We are silly

I find it silly and funny as well as incredibly erotic. The thing is, we just do get turned on by it and there's nothing we can do about it. I've heard that fetishism is sometimes connected to non-dominant temporal lobe damage, but that doesn't describe what it's like to be an inflation fetishist.

My other fetish is for tracksuits, and the number of other people who find them a turn on seems to be precisely zero. I'm glad i can at least share the inflation fetish with others.

I'd love to see a program about our fetish

When I explain to one of my friends why its erotic to me, they go "Oh, I see why you'd go for that".

What nineteenthly says I understand. Sometimes I go in my mind "how the f&*$ can you not see how erotic this is?!!!" lol

For some people the fetish starts with something that we found terrifying as a child. I don't remember exactly why, but somehow the traumatic experience eventually turns into a fetish.

Essentially, I refuse to be anywhere near the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. That one scene scared the hell out of me, and I'm not talking about the boat thing. Somehow... well... here I am, studying the lot of you.

And yes, you people are silly, silly people. And some of you are very repulsive in your attitudes. But that's just life, and if you can't take anything with a grin, you're...
...royally boned, chap.

:D

Then he has no point in being here.

I know when somebody is only around to cause trouble.

See, here's an example of taking ourselves too seriously.

If he were up to no good, I doubt he'd bother to post and make his presence known in the first place.

Maybe I'm just being an idealist, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for now. Besides, I doubt stopping him from posting in the forums would make things any better or worse if he was doing something behind the scenes...

He said some of us did. Maybe he's talking about the people who take themselves too seriously and the people who complain when inflation artwork doesn't conform to their own personal standards (ie "draw another but bigger plz" and so on).

Arguing on the internet is like winning the special olympics...

Especial on a Body Inflation Fetish forum ;-)

Still, I dont consider that repulsive. Besides, thats not the bulk of us.

And those that are like that...having this fetish has nothing to do with that. Thats just how people are.

'Disgustingly stupid,' dears. Some people 'here' - in the 'fandom' - have silly attitudes toward this, and that's not in a haha sort of way.

I am not here to cause arguments, I am not here to cause trouble. I am merely interested in what and why people do this. I am studying 'you' because I want to know about 'me'. Are my reasons for feeling sexually aroused over this thing the same as yours? What sets it off?

As such: this is, indeed silly.

And one more thing: I am a woman.

I also sometimes wonder if my fetish is the same as everyone else's. Whether we feel the same or whether we all have different takes. Certainly there are differences in what we like, some like popping and some like weight gain as well... but we might be coming at it from different angles. Like some people are initially turned on by BBWs and fatness and get into inflation that way, while for others it may be an extension of a latex fetish... and there are many other takes on inflation too... I wonder if the thrill these people feel are the same, or whether they are thinking about completely different things and that thinking just happens to be set off by the same image.

Most people here are nice, I've noticed. Do reread what I've said. Some people in the inflation fandom have very repulsive attitudes. 'Twas one of the few reasons I worried about signing up. The percentage of people with those attitudes here, as in IN this forum, seems to be lower.

Having reread my original post, I realize that it was unclear and I apologize for causing confusion.

Pretty much.
I started out terrified of inflation, but I have this balloon fetish thing that piqued my curiosity toward it.

Indeed. :)

Hmm, as for Triggers Key, well, it's just about anything really. I recall I was once with this girl. It was really hot outside, so we were in a kinda outside diner place and got a soda to relax and try to cool off. She mentioned something about how hot it was, and I said, "Why not order a ice cream?" Her response was, "No thanks, I'm expanding sideways." Hehe, that really triggered me :)

Silly as we may be, recognition is growing. I just bought Dennis Diclaudio's book "The Deviants." This pocket guide to unusual sexual interests finds room for my big two, inflation and balloons, even providing a well written inflation vignette. The book also houses quick sketches of forty other interests. This, combined with the pocket book format, precludes a detailed look at any fetish. Diclaudio was also aiming at a light humour audience so the writing occasionally points at the deviants and makes Nelson Muntz style "Ha ha" noises.
I love the extra dimensions balloon play and inflation fantasy give to my sex life. Yes, it's odd, but when contrasted with some of the dangerous/illegal interests outlined in "The Deviants" I am happy that wishing you could inflate like a balloon is harmless.
The best print coverage I've seen given to my interests remains "Deviant Desires" by Katherine Gates but "The Deviants" can sit alongside it in the bookshelf.
Pongo

When I first discovered that I liked inflation, I was actually ashamed of it. I honestly though I was the only one who like this. That was back when I was 9 or 10, yes, I have liked inflating since I was pretty young. It started with this car I had, one of those foot propelled ones, anyway I had the idea to take a grocery bag and inflate it to pretend like it was an airbag and crash the car. Well I actually did that for a while until one day I decided to put a garbage bag up my shirt and inflate it, thats when I discovered I REALLY liked it. I finally got to looking on the computer, YouTube was like my heaven. KerotanJP was the first member I could remember, with that inflating bag he had. After a few years of YouTubbing I finally found this site last year.

The point is. Yes this is silly. All fetishes are silly. I like to be silly in this case. Its just the unforgiving public that we cant be more outgoing about this. There has been numerous times where I almost told a friend about it, but then I started thinking... well what if we start fighting, they might blab it to the whole school eventually leading to utter and complete embarassment. Thats why Im thankful for this site. I talk to Iain a lot in MSN which helps a lot.

That's the best thing about this fetish and this community, the great ammount of communitcation we have we each other and how open we are with how fantastic and also how silly this actually is.

Not saying that other fetish communities don't talk as well as we do with each other of course. I just love the way we all band together.

Sometimes there are moments when the self-defense mechanism kicks in when we feel threatened, leading to branching out into those flaming blogs and people that are somewhat disgusted by what we find attractive. But when the commotion dies down we all just end up laughing about it, because it really is truely silly.

But we don't care. ^_^

Talking to many different people on MSN has helped me gain a broader perspective of my fetish, not only allowing me to understand other peoples specific angles on this fetish but also expand my own interests and knowlegdge.

There are a few people that take things too far and get too involved with this fetish from time to time. But on the whole we're all a great bunch of people and we're all having fun in the long run.

Let's all enjoy what we have regardless of how ridiculous it may be and expand the inner community we have, 'cause hey... we're all we've got right?

I can remember back in the day I would read the occasional crusader's post somewhere rebuking the community for its shameful attitudes, and I would become irritated and think to myself, "What an arrogant jerk - If I met that person and they were smaller than me and maybe one of us was drunk I'd totally punch them or at least imagine it."

Roughly around the time Doug Winger started creeping into my preferred artist list, though, it occured to me that I absolutely have to have a sense of humour about my personal tastes.

We know it's ridiculous. They know it's ridiculous. The fact that they think that we don't think that? It's ridiculous.

But in an amusing way.

Hehe... studying us is a good use of words, because a lot of us are totally different. I remember a few topics started on trying to figure out what we all have in common besides inflation, and it varies greatly. But in the end, most of use are very open people.

Let alone, after finding this community, I still felt a little awkward about my fetish. I'm part of the 5% thats gay, and I'm big about male inflation... but however, I still love inflating breasts. -___-; Anywho, in a nutshell, we are all different, but still lovable group.

And about the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory scene, I did the shame. However, I steered clear of that scene because of the sheepish feeling I get while watching, and was afraid if anyone to notice it.

Here's what I don't get:

Why do people care if we like inflation or not?

Don't get me wrong, I can understand not liking inflation (Heck, I'm not a great fan of WG inflation myself.) I can understand not liking it or thinking it's disgusting (in the same way that people think bugs are disgusting. I, personally, kinda feel this way about gay porn, whether it be guy on guy or girl on girl). But I don't understand why they rally against it or try to stop it. It's what someone likes, it's not hurting anyone, and it gives some people enjoyment. Who cares if it's your thing or not?

It doesn't seem to me like it should really be that far off the radar. I've always thought it's a pretty natural progression, but maybe that's just me? It seems like if people are stereotypically attracted to big boobs and big asses (granted, with no middle, but still), why not enjoy the idea of making them a little bigger?...or maybe a lot? lol
I get how people could be baffled by our rather silly appreciation for the circular form, but I would think that inflation in its most rudimentary sense would appeal to a larger crowd...

Also, it does seem a little unfair that we have to be so closeted. I have a friend who finds shoes with ankle straps to be hot on girls and even though he insists that 'it's not a fetish', he is still not terribly bothered about it being known. Most people know that he likes it, and no one really judges him at all.
The few people I have mentioned my fetish to have thought it is odd, but they haven't judged me more than that and tend to say that they've 'heard of weirder' anyway.

Also, if I may add, I think Frost was actually portraying that saying in a negative light...

Yea, finding someone with the same fetishes and the right kind of personality and looks can be a shot in the dark for anyone. But... the idea of converting is possible when you're with the right one. <_<

Robert Frost... hmm... I really did thought Benjamin Franklin said that quote or something about it. But I could be wrong.