Whew... that was a lot of words to jumble through after a VERY long hard night at work! Anyhow, I digress...
I haven't had a problem with Viper's post... I was a little miffed at first but then I read it a couple more times... he is cool with me. Of course I adored him and Irish from the start when I met them at NEST!
Okay, I will say for the umpteenth time, my intention in holding this gathering has nothing to do with excluding guys. One of my favorite realizations at NEST was the fact that I, for the first time in a LONG time was able to truly be myself. When I'm hanging out with girls I know from my "vanilla" life, I have a good time but I still feel like part of me isn't being truthful. There is a part I have to hide. By organizing FFOT I am going to be able to experience myself and also share with others who may not have been able to feel it before, that wonderfulness of just being ourselves. We get to do all of the fun cheesy "girls night out" stuff that guys honestly DO NOT enjoy and we get to be open about a part of us that we often have to keep hidden. And the guys will benefit from this too... these ladies who have always been a little leery of what a typical gathering is will already know someone who is going to be there. I know friends I have met at NEST and such, I miss. I can't wait to see them again... I'll go to more gatherings for the opportunity to see such wonderful people again! That equals more ladies at gatherings in theory.
And really... am I doing any harm here by holding this? I'm not going to be "corrupting" anyone's girlfriend into an "alternate lifestyle"... nothing of the sort! I'm not a lesbian... not even close. I do get a little turned on when tickling/being tickled by a woman. But I don't see any harm in that, I don't think I'm alone and NO ONE should feel threatened by it.
I don't take much of this personally, those who have a problem with this gathering don't know me well enough... The only true problem I have is people who resist being open minded and people who try to start fights and cause animosity within the group. I hope that maybe a few out there who are against this rethink some of their thinking. I realize that this wish is a long shot...
Gosh, I'm sure I have more than I would like to say... my head is pretty cluttered though after a tough day in the office.
THanks for listening (reading, whatever) and thank you so much to those who support me. I really appreciate it and couldn't do it without you.