Thanks, Glaga. I am actually going to be in Sweden in less than a week, with a tour group, but given my closeted situation, there is no way we could even wave to one another. But I think Sweden is a model for sexual understanding: early to ban the spanking of children, but pretty much encouraging all sexual freedoms for adults. My mother and my siblings had close friends in Sweden; we were all there for midsummer night's eve back in 1949, but I have only been back once since then, in 1964. And, yes, the Internet has changed everything. We can all talk to each other safely; when I was young, I knew I had the kink, but I didn't know anyone else was the same, and had no way to find out. Actually, I think my mother may have had a kinky side, from some porn I discovered in her desk when I was a teen! |