I [26/f] am having trouble dealing with/taking my boyfriends [25/m] "kink" seriously. It just makes me feel ridiculous.

Lol I have no idea what this specific kink is but I too like a vanilla type of role play. I get super turned on role playing like it’s our first couple of dates (because that’s when things are most exciting for me (and I’m sure, most people)) in the relationship. My most recent ex was happy to oblige. It made him feel a little stupid but he went along with it because it obviously turned me on a lot more than just normally getting into it. I’ve tried this with my current boyfriend and he simply just does not understand. He doesn’t remember how he used to act in the fledgling stages of our relationship and he thinks it’s phony as if I’m not into our relationship now. Like we’ve gone out on dinners and I tried to make it seem like it was our “nervous second date” and we’ve ended up borderline fighting because he feels super stupid and it frustrates him that we have to “act”. What it is is that I like that tense buildup that comes from being in a new relationship and then you just go at it when you’re drunk or something… you’ve been with someone for 2 years and tense buildup doesn’t happen anymore. No matter how many times I explain he really doesn’t get it. To him, a kink is this awesome fantasy-like thing that is normally overtly sexual or something.

Ha, anyway. If your boyfriend is anything like me and you explain to him why you don’t like it (and if it’s reasonable), as crappy as it is for him, he’ll let it go and he won’t make you do things that make you feel stupid. Unless of course this kink is the only thing that can get him off. I will tell you that it makes me no less sad sometimes that this is literally one of the only things that gets me super hot and bothered and my boyfriend doesn’t get to experience my reactions to it just because he “doesn’t get it”.

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