This video got me thinking… obviously, about oversharing and just lack of filter in polite company in general.
As most of you know, I work for an online sex-toy retailer. More specifically, I am the editor in chief for SexIs Magazine. I’ve been with the company nearly two years now and any hesitation I may have had when I started, about discussing sex toys, lubes, cock-rings, strap-ons or really any sexuality related topic you can come up with is… gone.
My co-workers and I discuss these topics as if there’s nothing at all unusual about any of it —because for us, there isn’t anything at all unusual about it. For the most part, I’m fine with this and I think it’s really how things should be.
I do tend to forget, however, that normal people (and by normal, I mean my friends who work for the bank, teach the 3rd grade, or work in the marketing department of a company that sells something benign like …soda) don’t sit around talking about cherry scented dongs and T-back strap-ons.
My friends all know what I do and most of them are both totally ok with it and completely uncomfortable on a junior-high level. You know, that age when the word “boobies” made you giggle? They wanna talk about it, they bring it up, in fact. And I am quite happy to talk about what I do, until I realize, as we are sitting in some local restaurant, that they’d rather I do it in a softer voice — so nobody knows we’re talking about dirty, dirty things.
What’s the big deal? I mean, y’all brought it up, I say, when I see the uncomfortable glances at the next table over. It’s so odd to me now, to realize talking about silicone cocks makes people… uncomfortable.
I mean, I do get it. I envy them on some level… I used to get a naughty thrill when a package from EdenFantasys arrived in the mail. Something deliciously sinful had just arrived and I couldn’t wait to rip it open and be bad.
Those days are far behind me. Don’t get me wrong. I still love getting those packages in the mail. But it’s much more like Christmas morning, it’s not naughty anymore. /sigh
So, the inability to stop making people uncomfortable with my oversharing, on the topic of sex toys anyway, is something I can totally relate to.
