kink and fetishes: fantasy or lived experience?

[Observer]

Hello

In another thread, I wondered about the "experience level" of the readers and writers here with bondage, rubber, fetishes etc etc (I'll use "kink" as an umbrella term). I also wondered about people's "comfort level" with their own kinks.

So... what is kink to you?  Is a fantasy only?  Something you want to experience one day?  Or something you have dabbled with?  Made an important part of your life?

And is it something you are at ease with, or does it trouble you?  How well do you accept your sexuality?

I have been very fortunate that I learned to accept who I was in my early 20s and have made latex, bondage etc a big part of my life.  At this very moment, I am writing in a hotel, at the end of a big rubber convention (MIRXXX) where I got to wear a lot of latex, meet other rubberists and have a great time.

But I've come to realize that I have no idea if this perspective is common or rare here...