. I cannot deny that this post will be slightly biased by my own vagina but I have spoken to enough gals, and been with enough, to have a good handle on what makes lady bits tick and what makes them yawn.</p>
<p><strong>Let&#8217;s get to it!</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/J4SEs0UCmr1d4ejsR3gxoCfho1_500.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1521" title="Ladybits" src="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/J4SEs0UCmr1d4ejsR3gxoCfho1_500.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="413" /></a></p>
<p>As you can tell from the handy graphic I found (stole) from the above site in a Google image search, women&#8217;s bits are all very unique and as a result all require different styles of loving to get off, but here are some general guidelines. There are, of course, always exceptions to these &#8220;rules&#8221;.</p>
<ul>
<li>Going from a peck on the cheek to eating a girl out can be a bit of a leap. You don&#8217;t have to lay rose petals on the sheets or read her poetry to get your head between her legs but a little making out before you rush into her thighs is usually a good idea.</li>
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<ul>
<li>Sexuality for many women works differently than guys. Sometimes we can get immediately in the mood but there are other moments when our brains need help focusing so that we can mentally be there with you as well. There are a bazillion things that can work for this that I won&#8217;t list them all, but here are a few ideas:
<ul>
<li>A little hair pull while making out can really help with focus. I know for me, a hair pull at the right moment speaks directly to my lady bits and they immediately pay attention. &#8220;Oh, so THAT&#8217;S what we&#8217;re doing now! Got it!&#8221;</li>
<li>Try touching her erogenous zones lightly &#8230; or harder &#8230; to awaken sensation in the body. The neck and ears connect for a lot of people. If she&#8217;s sensitive like me, her body will goosebump up sending shivers up and down her body which can help turn her on.</li>
<li>Confidence, confidence, confidence! There are times when I can go without oral sex and would rather do something else because I sense hesitation in my partner. Being concerned about meeting your lover&#8217;s needs is a good thing, yes, but showing it through confident movements can go much farther than &#8220;So um, can I eat your pussy now?&#8221; That being said &#8230; it&#8217;s also often good to clarify before you have at it. You have to feel out the situation. Pun intended and implied. I know, I know &#8230; women are SO complicated, right?</li>
</ul>
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<div id="attachment_1522" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 420px"><a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sea-kitten.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1522" title="sea-kitten" src="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sea-kitten.jpg" alt="" width="410" height="353" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Who doesn&#39;t love a tasty pussy?</p></div>
<ul>
<li>For everyone&#8217;s sake, please find the clitoris if you haven&#8217;t already. It really isn&#8217;t that hard to locate, It gets slightly larger as it is aroused as the blood flow increases. It&#8217;s often the spot that you&#8217;ll touch and a woman will go &#8220;ooooooohhhhh&#8221; and it&#8217;s around the top of the whole genital area. I am not drawing you a map or giving you anymore info than that. If you are a woman, you know where yours is so at least you&#8217;ve got a bit of a head start finding your lovers.</li>
<li>Also to the ladies out there eating pussy &#8230; here is a lesson that I have learned: It is very handy to know what you like when presented with someone else&#8217;s vagina but don&#8217;t be offended if they don&#8217;t get off on the same things that work for you. Try appreciating the opportunity to learn.</li>
<li>Teasing can go a long way. Some kisses, licks or bites on the inner thighs. Brushing your hands over the area, lightly touching pussy as you move from side to side.</li>
<li>Women often have their own unique smell. Telling a woman she smells like fish is not going to win you any points so please don&#8217;t do it. And like I said to the guys, ladies if you need to shower, do so. I also recommend Kama Sutra honey dust. That stuff is amaaaazing.</li>
<li>If she asks or the moment strikes you and you want to use your fingers, make sure she&#8217;s wet first. Nothing feels more intrusive than a few dry fingers trying to force themselves inside of you before you&#8217;re ready for them. Lick them or use lube. Whatever you have to do to make sure she feels pleasure and not friction burns going in. Owee, speaking from experience.</li>
<li>The G spot is real, but that doesn&#8217;t mean every woman has become personally familiar with it yet. While some women are squirting masters, or can gspot orgasm with no problems, not everyone is ready for it. Just because you&#8217;ve found that magical bump, it doesn&#8217;t mean that rubbing it furiously like you&#8217;re trying to start a fire with two sticks is going to get her off. In fact it may make her frustrated, embarrassed or worse, hurt her. You&#8217;ll have to go by her reactions to really see what works for her.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>A Little To The Left</strong></p>
<p>Speaking of reactions, any sex works better when there is communication involved. That doesn&#8217;t always been that you will get it, however. Sometimes the best way to tell if a woman is enjoying herself is by the sounds she&#8217;s making. If she&#8217;s writhing about, moaning and groaning, it&#8217;s likely that she is really enjoying what you&#8217;re doing. Choosing that exact moment to try something new is probably bad timing and going to frustrate her. I find that I have to concentrate pretty hard before having an orgasm so when I&#8217;m really into it and things suddenly change I have to start at the bottom of the mountain again, tensing my muscles to aid myself to orgasm.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re with a new lover, you will need some time to learn what really works for her between the legs.</p>
<ul>
<li>Some women (bitches!*) can come multiple times, often quickly during oral and finger sex. Others, like me, shoot for one, epic orgasm if they&#8217;re lucky. (And other women do not come with a partner, or ever.) You are not any less skilled by only getting the one orgasm instead of the multiples, or none at all. It all comes down to each woman&#8217;s physical makeup. While it is a great goal to have, try focusing on the destination as well.</li>
<li>But let&#8217;s say we are aiming for that goal: Consistency often works for everyone. Think of a vibrators mechanics. Vibes work because they do the same thing over and over and over again. While it does feel great to have a lick here, a touch there and back to another lick, once a woman is getting close to orgasm it can be perfect to just do exactly what you&#8217;re doing, don&#8217;t stop, keep going and oh oh OH. If you get my drift.</li>
<li>While the clit is a sensitive little piece of perfection, that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t be rough with your lady if she&#8217;s that type of gal. I feel each and every one of my 8000 nerve endings on my clit but love a good finger bang. Whatever you do though, don&#8217;t try to pick your girl up with your hand unless you have first agreed upon it. We are not bowling balls!</li>
<li>Which brings me to fisting. What a wonderful good time this can be, but please make sure that you discuss it ahead of time. Not every girl is open to being, um, opened up by a hand, big or small and it&#8217;s not something that should be done as a surprise.</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t be afraid to get your face in there. While the tongue is a delightful piece of body, having a face in your pussy doing more than licking can feel amazing. Try &#8220;making out&#8221; with the pussy. Suck it lightly, rub your face from side to side on it. There is so much more to oral sex than just the tongue. My favorite time is when I have no idea what is actually going on down there, when it is so much more than a lick. Fingers are everywhere, face and tongue are all over the place and all I can feel is intense sensation. There is more to good oral sex than just tongue!</li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_1523" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/orchid-300x224.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1523" title="orchid-300x224" src="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/orchid-300x224.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">We are all unique flowers</p></div>
<p>And if safe sex is a concern for you (which it should be) you can still enjoy lady bits with help from a dental dam. Dams are thin so that sensation still comes through and come in all sorts of yummy flavors so you&#8217;re not stuck with a yucky taste in your mouth. All reputable sex shops should have them in stock.</p>
<p><strong><strong>Wanting to be good </strong></strong>at oral sex doesn&#8217;t mean you will be. Pay attention to the signs that your lady lover is putting out there and you will both enjoy the experience that much more. Let your partner know you want to make her happy. A little sexy enthusiasm can go a hell of a long way at Christmas and beyond.</p>
<p>* Just kidding about the bitches thing. Kind of. <img src='http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I posted this first in 2010, but hey, it&#8217;s the holidays! Why not share it again now!</p>
<p>In the spirit of the season it&#8217;s time for me to share with you my oral sex gift giving tips for dudes. So many people go without good head, settling instead for mediocre loving or none at all and it&#8217;s <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2011/12/oral-sex-for-dudes-holiday-gift-giving/">Oral Sex For Dudes: Holiday Gift Giving</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I posted this first in 2010, but hey, it&#8217;s the holidays! Why not share it again now!</em></p>
<p>In the spirit of the season it&#8217;s time for me to share with you my oral sex gift giving tips for dudes. So many people go without good head, settling instead for mediocre loving or none at all and it&#8217;s a shame. There is a saying that oral sex is like pizza; even when it&#8217;s bad it&#8217;s still good but let&#8217;s be honest. For anyone that has ever eaten a gourmet pizza you really cannot compare it to a microwaveable pile of goo, that&#8217;s done in less than two minutes. Pun implied and intended.</p>
<p>So without further ado, let&#8217;s get to the genitals, shall we?</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Banana" src="http://marenda.biz/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/banana.jpg" alt="" width="371" height="280" /></p>
<p><strong>Hey Cock-sucker!</strong></p>
<p>Now I consider this a term of endearment but you might not. There are plenty of people that refuse to suck their partner&#8217;s cock for whatever reason. (It&#8217;s weird looking, it smells, he never takes out the trash, etc.) To start with, *most* penises are beautiful once you get past the alien appendage fear that some of us have. If they smell, well some people have lovely natural musks that is simply a part of sex and others might need encouragement to hop in the shower. Finally if you&#8217;re not giving head because he&#8217;s not doing his chores, did you ever think that maybe he&#8217;s not doing his chores because you&#8217;re not giving him head? It takes two to tango. Withholding sex is not healthy for anybody. We should never treat our sexuality as a commodity.</p>
<p><span id="more-1516"></span>With the reasons out of the way, let&#8217;s get to the goods. Every man is different and will have his own take on what makes him hard and what feels the best but there are some general rules that we can apply to this situation:</p>
<ul>
<li>Feeling your man get hard through his clothing can be an incredible turn-on for both of you as it has that high school element that always gives us butterflies. I have a habit of jumping straight for the inner thigh / groin region once my hands are on the legs but it&#8217;s always been appreciated so I won&#8217;t call it a bad habit.</li>
<li>Undoing a man&#8217;s pants for him is sexy. You can do it fast, which shows insatiable passion, but slow also works and heightens the mood. Undo his belt, his buttons or zipper and look at him with excitement in your eyes before you reach underneath or take his pants off.</li>
<li>Fumbling with his pants can be cute too, so don&#8217;t be embarrassed. There are plenty of times when I&#8217;ve been attempting to remove clothing and have met my button match. All you can really do is admit that you need a little help, smile sweetly and have him do it. He&#8217;ll appreciate you wanting nothing to stand in your way!</li>
<li>If his cock is not hard when you get to it, don&#8217;t have an ego freak out. Everyone reacts in their own way to touch and sensation. A floppyish cock is not indicative of him being not into it or you. Look at it as an opportunity. I love feeling him get hard in my hands or mouth, plus in the mouth it means you can sometimes get the whole thing in there without choking on it for a few seconds. Quel accomplishment! If he has trouble staying hard, try squeezing the base of the cock as this can help the blood flow.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Depend on the mood &#8211; and your hunger &#8211; you can take your time to put your mouth on it, or you can play with it for a while with your hands. (More on hand jobs in a few points.) Use your tongue to lick from top to bottom. Have fun with eye contact. Rub your body all over it, or rub it on your cheek nice and dirty stylez.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>You are not the Drinking Bird so there is no excuse for giving head strictly up and down like this nuclear plant saving toy. While strictly up and down certainly feels good enough, that doesn&#8217;t mean your movements have to be so limited. As he enters your mouth, try moving your head around in a twisty motion so that your head is angled in all sorts of directions.</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t ignore the power of the tongue. While you&#8217;re going down &#8211; assuming you&#8217;ve got space to do so &#8211; whip your tongue around him at the same time. It&#8217;s an extra little kick that will make you a magician. I always swirl my tongue around like crazy making sure to give that double sensation.</li>
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<div id="attachment_1517" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/drinking-bird.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1517" title="drinking-bird" src="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/drinking-bird.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="338" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Don&#39;t be like this guy!</p></div>
<p>If you want to take a break for any reason, including your face hurting, let your hands pick up the slack! So many people get the handjob wrong, but you don&#8217;t have to. A good handjob just takes a little effort but once you master these tips, you&#8217;re set.</p>
<ul>
<li>OW! Watch out for it getting too dry. Sex and friction go together really well but friction burn on his dick isn&#8217;t really desired by most. Use lube or spit to keep that thing well oiled. A woman who isn&#8217;t afraid to spit on his cock, or her hands to make everything shiny and slick will get bonus points for enthusiasm and comfort level.</li>
<li>Again, you&#8217;re not the Drinking Bird so get out of the up and down rut. Try twisting your hand left and right as you go move to the bottom and to the top. Not only will it strengthen your wrist but the sensation for him will be really intensified as you move all over him.</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t forget the tip! A neat little trick is to caress your fingers over the head of the penis when you come up. Many men are very sensitive here and this gives them an extra little jolt every time. Ignoring this part of the penis is a waste of a beautiful thing.</li>
<li>Be ambidextrous! I am total fail with my left hand when it comes to anything else except for handjobs and there&#8217;s a chance you&#8217;re the same way. Mix it up, switch hands, or use both! Try using your face AND your hands at the same time. Delightful!</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t forget the nuts! Lots of men LOVE having their nuts licked or fondled. Be sure to check to see how sensitive he is. There are those that can handle their balls being stepped on and others that can barely handle a little squeeze. Don&#8217;t push it! And if you&#8217;re afraid of his &#8220;dirty old nut sack&#8221;, forget what you think they look like and enjoy how they feel and most importantly the pleasure they give him.</li>
<li>Many guys really enjoy having their ass stimulated whether it&#8217;s with a tongue or a finger. Always warn / discuss this option with your partner first before giving them a little up the butt surprise. It can really enhance men&#8217;s pleasure but not if they&#8217;re feeling violated / uptight as a result.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Choking Hazard</strong></p>
<p>Many guys get off on the idea of their partner&#8217;s gagging on their cock. I remember when I first heard about it that I found it very off putting. Why would I want to make myself gag for YOUR pleasure? I soon learned though how much fun it can be. It does tend to take place in more of a kinky partnership but the vanillas can try it too! Take it slow and remember these points:</p>
<ul>
<li>No one should force something down your throat without you agreeing. Seems obvious, but it isn&#8217;t always.</li>
<li>If you feel you&#8217;re going to throw up (and don&#8217;t want to), stop immediately. Give yourself a break. Remember those hands.</li>
<li>Be prepared for makeup and spit to run down your face. Gagging isn&#8217;t a pretty adventure but that&#8217;s all part of the dirty excitement.</li>
<li>Understand that he will try to push your head down onto him. This can be a LOT of fun but you need to be able to call it off when you can&#8217;t do anymore.</li>
<li>Slapping makes gagging even more fun!</li>
<li>Not every guy that wants you to gag on his cock is an asshole. Some just enjoy the dirtiness of it. There are definitely some assholes though so be careful.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Finishing Touches</strong></p>
<p>Spit or swallow? The age old question that I remember hearing for the first time in high school. This comes down to personal preference really. There&#8217;s no reason that he can&#8217;t finish on your body somewhere as well. Or maybe your face. We see it in porn all the time, the girls anxiously waiting for the men to cum all over their face and sure it can happen but for fucks&#8217; sake &#8230; not the eyes, guys. Cum in the eyes can sometimes cause intense irritation, redness and puffiness. Guys, if your partner is offering up their face as a landing point, try to at least aim for the lower half.</p>
<p>If cum in your mouth grosses you out then you HAVE to say something first. Don&#8217;t just expect that in the moment he will know your aversion to semen and stop himself before it hits the back of your throat. And guys, always remember to give a warning and give your partner the option of choosing where it ends up.</p>
<p><strong>Safety First</strong></p>
<p>If safe sex is a concern for you (which it should be) you can still enjoy the cock with help from a flavored condom. Condoms nowadays can be really thin so that sensation still comes through and come in all sorts of yummy flavors so you&#8217;re not stuck with a yucky taste in your mouth. All reputable sex shops should have them in stock.</p>
<p><strong>Oral sex</strong> doesn&#8217;t have to be a once in a blue moon situation. Anyone can give GREAT head or handjobs with a little bit of practice. The last and most important ingredient to any adventure is of course enthusiasm! Have fun with it. Don&#8217;t suck cock just for the sake of it. Let your partner know you want to make him happy. A little sexy enthusiasm can go a hell of a long way at Christmas and beyond.</p>
<p>Happy Holidays!</p>
<p><em>Up next: Oral Sex for Gals: Holiday Gift Giving</em></p>
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		<title>On Rob Ford and Fat Shaming. An Easy Joke or a Symptom of Something More?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A simple Facebook status conversation has inspired me to write this post because my brain is now buzzing with thoughts on how the media talks about fat people.</p>
<p>It was innocent enough. An article in the Toronto Star &#8211; known obviously as being the mortal media enemy of Toronto mayor Rob Ford &#8211; talking about his recent <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2011/12/on-rob-ford-and-fat-shaming-an-easy-joke-or-a-symptom-of-something-more/">On Rob Ford and Fat Shaming. An Easy Joke or a Symptom of Something More?</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A simple Facebook status conversation has inspired me to write this post because my brain is now buzzing with thoughts on how the media talks about fat people.</em></p>
<p>It was innocent enough. An <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1100229--ford-goes-ballistic-in-the-nutcracker-to-everyone-s-delight" target="_blank">article</a> in the Toronto Star &#8211; known obviously as being the mortal media enemy of Toronto mayor Rob Ford &#8211; talking about his recent performance in the National Ballet&#8217;s <em>&#8220;The Nutcracker.&#8221;</em> While there were a few vague political points mixed into the article, the general tone was light hearted, easy and jovial. No matter your thoughts on his politics, how can you not feel at least slightly amused when you see this amazing photo?</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">What made me pause while reading the article was the below phrase; discussing Ford&#8217;s appearance with Ward 35 Councillor/Executive Committee member Michelle Berardinetti;</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">The pair, costumed in colourful Russian Petrouchka doll outfits — the National Ballet stocks a variety of sizes — escorted the cannon that initiates the battle scene.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Now sure, you can say that I&#8217;m being sensitive &#8211; and maybe I am, but I think this was unnecessary writing on the part of the Star&#8217;s reporter, Michael Crabb. We can SEE in the photo that the Ballet had a costume for Mayor Ford. We all KNOW he&#8217;s fat and maybe were even wondering to ourselves if there would be an appropriately sized costume for him to fit into, but was it necessary to actually tell us that they stock them in a variety of sizes?</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What this tiny, seemingly innocent string of words does is simply perpetuate fat-shaming. And it&#8217;s something that happens to Rob Ford all the time.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Before I continue, I must stress that I cannot stand Rob Ford. As a person, his morals and ethics do not match up with what I see as likeable qualities. His politics make me sick. I personally consider him to be a liar and a disgrace to this city. He&#8217;s done more harm than I think any of us who actually expected a lot of harm from him can even imagine. I want him to go far, far away and I think he&#8217;s an buffoon. I don&#8217;t agree with some of the commenters in the original article saying that the author should have let it remain simply a &#8220;Spirit of the Season&#8221; piece and left the politics out of it. He&#8217;s a politician. Politics will never get left out of it and I don&#8217;t think that they should, really.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">However, he&#8217;s also obviously a fat guy and it&#8217;s easy for us to poke fun at that. Especially when we also think the person in question is an idiot. Fat and idiot go hand in hand it seems and Rob Ford&#8217;s jack-ass behaviour makes that easier for us to jump on. Mr. Crabb decided to point out that the ballet had a costume to fit him because obviously we the people must have been wondering how they would deal with the fat bastard once he got backstage. I&#8217;m sure he didn&#8217;t mean any harm by those few words; but their existence point to a symptom of something that is very wrong with our culture.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Not only is the constant pointing out of Rob Ford&#8217;s weight lazy and unnecessary, but it&#8217;s harmful for two other reasons. The first is that it&#8217;s diluting the messages. It&#8217;s easier for us to poke fun at someone&#8217;s weight quickly vs. writing out a thought-provoking letter to local government protesting policies or changes we disagree with as citizens. We can put all our anger into pointing out how his head is sweaty because it&#8217;s a quick dig that makes us feel better &#8211; because underneath, we think he&#8217;s an idiot. Second, it&#8217;s sending a tragic message to society when we allow the media to constantly poke fun of his, or any other person&#8217;s weight.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We&#8217;re allowing it to be ok to make fun of Rob Ford for being a fatty because we hate him for his stupid political moves. Therefore, we&#8217;re perpetuating the stereotype that fat (often) = idiot. And what does that then do? Well it teaches people, including children, that as long as someone is &#8211; or you think they are &#8211; not very smart, then it&#8217;s ok to make fun of them for their appearance. Their intellectual &#8220;wrongdoings&#8221; obviously give you a free pass to mock how they look.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Do I want to make fun of Rob Ford for being a fat bastard? I can&#8217;t deny that I do because it&#8217;s just SO easy. Did I enjoy the meme of him kicking a football being turned into other things that made the rounds lately? I can&#8217;t deny that I did. The meme, however, is a hilarious picture being turned into more hilarity. To me, it&#8217;s just as ridiculous as Tom Selleck Waterfall Sandwich; not funny because he&#8217;s fat; just funny because of his pose, fat or not.</p>
<div id="attachment_1938" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web04/2011/12/1/12/enhanced-buzz-9489-1322762196-65.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1938" title="tumblr_l93z92LS7B1qahzc3o1_500" src="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/tumblr_l93z92LS7B1qahzc3o1_500.png" alt="" width="500" height="304" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Ridiculousness can be funny. Just like this is funny. (Click the picture for more.)</p></div>
<p style="text-align: left;">If it&#8217;s ok to make fun of Rob Ford&#8217;s weight because he&#8217;s an idiot, then it must be ok to make fun of some dumb fraternity bimbo for being promiscuous. Her ditzy nature and short skirt and tiny top must make it ok to laugh at her / shame her for being slutty, right? Too harsh? Well maybe as a person that has struggled with weight my entire life and has seen countless other people get judged strictly on their appearance before they&#8217;re even given a change to show off their intelligence, I see fat-shaming as equally harmful.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">We all need to be responsible for this and we need to stand up to the media if we see fat shaming being perpetuated. I don&#8217;t care if it&#8217;s idiot jack-ass Rob Ford being mocked for being a fat slob or Random Overweight Person of Interest B. By not making a clear distinction between disagreeing with someone because of their policies and hating them because they&#8217;re fat (and also disagreeing with their policies) we&#8217;re teaching our children that it&#8217;s ok to mock someone you dislike using their appearance as the target, rather than challenging the real issues underneath the XXL suit.</p>
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		<title>Guest Post: Sex Negativity &amp; Skyrim</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Recently a conversation with my friend, Bobby Arthur, about video games, specifically Skyrim, and slut-shaming caused me to request he write a full guest post for you, here. Below is that post which I am excited to share on NYMP. I hope it causes you to take pause and think about the influence of media when <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2011/12/guest-post-sex-negativity-skyrim/">Guest Post: Sex Negativity &#038; Skyrim</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Recently a conversation with my friend, Bobby Arthur, about video games, specifically Skyrim, and slut-shaming caused me to request he write a full guest post for you, here. Below is that post which I am excited to share on NYMP. I hope it causes you to take pause and think about the influence of media when it comes to female sexuality.</em></p>
<p>Odds are there is someone in your life who is spending their evenings slaying Dragons and amassing treasure in the most played game of 2011, <strong>Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim</strong>. Skyrim is an open world role playing game (RPG) created by Bethesda Softworks and is set in a fictional, mostly medieval, swords and sorcery land called, Tamriel. It is a game where I expected to be killing and looting, but never expected to be slut-shaming.<span id="more-1929"></span></p>
<p>In the game players are able to create an avatar for themselves, choosing a race, a gender, a name, many physical characteristics and a style of play. Will you be a warrior, a thief, a wizard or some hybrid? The nuance in the game comes from having the player face moral dilemmas along the way. Through these myriad choices the player’s avatar takes on its spiritual form. Will you be a righteous defender of justice? Will you be a mercenary for hire? Will you be a healer or will you practice blood magic? Will you steal all of the gold or just most of the gold? During my playthrough I have robbed just about everyone blind and I have murdered in cold blood. By my current statistics, the game tells me that I have killed 1081 people and about 1300 other various zombies, animals, robots and demons (most of whom I have stabbed in the back). I have stolen 2498 items, including 1659 straight from my victim’s pockets. So why did I take such umbrage at being asked to slut-shame a woman in her own home?</p>
<p>In a town called Riften we can rummage around a place called Haelga’s Bunkhouse. Haelga runs a dormitory for the blue-collar workers of Riften along with her Niece, Svana. Speaking with Svana will open up a miscellaneous quest that knocked me out of the fantasy world of Tamriel. It brought me back into a world where at least one in four western women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes and where women’s clothing choices are brought forth as justification by authority figures for random sexual attacks; where girls in schools everywhere are ostracized for their choice to become sexual beings or even just the rumour that they have. I don’t like this world. This world makes women ashamed of their bodies and afraid to express themselves sexually and freely. I hated that my fantasy gaming was colliding with such ugly reality.</p>
<p>Svana was orphaned and her Aunt Haelga took her in. Svana is an adult and cleans to pay her room and board. Seems like a fair deal to me, but Svana has other ideas about that.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Work? I suppose you can call it that. I call it slavery. I work my fingers to the bone keeping this disgusting place clean.</em></p>
<p><em> Ever since my parents died and Haelga took me in it’s been a nightmare. How was I to know she was such a wretched woman?&#8221;</em></p>
<p>And what is it that makes Haelga so “Wretched”?</p>
<p><em>&#8220;It’s not just the work. It’s everything about her. She’s disgusting. I think she takes her worship of Dibella a bit too seriously. Do you know she slept with three different men in the last month alone? What kind of woman would do such a thing? Just for once I’d like to see her squirm…to rub her nose in it.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Yes, rub her nose in it. Like you might a dog that has ruined your rug. This is an unattached woman having consensual and spiritual sex in her own home. For reference, Dibella is the in-game deity of love, and sex to her followers is a religious observance. So, what are my dialogue choices for responding to this diatribe?</p>
<p><em>&#8220;There must be a way.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>One choice. In a game full of choices, I can either go along with this or walk away. At no point am I given the option to talk her out of this – to say “hey, maybe you’re being a little hard on the woman that took you in after your parents were murdered.” Or, “it’s none of your business what she does in her bedroom.” Or, “do you think she’d be open to a fourth lover this month?” No, the only option is an enthusiastic “Ya, let’s teach that whore a lesson.” And from a gameplay standpoint, such a response is not in character with the hero I’ve created, but no alternative choice was given.</p>
<p>Svana continues.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Actually, there is. But I don’t think I could get away with doing it. She’d kill me if she found out. You see, after she makes love she gives her partner a token of her affection called a Mark of Dibella. If you confront her with three of the Marks, she’d be so embarrassed&#8230; well, I don’t know what she’d do.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>At this stage I can tell Svana, “Sure. I’ll help you” or “Maybe another time.” Such a polarity of choices. So, off I am sent to retrieve these baubles of shame from the three men. On my way though, I can enjoy some of the contextual flavour that the game designers provided for this quest. I can visit Haelga’s bedroom where a pot of honey and potions of stamina rest on shelves. Her nightstand includes two erotic novels. Her bed has working shackles and underneath we find an animal tusk and leather strips i.e. a dildo and whip. The message here presumably is that Haelga enjoys a kinky sexual lifestyle and is therefore even more worthy of degradation than your average sexually active woman. Under the other side of the bed are some gold coins. A suggestion that Haelga is compensated for her abilities? Additionally we can read a love letter addressed to Haelga from one of her paramours.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Sweet Haelga,</em></p>
<p><em> Last night was the most wonderful night of my life. The things you showed me…the things we did… I could never have dreamt that it was possible. Who even knew that someone could manipulate their body in that manner while wearing Daedric Armor boots? You are a true master of the Dibellan arts, my love… a credit to your religion. Perhaps we’ll meet again soon but next time allow me to bring the trout.</em></p>
<p><em> Your secret lover.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Poor joke aside, everybody seems happy. Time to destroy that, I guess. Makes sense. The three men offer little resistance. One gives me some righteous indignation, one feigns ignorance and one pleads for discretion. You see, he’s married. I wonder, why am I not rubbing HIS face in it? With little effort on my part these three gentlemen sell Haelga out and give me the Marks. After confronting Haelga with the evidence of her rampant sluttiness we are given this response.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;What? How?&#8230;Where did you get these? No. Don’t tell me. Look, we need to keep this quiet…between you and me, okay? No one else needs to know about it. If word got out that I was practicing my Dibellan arts in Riften, they’ll run me out of town. Here, take this and don’t mention a word of this to anyone, especially, Svana!&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Still protecting her ungrateful niece after all this time. Svana however, is positively tickled at her aunt’s shaming.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Isn’t it wonderful? I bet she was squirming like a skeever when you pulled them out of your pocket. I think things are going to be a lot different around here from now on and I have you to thank for it.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Well, that’s one less brazen hussy terrorizing the penises of poor Tamriel. Such a noble endeavour. I think my problem with this quest was the lack of any kind of moral spectrum. She was either a wanton whore and therefore in need of punishment or I could just choose to not do the quest. There was never a time when I could side with Haelga. Haelga’s lifestyle was never to be considered positive. Some people may say, why make such a big deal about this? It’s just a throwaway quest in a massive game where you are able to commit atrocities against your fellow man and woman. This is true, but it’s small things like this that are so pervasive and surprisingly influential.</p>
<p>We all know that killing is wrong. We all know that theft is wrong. We all know that raising the dead is wrong (and unlikely). There are way too many of us however that do not know that slut-shaming is wrong and continue to use it as emotional blackmail or worse, an excuse for violence. By denying the player the option to be sex-positive it perpetuates the problem. Bethesda really missed an opportunity to not necessarily take a stand, but to let the player at least make that choice. Because choice is what RPGs are supposed to be about.</p>
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<strong>Bobby Arthur</strong> is a freelance writer and marketing communications professional living in Toronto. He can be reached at <a href="mailto:bobby@thejuiceagency.ca" target="_blank">bobby@thejuiceagency.ca</a> and his XBLA Gamertag is WhiskerRub.</p>
<p><strong>APPENDIX: ​FULL DIALOGUE</strong></p>
<p>Svana:​ Work? I suppose you can call it that. I call it slavery. I work my fingers to the bone keeping this disgusting place clean.</p>
<p>Ever since my parents died and Haelga took me in it’s been a nightmare. How was I to know she was such a wretched woman? So now I’m stuck living here while those pigs she calls customers grope me and say the most awful things.</p>
<p>You:​​ Why do you hate Haelga so much?</p>
<p>Svana: ​It’s not just the work. It’s everything about her. She’s disgusting. I think she takes her worship of Dibella a bit too seriously. Do you know she slept with three different men in the last month alone? What kind of woman would do such a thing? Just for once I’d like to see her squirm…to rub her nose in it.</p>
<p>You:​​ There must be a way.</p>
<p>Svana: ​Actually, there is. But I don’t think I could get away with doing it. She’d kill me if she found out. You see, after she makes love she gives her partner a token of her affection called a Mark of Dibella. If you confront her with three of the Marks, she’d be so embarrassed&#8230; well, I don’t know what she’d do.</p>
<p>You:​​ Sure. I’ll help you. OR Maybe another time.</p>
<p>Svana:​ Oh, this is going to be great! You need to get the Marks of Dibella from Bolli, Hofgrir and Indalyn. Not sure how you’re going to do that, but try your best. Then just confront Haelga with them and the rest works itself out. Try and get those Marks without violence please. I don’t want to be responsible for their deaths…or yours.</p>
<p>AFTER RETURNING WITH THE MARKS</p>
<p>Haelga:​ Can I help you?<br />
You: ​​I believe these are yours.</p>
<p>Haelga:​ What? How?&#8230;Where did you get these? No. Don’t tell me. Look, we need to keep this quiet…between you and me, okay? No one else needs to know about it. If word got out that I was practicing my Dibellan arts in Riften, they’ll run me out of town. Here, take this and don’t mention a word of this to anyone, especially, Svana!</p>
<p>AFTER CONFRONTING HAELGA</p>
<p>You:​ I gave the Marks to Haelga</p>
<p>Svana:​ Oh I know. Isn’t it wonderful? I bet she was squirming like a skeever when you pulled them out of your pocket. I think things are going to be a lot different around here from now on and I have you to thank for it. Here, I want you to have this. It was my Father’s but I’m certain you’ll put it to good use.</p>
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		<title>Three&#8217;s Company; part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>samantha</dc:creator>
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<p>When the doorbell rang, I could feel myself getting anxious. I was about to let somebody else into this very personal space that has belonged to Harvey and I for years. I <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2011/12/threes-company-part-2/">Three&#8217;s Company; part 2</a></span>]]></description>
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<p>When the doorbell rang, I could feel myself getting anxious. I was about to let somebody else into this very personal space that has belonged to Harvey and I for years. I was excited to be able to show someone else just how good I can be for him, as well as to give him the threesome that he&#8217;s never had.</p>
<p>As our guest is a friend of mine, it wasn&#8217;t too difficult to be able to relax and enjoy a glass of wine while he cooked dinner. There was something very calming about the two of us sitting there, watching as he prepared a meal. I was at once highly on edge and completely chilled. I could still feel the wetness between my legs from my alone time with him and wondered if I would feel ashamed that there was someone else in the room now. I didn&#8217;t.</p>
<p><span id="more-1917"></span>As he cooked, we all chatted. She had yet to be put into the head space that I was in, and I felt alright taking the liberty to escape mine a little. For a few moments, we were just normal, knowing that once dinner was over things would get very interesting.When the two of them started to discuss my relationship with him, I couldn&#8217;t help but start to feel proud. All of you, curious readers, know about Harvey already. My husband knows, as do my friends. But on his side, no one knows. It&#8217;s his choice to not tell his wife but he has said that it&#8217;s his burden and he doesn&#8217;t want to give it to his friends. So to be in the same room and hear him talk not to me, but about me, was kinda&#8217; thrilling. I recognize that it&#8217;s a bit lame, and of course unethical, but it felt good and that&#8217;s important here.</p>
<p>After dinner we took her on a tour of the house. It was obviously that transition period between &#8220;Ok, we&#8217;ve had dinner. Now let&#8217;s have sex.&#8221;. Walking around, nonchalantly looking at furniture was a good in between. She kissed me in the hallway and then we headed to the den area where I had been earlier shining his boots and caught up in being a good girl.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s hard to remember the order of everything, isn&#8217;t it? That time when everyone goes from fully clothed to completely or almost completely naked. I can still see how slow paced everything was still. Harvey was in a slight state of can I say, shock? Seeing two women in front of him, ready to do his bidding while being intimate with one another. It was porn come to life, which I suppose for any first time threesomer can be a bit unreal.</p>
<p>I had no idea how it was going to feel, watching him be with someone else. I was slightly worried that I was going to feel jealousy, since our relationship has been so private and intimate for five years, but watching him have his way with her; seeing him so very much enjoying the gift I had brought him, took away any fear of that. I knew that she was a good choice the moment she stopped talking. The fire in her eyes was replaced by a wonderful submissive longing and it was so sexy to be a spectator. Though she&#8217;s not a pain slut, he clothespinned her breasts as I helped. I couldn&#8217;t help feeling like I wanted him to push her. Put her in intense subspace. Break her.</p>
<p>For the first little while, we were simply abusing her, experimenting with how far she could go. He pushed her up against the ottoman and used his talented hands to make her his. We would pause occasionally, all feeling very relaxed in our den of sin, all naked and stuff. I really relished in the time when she and I were making out in front of him. Sometimes it was softer, more like two women on even ground. Other times I wanted to show him my dominant side with certain women, something we&#8217;ve talked about but he has never seen. I would hold her down, control the situation, pull her hair. All while he was watching, approving, taking it all in. Knowing I learned much of my skills from him.</p>
<p>Those moments were nice, when I felt the freedom to do whatever I wanted to. He wasn&#8217;t as dominant overall as we had discussed he would be, but his mind was slightly overloaded at the fact that the threesome we&#8217;d talked about for years was finally happening, so that&#8217;s fair. When he was though, I found it fascinating how I wouldn&#8217;t even move without knowing if it was ok with him. I wanted this to be his show. Whatever he needed or wanted, I would do. I&#8217;ve never felt so giving before. She didn&#8217;t know how to follow his rules though, was brattier and was punished for it.</p>
<p>I was really craving some more submission after a while as our three person hot mess had become less kink than I was hoping for and I needed to be dominated. My initial fantasy was for her to be tied up and told to watch as he abused me, his precious girl, while she was nothing but a slutty worthless visitor who had to wait her turn. Somehow knowing that she got off on being called names appealed to my own fantasies as well. It was obvious in reality that she wasn&#8217;t going to be tied up, but I was still begging for that attention. I needed him to hit me. I needed to show someone else how good I can be for him, so he obliged. He lay me on the floor and smacked my face until I cried. She interrupted to ask if I was ok as she was genuinely concerned. I nodded yes, and he told her I was. I knew that I was perfectly safe but I imagine it was hard for her to see. I liked that. I wanted it to be challenging to watch while sexy at the same time. I think we achieved that.</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t just me that he beat though. He took sometime and smacked her in the face as well despite the fact that she&#8217;s not into pain at all, but something made her stay there then. Something made her want to try, to see if she was up to the challenge, and after a few smacks, he broke her. She was crying and it was beautiful. Completely cathartic and wonderful. And really fucking hot.</p>
<p>We were there for hours but I felt and still feel like there was so much more that we could do. So many more fantasies that are still waiting to be fulfilled. I can only hope that it doesn&#8217;t take 5 more years to get to them.</p>
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		<title>Product Review: Condom Compact</title>
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		<dc:creator>samantha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I love this little product. It&#8217;s absolutely perfect for a safe slut on the go, which makes it even more perfect as a safe slut stocking stuffer this Holiday season. Tee hee, I said &#8220;stuff&#8221;.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m talking about the Just In Case: Condom Compact, available now at Ohhh Canada for only $12.99. It&#8217;s a great way to <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://notyourmothersplayground.com/2011/12/product-review-condom-compact/">Product Review: Condom Compact</a></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love this little product. It&#8217;s absolutely perfect for a safe slut on the go, which makes it even more perfect as a safe slut stocking stuffer this Holiday season. Tee hee, I said &#8220;stuff&#8221;.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m talking about the <strong>Just In Case: Condom Compact,</strong> available now at <a href="http://www.ohhhcanada.ca/products/condom-compacts" target="_blank">Ohhh Canada for only $12.99</a>. It&#8217;s a great way to keep condoms on you and out of wallets or pockets where they can get ruined or forgotten. Plus, it&#8217;s a gorgeous regular compact with a full mirror. You can reapply your lipstick in the office without anyone knowing that after everyone leaves you and the mail boy are making plans to lift up the second compartment and have a little fun in the boardroom.</p>
<p>Sigh &#8230; I love office sex.</p>
<p>Wait, where was I? Oh right, the <strong>Condom Compact</strong>. It comes in a bunch of sexy, fashionista colours, petulant pink, rendez-vous red, mystic metal and goddess gold (the gold one looks hawt!) and it&#8217;s really light so it&#8217;s not going to weigh down your purse.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a safe slut on the go, or you know one, I highly recommend it!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ohhhcanada.ca/products/condom-compacts" target="_blank">Buy the Just In Case: Condom Compact now from Ohhh Canada.</a></p>
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