When two world collide

Sometimes I like to talk about the more lighthearted joyous sides of being LG and their are other occasions when while preserving some delicacy, I sometimes feel like talking about more serious matters.  
Today is more like the latter I guess and it's about how two different ways of seeing how people present and why can clash.
I don't have a big issue with how people present in what we call age regression - the point when you go back into the mindset of being younger and  for us as littles it's to be a child and to act in a child-like mindset  being drawn from your own experiences some of which people may have differing views.
What I have an issue with is some not all in the Sissy community and some in Age Play both of which are in part connected to bdsm and kink who you may encounter in shared spaces where we might play or perhaps be on a site together doing everyday child-like and totally 'safe for work' regression activities who start to bring in sexual or more kink activities to the regressed state especially when it disregards the boundaries of others.
They may even try to drag you into it!
For most of us as in actual childhood that sexual side is and was never a part of it and to the extent as an adult you are sexual, then that belongs in your own bedroom or proper bdsm places.

Typically sissies tend to love more frilly presentations  but as I say being one is fine.
I'm more around uniforms and school role playing than frills although I may sometimes done frills and can't say if encouraged to I wouldn't go the whole nine yards.
Some people in age regression may mix in the kinds of punishment that were part of their own childhoods  or that they may of been curious of such as spanking but generally this happens away from 'common spaces' being just between you and whoever is spanking you. 
I'll be quite honest and say spanking is in age regression for me for what I'd of been back then but your age regression is yours and if you don't wish to have it in there there is no need to and nobody can make you.

Wondering Son

Just showing on Crunchyroll is this series Wondering Son which is a bout a boy who has strong longing to dress as a girl. The anime covers the who area of gender identity and it's social importance.

Pawfect Orchid!

This is the Orchid I was talking about yesterday to several of you about that I grew from a kit I had for Christmas before the cat removed one of the flowers! It's done quite well although I do have to make sure it doesn't dry out being near the radiator .

I've always had a liking for flowers both indoor ones and event the 'wild' ones you see or in some areas more accurately used to be able to see growing by hedges and on wasteground.

Pawley(tm): I'd hate to disappointment anyone not least our dancing bear but I've had ownership of 'Pawley' for over 16 years just gone when what had started off an bit of achy paw thru an industrial injury grew into a debilitating condition that medical science says is progressive and inoperable.

For a period I was completely unable to dress, wash and even do things like read by myself and while I'm a bit better now it doesn't take much before I start to get involuntary shakes that lead into being unable grip coupled with severe pain.

Even now as my works colleagues now, we have to make adjustments like someone may have to do certain parts of a task for me and limit my hours. As well sometimes I may need to go home early and if we're at social functions then they do need to help me with getting and even cutting up food sometimes.

I'm always in some degree of discomfort and as the day gets longer the more I feel it which why some days sadly I have to say I need to rest if I''m on a forum and do leave chat earlier than some of you.

Jumping orf!

Well I mentioned in chat on Tuesday about Thelwell's cartoons, especially the ones featuring Penelope and her oh so reluctant pony Kipper and how much I loved reading them.
Well here's one I as able to find in colour we could share.
I spent a lot time around ponies and horses and had a brother who was involved not just as a competitor but also at one point officiating at Gymkhana's.
Apart from some severe damage to some cd's in a water leak  coming from the ceiling today, one of my teddies got drenched so I'm going to have to wash him and leave to try for several days.

Storytime

I have a confession to make people and it is this: I struggle to read much grown up fiction taking in the images, language employed and so on regardless of what it is about. For instance as great as say The Mayor of Casterbridge is as a novel I really struggle with it even though I can read reasonable well something such as series of technical instructions although because of my dyslexia it needs to be structured  well for me to make sense of it.
It would not surprise me in the slightest if my reading age still was as close as my LG age in reality - maybe  they're interlinked? - and one aspect of this is I read Junior Fiction for it's readability.
There is obviously a LG element in the kinds of stories they are in that they are often based around childhood experiences some of which I shared.
One of the people whose work I really do like is the authoress Jacqueline Wilson, who is British and has won many awards for her stories for children of all ages and is highly respected in literary circles for her way of telling often poignant stories about modern childhood and sadly the society they, like us, live in.
The Tracey Beaker Books that have been made into a BBC tv series, are a good example of this, telling the story of 10 year old girl in care because of how her father treated her and Tracey's mother but spending a lot of that time having no new forever family just a succession of temporary foster parents. Tracey it has to be said exhibits some behavioural issues of her own, such as aggression, being lippy and telling barefaced lies perhaps to compensate for what she lost emotionally.
It also examines how children from other difficult backgrounds relate and touches on the exclusion many feel they are from their school peers.
The Dare Game looks at Dares, something I was a right one for at the time and how a group of children including Tracey often marginalized get on, forming a deep bond emotionally through these games where each as struggled to form relationships with others they've know at school.
Diamond Girls is a story of resourcefulness in the face of adversity as a single parent family of Mom and three girls and a child to be that move from one social housing property to another chosen on a whim by Mom only to find it's a right dump but make it home, learning alot about themselves and to be more grown up ready for the first Diamond Boy to be born pulling together.
I had some vouchers for a well known high street bookseller and recently bought two more books by her.Luckily the staff aren't fazed by me presenting my vouchers for children fiction which is one less battle to fight.
I'm currently reading Lola Rose, the story of Mom and two children who having faced physical abuse by Mom's partner run away to London with the winnings of a Lottery scratch card making a new life but the peace of new life is shattered when it is discovered that Mom has cancer and needs to go to hospital. As well I got Hetty Feather the story of an abandoned baby.

Virtual playground

Following my joining GT and taking part in the forum and messaging a few people who I feel are becoming my LG friends, several people suggested that I join them for the weekly chat as it might help in giving me a space for this side of me plus it's a good way to find out a bit more about what's happening in peoples lives.

I considered what to wear as no one had said anything so decided to put on my t shirt and black Gilberts netball skirt as it was a good reflection of who I was and felt it would enhance the experience if I resembled my LG side whilst doing this. It also is a bit warm where my PC is being near the radiator so anything bulky would be just too hot.
Well the first thing I should say is, I was nervous because I've never ever used a chatroom before in part because some of the software they use was very iffy on my pc and internet connection plus chatrooms generally tend to have a reputation for flaming with other unsavoury things too.Many of the forums I've used have had rambling threads that performed a similar role so there really wasn't much of a point I guess.
Well everyone welcomed me as they dropped in and sadly for two dropped out intermittently as their connections went, something that having the ropiest isp in the district I do have every sympathy with.Naturally I wouldn't reveal anyone's details - in this era of widespread leaking and seemingly no online privacy, I refuse to go along with it - but shall we say people talked about what they had just got or buying such as clothes, dolls, places they'd been to, cartoons, favourite games and then some funny exchanges!
It felt like I was in a virtual school playground enveloped by the love of other girls talking to and gossiping with me.

Because I'm not really well I go to bed earlier compared to others that upon reflection is more appropriate for a LG like me so when to the time to put my Dalmatian jimjams on I announced to everyone that I was going to have leave now.

Now what happened next made an impact on me. One by one everyone wished me sweet dreams for when I joined Funshine Bear in bed and given virtual goodnight kiss which was magical cos everyone remembered I'm 12 really and treated me appropriately something that hasn't happened for a very long time.

This day was a magical day for me because I was, with encouragement and support, able to be my LG self in real time, sharing it with others who treated me like the LG I am from logging in to going to bed and feel my LG spirit is being restored. I had the most fun in absolutely ages.

Posted with thanks to the GT girls.

Childhood and faith

I make no apology for being a Christian Scientist, a Christian denomination founded in Boston, Massachusetts and for how my faith informs my way of life including my relationships with others.
One of the most relevant passages in the Bible for me at least is this one which I will quote from the King James version which as Christian Scientists we read daily. 
Matthew 19:14
"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
There is a very good parallel with the note at the end of Matthew 3:2 that I feel is worth reading
"Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall not enter therein."
My personal view is "The Kingdom of Heaven"  means The Church" as a body not just a building for worship. What me it is saying is those only who resemble little children shall be received into it: but by resemblance we are not talking of an exact replication of a child so much that which possesses  child like qualities.
Christ loves little children because he loves simplicity and innocence and their age was sanctified through his very passing through it.
To me the good news from the Bible is it's okay to hold on to that simplicity and innocence because it's precisely what God wants. It sure doesn't mean that in handling our adult responsibilities it goes whatever others may have to say!