The cliché is that old people get conservative and narrow-minded. That hasn't been me in any area, certainly not sexually. I was painfully shy and repressed when young, then quite vanilla for much of my life, but the last few years I find I'm interested in exploring things I never used to think of, and little kinks that I used to feel embarrassed about I accept and appreciate now. I think it's part of getting more comfortable in my own skin and sorting out a little more what really matters in life.

I have always been pretty open-minded, and being exposed to various kinky subjects here and also from meeting providers willing to share their kinky side with me has been the main reason.

We had been married for 25 years or so. Good companion, fun, not kinky, bed partner, still blew me on a regular basis.

... more open-minded.  And hornier.  I'm a lot hornier now than I was 20-30 years ago.  Maybe because then I was working 80-100 hour weeks, raising kids, traveling a lot etc.  

Yes, and I also have the hobby, as well as our lovely providers to thank for bringing out the kinkier side of me. LOL  

...as I wasn't able to sample diverse pleasures before getting into a committed relationship at 22 which led to a marriage that turned into a 20-year sentence. Very little sex during that time, all lights-on missionary, once every 4-6 weeks (if I was lucky) and NO bjs in all that time.

As ive gotten older and now have more time for myself.  I do find  I want to explore more things that I have never experienced before. I have also opened up more and worried less about what someone else will think about what I do,  so am more willing to let myself go and enjoy it all.

That most kinky-polyamorous people are 40 and up. As a 22 year old poly person I'm a rarity. From what I've observed, older people are more comfortable with their bodies, exploring boundaries and so it seems to me that older people are kinker.

I find that as you age, you find out what you like and don't like in the bedroom. Those things that seemed ridiculous in the past tends to not be so absurd. Trying new things seem very appealing.

not the flasher kind, but just seeing that there are other options and that other people actually have fun doing things you never knew existed, or only thought existed in the pages of Penthouse Forum.

Makes you really wonder why Ragin' Boner's are Wasted on The Young !!!!!

"Why don't you kiss her instead of talking her today death?!"
"Oh....youth is wasted on the wrong people!"

I feel, like a kinkstress that has not hit her prime!  lol Smile 4 me!

I think I would have gotten a little kinkier even without being involved in the hobby, just because of becoming more accepting of myself with age and experience. But I'm sure I wouldn't have had as much possibility of actually exploring some of these things.

... and high-tide hormones to make up for their lack of sense and experience.  

It's odd in a way, but maybe not so odd, that I am more comfortable with my body, even like how I look more, and enjoy the things I'm capable of more in my 60s than in my 20s. But that's definitely how it is. And for sure I'm more comfortable with exploring and more interested.

... about being hornier. I wouldn't say I'm hornier than when I was a young man, but compared to 5 or 10 or 20 years ago, yes. I think in my case it's connected with very belatedly starting to work out, as well as gaining some self-confidence.

It's not the crazy things I did when I was young that I regret. It's the things I passed up or chickened out on (The Missed Opportunities ) That I regret the most.

there was no internet when I was 27......

I never expected to start this at the age of 70 but it is awesome-so yes I am kinkier than ever
or I now have an opportunity to bring my kinky side out.

I'm not new to this, but slowly getting back in after a long hiatus, and rethinking who I am sexually and what my life might yet be at 66 and counting. So I really appreciate your perspective.

I have a history a little like yours -- painfully shy as a young man, two wives I would describe now as repressed -- the hobby was an eye opener. All the providers I met did the usual positions my wives and girlfriends never would, and reading reviews I got ideas and found girls who would do more. Found one who loves what I started looking for and suggested more. My ATF is so wild I even have pics of one of our better sessions

For me....with age came kink! I am just glad it came along while I am still young enough to fully enjoy and embrace it! I was one of those quiet Catholic girls growing up so my naughty still has a lot of catching up to do.  

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