I'm a rule-follower, and I always have been. I guess you could say it's second-nature to me, and I think it's served me pretty well. I was recognized throughout my schooling for my perfect attendance; I was always rated the top athlete in the state for anything I tried; and I've worked my way up via reputational capital to atypical prestige in my professional endeavors as an adult. So again, I think it's fair to say that my rule-following nature has served me pretty well in most ways.
And I fucking hate it.
It may sound weird, but doing what I'm "supposed" to do always feels so fucking stifling, and that's mostly because doing what I'm "supposed" to means suppressing what I'm not. Almost like, every time I do something to conform to what's expected of me, I'm adding another shackle on the endless chainlink containing my darker desires. And trust me -- locking up and suppressing has been my constant state for as long as I can remember. Same old story, of course (sing along if you know the verses): I grew up in the cult of southern Baptism as a gay man, though no one would have guessed it by my athletic stature and constant parade of girlfriends; my parents actively punished discussions (or even questions) about sex and romance; pornography (of any kind) was vilified; and social expectations mandated peak masculinity and a heterosexual ideal in presentation. So there was a clear way to exist correctly. Fuck girls, deepen your voice, masturbate infrequently (and NEVER to porn), play sports, look away from other guys in the locker room, leave at least one urinal between you and the next guy, wear boxers, etc. etc. etc.
And all I wanted -- all I can remember ever wanting on the most primal of levels -- was the exact opposite of all of that.
Men. Cocks. Musk. Balls. Armpits. Blowjobs. Cum (and lots of it). Piss. Anal. The taste of a hole. Jockstraps. Lingerie. Poppers. Constant raunchy, filth porn. Mutual masturbation, circle jerks, gooning, three-ways, gangbangs, cuckholding, cheating, bukkake, BDSM, spitting, leather, cum control, restraint, and so fucking much more. In short, I wanted everything I wasn't supposed to have.
Not wanted. Needed. Painfully, achingly, unequivocally, and desperately needed.
I have always done what I was supposed to. I followed the rules, and to some extent, I still do. But when I was 19, I finally decided to claim my right to perversion and filth. And for those of you will with me, this is the story of that journey.
Going to college was liberating for me. I remember really hoping to be able to get out of Mississippi, where the safety of anonymity eluded me in my small town, and land in a really urban, really huge city where I could finally exist as an unknown. And luckily, that happened -- I got a scholarship to a comparatively large school in NYC, a city known for its population density and, fortunately for me, its sex positivity.