If someone sees you have a creepy body pillow and they're creeped out by it, who cares? You've still got the body pillow, so you're no worse off than before. And it also allows for the possibility of flirting using sly, raunchy jokes.
Remember, the most important thing is to divest yourself of shame.
Perhaps you should gender swap the question. If you were going over to a lady's place, would you prefer she hide her love pillow/yaoi collection/generic creepy things?
I don't hide anything that I would normally have out. On the other hand, I don't have my smut comics and my sex toys hanging out in public view for all of my visitors to see. I feel like you shouldn't have to alter your living space for a date because your S.O. should be cool with anything a friend would be cool with. If you have shit that would weird your friends out hanging around in the living room... why? Make your shit mostly presentable so you can have people over on a whim. This is a rule for being a social human being, not just dating.
It's a hypothetical case study. Li_Akahi does not have a love pillow.
That we know about.
Maybe he'll introduce it to the forum after he's been here a little longer. Then bam, he'll drop his love pillow on us? WHAT DO YOU DO THEN? WHAT WILL WE DO?
Okay. No pillow to consider in this discussion. Thank fuck.
Personally I think it depends on where you met the person. If you know them via your hobby, I think it's fine to expect them to be okay about you having figurines and posters and other fan materials. On the other hand, if they are from a different social circle, it would probably be best for you to talk about your collections first, and then let them see your room.
It's like when your significant other meets your parents for the first time. The best thing to do is tell them how embarrassing your father can be well in advance. Then, when your father meets your German girlfriend and the first thing he does is ask about Hitler, she won't blame you.
I usually wait a while before telling a girl I like My Little Pony. By that point, they've either gotten to know me or they've seen my youtube account, either way, they kind already know. But like Luke said: Expectations.
Exactly. Like I don't tell people I have several guns because it has a pretty negative connotation. They'll find out sooner or later if we keep seeing each other, but to start I want them to see that I'm a normal, balanced person, not a gun nut.
I don't hide anything that I would normally have out. On the other hand, I don't have my smut comics and my sex toys hanging out in public view for all of my visitors to see. I feel like you shouldn't have to alter your living space for a date because your S.O. should be cool with anything a friend would be cool with. If you have shit that would weird your friends out hanging around in the living room... why? Make your shit mostly presentable so you can have people over on a whim. This is a rule for being a social human being, not just dating.
The fact that I'm a huge MLP fan is usually the first thing people learn about me - mostly because my friends rarely stop ribbing me for it. That said, I'm a fairly confident, decent-seeming person otherwise, so I usually can drag topics into more mainstream geek culture before they run away, and then I can act as the proof that not all bronies are creepy.
Also, I'm kind of interested in how Scott was defining "freaky," mostly because I have the kind of friends who don't see a problem with having fuzzy handcuffs hanging on their wall.
I usually wait a while before telling a girl I like My Little Pony. By that point, they've either gotten to know me or they've seen my youtube account, either way, they kind already know.
Wait a moment...
I presumed the love pillow was a joke.
It's a hypothetical case study. Li_Akahi does not have a love pillow.
I usually wait a while before telling a girl I like My Little Pony. By that point, they've either gotten to know me or they've seen my youtube account, either way, they kind already know.
Wait a moment...
I presumed the love pillow was a joke.
It's a hypothetical case study. Li_Akahi does not have a love pillow.
At least, until Christmas rolls around.
I'm going to check the secret santa database...
Hey, I'm just planting the seed, so to speak, someone else is going to have to do the growing.
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Remember, the most important thing is to divest yourself of shame.
I presumed the love pillow was a joke.
My answer would still be the same. But as far as weird out the people on this forum... I think yaoi is not going to matter.
Maybe he'll introduce it to the forum after he's been here a little longer. Then bam, he'll drop his love pillow on us? WHAT DO YOU DO THEN? WHAT WILL WE DO?
... not much of anything I imagine.
Personally I think it depends on where you met the person. If you know them via your hobby, I think it's fine to expect them to be okay about you having figurines and posters and other fan materials. On the other hand, if they are from a different social circle, it would probably be best for you to talk about your collections first, and then let them see your room.
It's like when your significant other meets your parents for the first time. The best thing to do is tell them how embarrassing your father can be well in advance. Then, when your father meets your German girlfriend and the first thing he does is ask about Hitler, she won't blame you.
It's all about expectations.
Also, I'm kind of interested in how Scott was defining "freaky," mostly because I have the kind of friends who don't see a problem with having fuzzy handcuffs hanging on their wall.
>Talking about love pillows
>using the phrase "planting the seed"
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