I also would like to point out, that I read several threads on here before I registered and posted. My assumption was that the people on here seemed somewhat cool, and not like the "more submissive than you" people or any of the other weird little game playing "one-upmanship" we so often get in online forums regarding kink.

It is possible my assessment was entirely wrong and that I do not play well with other kinky people as a group. If that turns out to be the case I'm better off going back to my own little corner and making individual friendships with the kinky people I relate to, as opposed to trying to interact on a forum where people wish to "educate" me without getting to know anything about me first.