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RE: How not to run a munch - 7/25/2009 5:30:08 PM

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I feel it is time to say something positive. I have only been to the munch in Calgary but I can say most of the time it is really nice. We get our own room in a family resturant, so though others can see us we can talk in a mostly private setting. I find almost everyone is great at wandering around making sure to say hello to people and avoid the clique mentality. As well about the biggest problems I have heard of are when one new person came in fet gear and of course the rumours that fly whenever people get together. So for those of you who have not been to a munch or those with bad experiences there are good munches out there that do not have drunks or morbidly obese people.

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RE: How not to run a munch - 7/25/2009 7:22:49 PM

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Political correctness gone mad it may be, but I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea that having the presence of "morbidly obese" people makes a munch bad...

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RE: How not to run a munch - 7/25/2009 7:30:02 PM

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ORIGINAL: Apocalypso

Political correctness gone mad it may be, but I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea that having the presence of "morbidly obese" people makes a munch bad...

I think the problem was that eating seemed to be the reason for the munch, as it was put when you are in a group with an addiction and you do not partake it can be hard for you to fit in.

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RE: How not to run a munch - 7/25/2009 10:32:02 PM

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Hmmmm, I think that particular poster was attempting some kind of pseudo-witty, anti-PC provocation . . . . . Which speaks more about his values than much of anything else, & leaving me with the impression that he was no loss to the various munch communities by his withdrawal . .. . .

Our munches in Chico, & munches in Sacramento, have a number of very large individuals, just like the over-all culture . . . . . In the US about 2/3 of the population are overweight, with about half of those qualifying as obese, so . . . . *shrugs* . . . . . Most of the people who attend our local munches & most of the play parties I've been to would also qualify as 'middle-aged' or older, not that that matters anymore than their body size . . . .

I have noticed a tendency, over the coupla years I've been going to munches, for some relatively young adults to attend one munch & apparently be disappointed that it didn't turn out to be some kind of temple of hot-sexy-firm-bodied babes, never showing up again, & looking bored, &, well, let-down while there . . . . . *chuckles* . . . . Which explains to me part of why there are 'The next generation' (TNG) BDSM groups of various kinds . . . . .

We have our local munch at one of several restaurants, in the banquet room so that we have some privacy . . . . . . The banquet room thing is a priority when considering whether to add a restaurant to the rotation . .. . . .

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RE: How not to run a munch - 7/27/2009 10:25:39 AM

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jaz, that sounds pretty bad!
The last munch I went to a few years ago was just that, a munch. Most of the people there were morbidly obese!
They had about 7 kinds of macaroni and cheese, huge pans of lasagna, cakes, pastries and all kinds of other calorie-laden dishes.
It was more like a meeting of people with food addictions and eating disorders than people who were interested in wiiwd!
Man, sparks were flying off of their knives and forks! The insulin levels in that hotel suite must have been sky high!
They should have had it at a gym with diet yogurt, fresh fruit and bottled water. "Yeah! Fat Patty did 4 minutes on the treadmill without passing out!"
I mean these people looked BAD! Many of them must have been over "300 lbs." "My Eyes! My Eyes!" If any of them tried to sit on someone's lap they would have broken their femur. It was a real "flabalanch." Half of them would have had trouble getting a blood pressure cuff over their ample arms.
I ambled over to the end of the room where there were some people of normal proportions congregating. We were the only ones *standing*. The only time the blimps got on their feet was to overfill their plates again.
It's not a lot of fun being around people with addictions whether it be food, alchohol, drugs or gambling when you don't "share" those addictions.
I'd like to see some munches for, "non-addicted people." No-one likes being around an obnoxious drunk or druggy do they?
I haven't been to a munch since! And I lost any craving that I had for "mac and cheese."
Gawd i was bad.

Diet yogurt? ROFLMAO

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RE: How not to run a munch - 7/27/2009 10:43:16 AM

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Some people with self-esteem problems will gravitate both toward D/s and toward food. The overlap is called "the BDSM Munch". It's unfortunate that the lifestyle chose food as its meeting place instead of, say, the gym or the public swimming pool. The same childhood experiences that help to mold a girl into a sub can also sometimes create eating disorders or other addictions and neuroses. I think it's a mistake to rigidly associate them with each other, even though a newbie to the lifestyle may observe that "all subs are fat" after attending a munch, as has been observed. On the one hand, the childhood exerience of receiving pleasure from sufffering can create a healthy adult sub, while the other addictive outcome is not a healthy one.

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