what have been your experiences of them?

ive had people recommend them to me over and over but never bothered until a few weeks ago.
we went to our local one but didnt like it,the people were friendly but they were overly so,the minute we walked through the door not only did the greeter greet us but after 20 minutes of repeatedly saying the same thing namely plugging a particular website and being given the same advice as a 'newbie' couple we managed to escape only to have half a dozen others give us the same advice.

nobody bothered to ask were we new to the lifestyle etc instead they just automatically assumed we needed a lecture on everything from r/ships to why people wear collars to electric play and how not everyone likes the same thing.

Icehawk kind of switched off after a bit because he knew id wanted to meet people,everyone aimed all the conversation at me anyway.
tbh i wanted to scream after the first 10 minutes but i was polite and kept nodding and trying to fit the odd yes and no in here and there when people stopped to take a breath.
in the end he realised that i wasnt squeezing his hand because i was shy but because i wanted to get out lol

everyone Dom was dressed in the standard black 'uniform' with canes and walking sticks it looked a bit odd 30+ school masters roaming around town together on a saturday afternoon lol
all the subs were very loud, drunk and well basically... i have to say it..cheap and common sort of Bet Lynch or Ruby Wax types.
i was disappointed because after all the trouble with 'vanilla' friends i thought perhaps meeting people like ourselves may have been a positive thing.

im sure not all of them are the same and was wondering about going to a different location,how have you found them to be?