| 18 May 09, 4:39 PM The_Colonel_Whatwhat 3 yrs  |
Might be worth donating to keep the site going maybe?? And congrats
I came, I saw, I concurred | |||
| 18 May 09, 4:44 PM stormywaters PT, 4 yrs |
Well this is posibly not totally on target with your OP request but it is totally positive and totally about IC so it will totally have to do. I have encountered some real kindness on IC and I think that may have been about the single specific best part of it. (I sometimes think simple genuine kindness is about the most awesome thing there is.) Also met some wonderfully subby women who have done my soul a power of good. But the thing I had never encountered anywhere before I found IC and which I think but for IC I never would have encountered anywhere is this: intelligent, self-aware women writing with great integrity and depth about what their sexual submissiveness means to them. That really opened the way for me to become much more deeply accepting of my own dominant sadism. And for that I do thank IC. | |||
| 18 May 09, 5:53 PM tiggerGlasgow UK(EH), 5 yrs  |
Met SP at a munch, but apparently he;d been stalking my posts on here for a while before that. It helps me keep in touch with my friends from the scene and to make new friends. IC events listings are the foundation of my social calendar. The number of prats on IC is far lower than on other sites. As it's aimed at us UK perverts, the chances of being on the same land mass as the really cool folk one encounters on it is much higher than the worldwide sites. I like IC a lot. "A life without pain has no meaning" Athrur Schopenhauer | |||
| 18 May 09, 6:17 PM slutling_angel 3 yrs |
Woot for the Clanger! 
Like yourself J I have met many wonderful people on here, I otherwise would never have done. Been to many events and had a ball
I have met a wonderful gent too, we are learning and growing together The question is; would I have met him outside of here probably not! Would I have had as much liberating fun = probably not.
Would I be so comfortable with my sexuality = probably not. All in all I have a lot to thank IC for. I don't have to pay to send or reply to a memo. I get no special treatment if I wanted to donate. As for the wingers and Slater's I try to avoid them like the plague. That said I do have a whinge now and again. Especially in the past. BUT I have learned and lived a lot. *Still am too*. Also when I have had a few moments of sadness or panic, strangers I have never met send well wishes and ya'know what it does lift the spirits.
BTW just to note I do have a world outside of IC *just incase I'm jumped on for not having a life*
AND breeeeath My submission is not a gift. | |||
| 18 May 09, 7:13 PM slutling_angel 3 yrs |
Awww congratulations Whoever said romance was dead.
Bless
My submission is not a gift. | |||
| 18 May 09, 7:27 PM chartreuse UK(BA), 6 yrs  |
So much of my life has been spent doing what others expected of me... then I encountered IC and, because of that, I've been able to explore "me". I've met some wonderful people - a few of whom have become very close friends, I've been to fetish clubs, munches, dinner parties and had some of the most amazing experiences of my life. Not everyone is a potential partner but everyone is a potential friend. Not all male subs are a waste of time and effort (I only specify male subs because they're the ones I chat with the most), there are a few real gems out there - some of whom have been extremely patient with me, they've maintained online contact for long periods of time before I've agreed to meet with them and I've rarely been disappointed when I have. Each new person brings their own special traits, skills, experiences, thoughts, character and personality and the majority of them have been immensely interesting to converse with and learn about. I'm constantly surprised by the warmth of so many people and the pleasures I've enjoyed with so many have enriched my life beyond measure - long may it continue. "Truth is stranger than fiction." | |||
| 18 May 09, 7:57 PM Hibiscus UK(NP), 4 yrs |
Ahh Jahc, the cause of your confusion is you've been using IC improperly, by being a switch. Once you get over this confusion you can stop all this gadding about meeting people, building meaningful relationships and generally enjoying yourself. As soon as you accept you twoo sub/dom nature (tick only one box) and get a more rigid and inflexible mindset you can begin using the site properly - i.e. only posting whinge threads on why the site is useless. Wisdom says: be strong! Then canst thou bear more joy. | |||
| 18 May 09, 9:46 PM Praes_girl UK(WV), 5 yrs |
For me IC is all about discovery, discovering new friends, new kinks, an understanding to what and who i really am. Its helped me understand and see the attraction of things that i just didn't "get" before. I love IC! | |||
| 19 May 09, 12:28 AM knot_obsessed UK(NN), 6 yrs |
As i've read, smile because it happened and not because it's over...so i'm smiling...i met the first man to ever collar me, entirely through ic, we wouldn't of met without it..and for that i'm gratefull. I've met loads of people in real life who also happen to be here and fet life. My knowledge and understanding of this kink world has, through a large part, come from ic. The boards are a great resource for me, helping me to understand things i just don't get ie; humilition (why?) and a myriad of other things. Ic has also put me in touch with really genuine sincere people that i would never of met/had online contact with otherwise, yourself being one of that (had online contact) number. So yes there are a lot of positive's of belonging to this website (dare i say it "community")!
Good weblog An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. - Mahatma Gandhi "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." - Terry Pratchett. | |||
| 19 May 09, 12:59 AM Jahc99 UK, 5 yrs |
Likewise, and I remember. Thanks. What was wrong with being a hippy, anyway?
Why poison your liver when I could eat it for you? |
*this is an experience in itself*.
