Are you embarrassed of your foot fetish?

[flickfire]

I used to be embarrassed by it for a long time, especially since my fetish started by playing with my father's feet when I was young, but now I just enjoy
the fetish too much to be ashamed of it now. I just think of it as a safe form of sexual expression which will probably be with me for the rest of my life, and thank god for the plethora of foot fetish sites on the web, and since I don't have a male partner to share my fetish with, the net is a great outlet for my sexual fetish, which I enjoy immensely.

[tiedfeetguy]

I'm not embarrassed at all, but at the same time, I don't go around telling everyone I know about it (I'm talking my "real life", not online, of course). To me, this fetish is an something that I would only tell intimate partners about. It's not the business of my causal friends unless I choose to share it with them. I mean, I don't go around telling anyone details about my sex life because I feel that's a private thing, to be shared only if warranted. At the same time, it doesn't mean that I don't fully embrace and enjoy having a foot fetish.

I think being embarrassed and being private about it are two completely separate things.

[dctickler]

I have told a select few and all "seem" to be accepting and supportive of me. HOWEVER, there have been a couple of times when there has been conflict and I have been told that I am sick. Hard to determine if that is how they truely felt or only wanted to be hurtful. Now I am more cautious.

[LuisBunuel]

I use to be terribly embarrassed about it. But then I thought: "foot fetish" is the most common fetish out there, so why feel ashamed of something that is fairly common with other men? The only time I feel embarrassed about it is because being gay and attracted to male feet is considered by many (gay or straight) to be disgusting and abnormal. Straight men can talk freely about how they love female feet without feeling or receiving any shame and scorn, but a gay guy hasn't reached that kind of acceptance yet. So I don't talk about it too much; most people who don't share the same fetish will never understand it anyway.


But I agree with flickfire that it's a great time for gay foot fetishists considering the variety of websites out there that caters to us. I'd say about 10 or so years ago there was only a hand full of these sites out there; now there's quite a lot to choose from which is amazing! Also, this very forum is a great outlet for us to express out opinions about it. It gives you a sense of relief knowing that you're not the only one out there who has the same fetish for male feet.

[gianni9uk]

I use to be terribly embarrassed about it. But then I thought: "foot fetish" is the most common fetish out there, so why feel ashamed of something that is fairly common with other men? The only time I feel embarrassed about it is because being gay and attracted to male feet is considered by many (gay or straight) to be disgusting and abnormal. Straight men can talk freely about how they love female feet without feeling or receiving any shame and scorn, but a gay guy hasn't reached that kind of acceptance yet. So I don't talk about it too much; most people who don't share the same fetish will never understand it anyway.


But I agree with flickfire that it's a great time for gay foot fetishists considering the variety of websites out there that caters to us. I'd say about 10 or so years ago there was only a hand full of these sites out there; now there's quite a lot to choose from which is amazing! Also, this very forum is a great outlet for us to express out opinions about it. It gives you a sense of relief knowing that you're not the only one out there who has the same fetish for male feet.

I agree, it is one of the most common fetishes; I was SO happy when Ricky Martin came out, because it was well known for years that he had a foot fetish, and then to find out it was actually men's feet he was into was just wonderful. It was also a massive turn-on for me, thinking of this hot guy worshipping another guy's feet! Plus he has hot feet himself, I used to jerk off to one of his CD booklets because there were loads of pics of him barefoot, and back then it was the closest thing I could find to foot porn!! Another guy whose foot fetish is well known (and is sexy as hell with amazing feet) is Enrique Iglesias, so having these celebs being open about their foot fetish actually really helped me come to terms with my own foot fetish. Plus I think age and time helped; I remember specifically when I realised I loved guys feet, but it was also the exact moment I realised I was gay (I was about 13 and my friend and I were playing footsie sole to sole and I accidentally had an orgasm without touching myself), so trying to deal with being gay kind of overtook the feet thing! So it was a matter of taking time to accept myself as gay, and then experimenting with sex and accepting that having a foot fetish is a massive part of my life.