I recently came across an article describing some rather far out fetishes. That took me back to a conversation I had with my lover a long time ago when I was young and oh so very naive. My lover and I were in our early twenties. He was a year younger than I but was light years ahead of me in the experience category. We were having a conversation in bed where most of our conversations usually took place. Somehow the topic of our conversation turned to fetishes. I can remember how I just listened in absolute disbelief as he described, what I learned later to be, some of the tamer types of fetishes that involved urine, scat, leather and farts.

Quite a bit of time has passed since that conversation and I like to think that I've broadened my experiences a bit more since then but after reading the article that took me back in time, it occurred to me that I still have a way to go. Even though I've adopted a "live and let live" attitude to most life events as long as no harm is done to anyone, I was shocked at some of the fetishes I discovered in the article I just came across.

One of the tamer varieties and one that I've never heard of and am not even sure it merits being called a fetish is mucophilia. This is when sneezing or even just watching someone else sneeze can lead to an orgasm. Then there's acrotomophilia. I've read about this somewhere or saw something about it on TV. This is sexual interest in being an amputee. The hardcore types might actually end up removing one or more of their limbs without anesthesia. Have you ever found yourself having sexual fantasies about your partner while he was asleep? There's a name for that, too. It's called somnophilia. Some somnophiliacs lose all sexual interest if the partner wakes up. For some partners I've been with, somnophila might have been the better option. There's autassassinophilia which is about people who fantasize about getting murdered and are unable to get sexually aroused unless they are in an extremely dangerous situation. This one is a bit heavy duty for me because the really committed ones end up getting killed. Then there's the equally dangerous asphyxiophilia, arousal through strangulation. Stigmatophilia is sexual arousal by body piercings and tattoos. Dacryphilia is arousal by tears and sobs. People with these fetishes often have sadistic tendencies sometimes acting out their fantasies in BDMS scenes by humiliating a sub until he breaks down and cries.

I'm sure that's not all of them but once again I've learned just how naive I am. Maybe some of you could share some of what you know about fetishes I missed.