This week in class we talked about paraphilias. Paraphilia is when you experience intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. It took me a hot minute to figure out what to write for this blog, but something struck my mind while sitting in TuTu’s during this very cold Dead Week. My guilty pleasure is almost anything that plays on TLC (except My 600lb Life, Hoarders, or Intervention because those shows make me ~*s a d*~). One of my favorites has always been My Strange Addiction (this show just hits DIFFERENT). By the title, you can already guess what the show is about; people having very unique addictions!! Our discussion this week reminded me of some episodes where paraphilia was extremely evident.

One of the first ones that came to mind for me was this man (Nathaniel) who was in an intimate relationship with his car (Chase). Nathaniel tells his dad in the episode how he is in a sexual and emotional relationship with Chase. Nathaniel’s dad is confused when he says this and asks how having sex with his car would even work. Nathaniel explains how it is mainly rubbing against Chase as well as masturbation. Nathaniel’s dad then begins to question if this is his fault since he wasn’t around when Nathaniel was young, but Nathaniel tries to play it off as just being a weird kid. I will attach the link so you can see this interaction yourself (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0S642NtHtE).

Another one includes a woman who is in a relationship with an amusement park ride. I actually found two like this, except one is from a different series.

The one for My Strange Addiction shows a woman (LIVING RIGHT OUTSIDE OF TAMPA) who is “married” (not legally binding) to a carnival ride named Bruce. Her and Bruce have known each other since 1981, but at the time this was made, they had been married for 3 years (I think it has been 7 years of marriage now, so happy possibly belated anniversary to Linda and Bruce!!). She explains her other relationships, such as an airplane and a locomotive (she says this one did NOT work out). She says that her relationship with Bruce really isn’t about sexual attraction, but more about the love she feels in her heart for him. I will also include the link to this video so you can see this happy couple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ZrZQMXqPY).

The other one shows a woman also in an intimated relationship with an amusement park ride. She talks about her attraction to inanimate objects started off at a young age. This one is a bit different than Linda and Bruce because she talks about her sex like with the ride. One thing she likes to say to the ride is “I want your fluids, I want your fluids” when she is about to climax. This one makes me very uncomfy, but is still interesting. So please if you watch any of them, watch this one so you can also be uncomfy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-F7JxvJlkE).

I found one more video for everyone reading this. It shows a compilation of some of the strangest fetishes on the show. It includes sex with elderly women (he says they like it as rough as high school cheerleaders and I absolutely hated that), sex with balloons (he said they make his heart flutter), and it shows more of good pals Nathaniel and Chase (there’s some make out scenes too, so it is pretty ~*s c a n d a l o u s*~).

I hope I have you all HOOKED on this show now. It is honestly a classic and I have definitely been watching for as long as I can remember.

As a wrap up to the semester, I must say I have enjoyed writing some of these blogs. I really like to write and some of them definitely helped me through some times in the semester where I was like very in my feelings and very anxious, like one of the love style ones I wrote. The ones I wrote about Love Styles were my fave and to those who read that one where I talked about liking a boy and him liking me, yeah, it didn’t work out and I could probably write a whole other blog on that, but that isn’t the point and I will not do that. Just wanna keep the fans updated. Thanks for an interesting semester, it was fun, but I am very happy it is over.