Comments on: On the ethics of kinky holiday shopping… http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/2009/12/on-the-ethics-of-kinky-holiday-shopping.html I am a literary exhibitionist. This is where I share my secret desires with the world. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:52:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Merry Christmas! | Secret Confessions of a Smart Girl http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/2009/12/on-the-ethics-of-kinky-holiday-shopping.html/comment-page-1#comment-3002 Merry Christmas! | Secret Confessions of a Smart Girl Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:01:54 +0000 http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/?p=608#comment-3002 [...] On the ethics of kinky holiday shopping… [...] [...] On the ethics of kinky holiday shopping… [...]

]]> By: Architect http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/2009/12/on-the-ethics-of-kinky-holiday-shopping.html/comment-page-1#comment-2975 Architect Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:35:10 +0000 http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/?p=608#comment-2975 I'm with Victor on this one. ;-) I’m with Victor on this one. ;-)

]]> By: Sascha http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/2009/12/on-the-ethics-of-kinky-holiday-shopping.html/comment-page-1#comment-2935 Sascha Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:37:18 +0000 http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/?p=608#comment-2935 No more gauche than someone buying lingerie for a partner or a shoe fetishist buying shoes for a partner. No more gauche than someone buying lingerie for a partner or a shoe fetishist buying shoes for a partner.

]]> By: Victor http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/2009/12/on-the-ethics-of-kinky-holiday-shopping.html/comment-page-1#comment-2928 Victor Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:23:55 +0000 http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/?p=608#comment-2928 It is perfectly acceptable provided you don't pretend you are doing something else. Obviously, as Orion pointed out, if it isn't single-partner and you assume they would like playing with it, you're in the clear. If it is single partner, then obviously the gift is the chance to use that shiny thing on YOU! One would like to think one's partner would enjoy something guaranteed to get a strong reaction, but then that might just be my personal reaction-junkie bias showing. :) It is perfectly acceptable provided you don’t pretend you are doing something else.

Obviously, as Orion pointed out, if it isn’t single-partner and you assume they would like playing with it, you’re in the clear.

If it is single partner, then obviously the gift is the chance to use that shiny thing on YOU!
One would like to think one’s partner would enjoy something guaranteed to get a strong reaction, but then that might just be my personal reaction-junkie bias showing. :)

]]> By: Stabbity http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/2009/12/on-the-ethics-of-kinky-holiday-shopping.html/comment-page-1#comment-2875 Stabbity Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:13:33 +0000 http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/?p=608#comment-2875 I think it's only gauche if it's really a gift for you disguised as a gift for your partner. As long as you have some reason to believe they'd enjoy the toy, go for it! I think it’s only gauche if it’s really a gift for you disguised as a gift for your partner. As long as you have some reason to believe they’d enjoy the toy, go for it!

]]> By: Rona http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/2009/12/on-the-ethics-of-kinky-holiday-shopping.html/comment-page-1#comment-2874 Rona Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:39:37 +0000 http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/?p=608#comment-2874 Oh, that's a good way of thinking about it. Oh, that’s a good way of thinking about it.

]]> By: Orion http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/2009/12/on-the-ethics-of-kinky-holiday-shopping.html/comment-page-1#comment-2873 Orion Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:58:29 +0000 http://www.smartgirlsecrets.com/?p=608#comment-2873 Is the toy single-partner? (i.e. insertable, not easily cleaned, not easily covered, likely to draw blood, that sort of thing) If not, you're probably in the clear. If so, hmm... Is the toy single-partner? (i.e. insertable, not easily cleaned, not easily covered, likely to draw blood, that sort of thing) If not, you’re probably in the clear. If so, hmm…

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