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to use bondage tape on dd and dsd?

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Rachog · 05/06/2012 22:21

Dd and dsd both 4 are into the little mermaid at the moment. Dd found a Christmas stocking in the toy box and was wearing it like a fin.

This of course caused arguments because dsd wanted a fin too. I remembered that I had a roll of pink bondage tape in the grown up toy box so I used it to bind their legs from knee to ankle leaving their feet Aw flippers.

The girls were made up with their mermaid tails and had lots of fun but when dp came in he was less than impressed.

The tape is like punk plastic on a roll that sticks to itself but not clothes or skin. It's quite flexible and easily torn to remove it.

So was I being unreasonAble?

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TantrumsAndBalloons · 07/06/2012 21:54

I meant need as in the ops DH wouldn't have batted an eyelid, the op would not have started a thread in AIBU, not a need as in this had to be debated as a matter of urgency

garlicfanjo · 07/06/2012 21:55

Grin Grin Bluegrass Grin

TantrumsAndBalloons · 07/06/2012 21:56

Does anyone actually sell adult plasters?

I don't know, in order to answer your question, I need to know if that is a real thing, ie plasters as a sexual toy/aid, marketed and purchased for that specific reason, otherwise it's not a compareable scenario.

dittany · 07/06/2012 21:57

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youarekidding · 07/06/2012 21:58

kinsiology tape

Also theres the same tape marketed as self amalgamating tape and stealth tape.

Same product - different packaging.

WorraLiberty · 07/06/2012 21:59

dittany the title is informative and straight to the point.

Posts saying that two innocent little girls have had sex toys used on them is vile and totally misleading.

Sick imo.

AnyFucker · 07/06/2012 22:00

well, some places sell bondage tape for sex play

and some people use it to enhance their small children's imagination

and some people would never dream of it

yet others would excuse this misjudged "sex positive koolness" by making crude "jokes" and citing a whole ream of non-comparable scenarios in an attempt to justify their point

they don't work

dittany · 07/06/2012 22:00

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doggiemumma · 07/06/2012 22:00

The thing is, whether the OP was totally in the right about the use of the tape, or just a bit off, it is NOT child abuse in any way and the way the OP is being discussed here is making me uncomfortable.

garlicfanjo · 07/06/2012 22:00

I think bondage tape should now be labelled "Mermaid Tape" instead. Then, if people decide to use it as part of their sex play, they'll be co-opting the toy rather than t'other way around.

... or would that be just as offensive??

Hmm Confused

EchoBitch · 07/06/2012 22:00

WorraLiberty...they have had sex aids put on them though.

thatisall · 07/06/2012 22:01

I agree with everything squeakytoy has said. That is all I have to add :)

garlicfanjo · 07/06/2012 22:01

Ahhh, kidding, I was wondering if it was the same as kinesiology tape!
Cheers :)

marriedinwhite · 07/06/2012 22:02

The associations that have been made have drawn this thread beyond the pale. I don't think I want to report an individual poster but I feel inclined to report the thread. The tone that has been set is just wrong; very very wrong. Mums might find it OK but imagine the joy that a paedophile stumbling on it could enjoy.

dittany · 07/06/2012 22:02

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AnyFucker · 07/06/2012 22:02

we really can't get away from that, can we, echobitch

the fact remains

despite the rationalisations

squeakytoy · 07/06/2012 22:02

they have had sex aids put on them though

only if your mind works that way.... I would say they have been given some pink tape to play with...

WorraLiberty · 07/06/2012 22:03

WorraLiberty...they have had sex aids put on them though

Exactly!

They have not had 'sex toys used on them'...there is a massive difference.

That is what I take issue with here.

youarekidding · 07/06/2012 22:03

No they had tape put on them. From a closed packet. It had not and will not be used in sex.

AnyFucker · 07/06/2012 22:04

MIW report the thread

go ahead

you would not be the first, by a very long way

MNHQ think this whole subject is "lighthearted chat" for some fucking strange reason

so, good luck with that

garlicfanjo · 07/06/2012 22:04

See, if I'd happened across a little girl playing mermaids with her legs taped together like that, I'd have said to her mum: "Ooh, you used physio tape! Clever!"
Coz I'd never heard of bondage tape.

I guess OP has now sullied my innocent mind and I should sue or something.

marriedinwhite · 07/06/2012 22:05

I have.

TantrumsAndBalloons · 07/06/2012 22:07

It's not about whether it was used for sex before used to make mermaids legs, the fact remains it was marketed and purchased with that intention.
And the op and her DH knew this
Which is why the ops DH was unimpressed.

EchoBitch · 07/06/2012 22:08

I wonder what her DH makes of this thread.

AnyFucker · 07/06/2012 22:09

...and her girls when they grow up

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