This is the first of a collection of short confession-like accounts of some of the more kinky experiences I've had over the years. I'm just a regular, married, British guy in my 50s now, with a family I love. But I've had a few really interesting kinks, mini adventures and sexual encounters over my life so far that I wanted to share a few. I love sharing, and who knows, some may either give people ideas for themselves, or reassure others their own "depraved" thoughts and perversions aren't actually that freakish, and most of us have a darker side. I hope you enjoy this one, and others as they come along.
Chapter 1: My Peep Show Craving:
This first confession (and they're in no particular order) is to do with my obsession for peep shows. Now, sadly, I don't know of any in the UK any more, but 15-20 years ago there were still one or two left in Soho, London. Before the area was cleaned up to become a hub of trendy bars and restaurants, it was London's slightly darker, sleazier area, full of sex shops, x rated cinemas, video booths, massage parlours and the like. It was also the home to the only peep shows I'd ever seen in the UK. And within my first couple of visits I'd become a little addicted to them. Which bearing in mind I lived 200+ miles away in Yorkshire wasn't the most convenient.
I was so addicted to them in fact, through work, I'd start engineering visits to our head office in London just to be able to sneak in a visit and satisfy my craving. Every couple of months or so, I'd tell my boss I thought attending "x" meeting at the head office in person would be useful etc and he'd generally agree. He'd be impressed I was willing to put myself out for the company like that. But the reality was this professional, married, family guy had a near addiction to sleazy, little peep shows.
Whenever I'd visit London I'd spend all the afternoon's meetings sneakily checking my watch and mentally assessing how I could make sure there was time for a secret visit. Praying none would overrun or an issue would materialise that would test my dedication to work. Eventually at the end of the day's meetings, the rush would start building up in me. I'd try not to be too obvious through the polite "goodbye"s and "safe trip home"s that I was desperate to get out of there. To scratch my dirty little secret itch.
I'd leave the office and walk briskly to the tube, knowing full well it would often be a mad dash across London to Soho, at the risk of missing my train. Even now if I'm in London, the smell of the tube reminds me of my peep show dashes and always makes me a little ashamed of the memories. But also brings a smile to my face.
So, in case you don't know, what was a Soho peep show? Well there were a row of little cubicles, and each would have a slot for money. They were 50p for 30 secs or something when I started, £2 by the end but I'd have paid anything. You put your money in the slot, and a little window opened about the size of a post box at head height for you to peep through. On the other side there was a naked girl. There were a real mix of girls doing this I noticed over the years. Towards the end you got the impression they were mostly Eastern European girls earning money for god knows who or what, but before that you used to get a real mix. My favourite were definitely the more mature women - 30s or 40s as they were more relatable. I used to wonder what their back story was. Maybe a housewife stripping without her husband's knowledge to pay the bills. Or a single mum working for a few hours to earn a few pounds while grandparents baby sat completely oblivious. Maybe I was romanticising it a bit, but I loved that idea.
I'd get off the tube at Leicester Square, the closest station and start my well trodden route up through China Town. Getting giddier and more excited as I walked. Eventually I'd see the dingy "Peep Show" sign a few hundred yards away and slow down a little, savouring the experience. Would people see me walk in and judge me? "There goes another sad wanker not getting any sex".
When I arrived I'd go to the guy on the door (sat on a little stool reading the paper generally) and get some change. Say get a £10 or £20 note changed for coins, and then find a cubicle. There weren't locks on the doors so you always risked opening onto a fellow peep show user. Maybe another married dad with a secret. Or once you were in there, the risk of someone trying to enter yours. But somehow that all added to the thrill.
I'd enter an empty cubicle, and by now my heart would be absolutely pounding in my chest at the thrill of being there, in this sleaze pit. (Sleazy can be very kinky can't it?). My palms would be sweaty and I'd enter and push the door closed behind me. And as soon as you closed the door it was pitch black. The only light would come from the peep hole once it opened.