inflation the covert art form

your not alone...I too keep my inflation thing secret especially from my family!

as with everything being open about it is a personal choice, I personally don't tell anyone about it and if I ever (small chance) had a girlfriend I probably wouldn't tell her either. I know many inflationists that have told their girlfriends though and I know some who tell everyone. As far as I can see there isn't much stigma about a fetish most people have never heard of, it's more of an embarrasment thing.

I keep it from my parents. The first person I told it to was my friend's sister, who didn't have a problem with it. In fact, I think she developed her own inflation fetish. When I discovered a topic on the Expansion Mansion message board that talke about how you could inflate yourself for real, I told it to her and she wanted to try it out. My ex-girlfriend also knew about it and didn't have a problem with it.

I havn't told my gf, but when we were in the shower she took the shower hose and put it over her boobs and said "look the thermal expansion theory!" and another time we got into a discussion about popping and I could barely hear her mutter 'she wouldn't mind if she popped'...but I still don't think I would tell her. I'm wierd enough :P

My fiancee knows, and she teases me about it by sticking out her stomach as much as possible. She's good.

I do, mosher. But only as long as they don't use it for blackmail at sometime...>.>

I'd be pretty shocked if my future girlfriend doesnt like it. Ive interested people Ive never known with this, but not my girlfriend? Seems like a cruel joke. lol

Feeling the need to tell someone as if it's some sort of confession might point to feelings of guilt about having this (or maybe any) fetish. If you come across as having feelings of guilt about it, that probably tends to lend a quite negative slant to someone's first exposure to something that will already seem bizarre.

Generally portraying much of the appeal of this whole thing as being harmless and funny has (in my experience) either amused or kind of puzzled people. Either way it hasn't been a big deal at all UNLESS you come across as being, or are, freakily obsessed.

Real fanaticism or obsessiveness tends to be problem in itself. The focus of the particular person's interest (at least with generally harmless subject matter) tends to be somewhat circumstantial if not almost beside the point.

Add to that the tendency to feel some guilt about sexual matters in general anyway (this more so with people in the U.S. than most Western countries), and even more so if you are in your teens and even early Twenties and still coming to grips with the many things in life.

It probably helps to remember that something taboo/naughty/secret (as long as it's harmless) is that much more of a thrill for this very reason.

So maybe seemingly paradoxically, the concerns that some of us express about having this interest are often also a big part of the appeal.

Like most everything in life, moderation is usually the key. If you feel your interest in Inflation is more than a mild addiction at most, then do some fact-finding about this, because in such a case the problem is more likely to be a tendency towards addictive/obsessive behaviour rather than the subject (eg. Inflation) itself.

Call me paranoid, but I think one day the community will come into the light, but in a negative way...I reckon one day some psycho (who happens to be an inflation fetishist) will actually inflate someone until they actually do burst and during the police investigation I reckon they'll stumble across our community and everyone will connect this fetish with sick acts like that o.o

ofcourse it probably won't happen...but you never know o.o

Yeah, the japanese are kinda quirky like that.

I figured I'd drop out of lurk mode for a second to chime in.

For those worried about what a significant other might think about certain activities, there is a communication phenomenon known as the Expectancy Violation Theory that is [potentially] on your side. The theory states that, in so many words, if you do something that is construed as bizarre and/or unexpected, the judging of that action depends on the judge's perception of you. If he/she thinks highly of you, he/she will likely approve of the action. On the other side of the coin, if he/she does not think highly of you, he/she will likely not approve of the action.

In short, so long as you confide in a person that likes you, you should be fine.

Thats pretty interesting. So if your girlfriend finds it disgusting, theres a good chance its because she kinda finds you disgusting? Thats cold lol

Lol, cool.

My girlfriend does that, we've a busy coffee shop in town and everytime she has a blueberry muffin... you guessed it.

I have a tendency to tell trusted friends and I have trouble with the thought of not telling a GF eventually. From my exiperience the respect thing above is true. Painted in goofy way and laugh about the sure silliness of it and very few will see it as more than a quirk. Though use discretion because some people get freaked out by the minorest quirks. Tell only those you trust (which I hope would be your partner).