Hanging out

[ClipCarson]

This doesn't qualify as "introduction," in the usual sense ... But are any shrink fans in the US in or near New Jersey, Philadelphia PA, or New York City? I haven't been able to attend Size Con (though that could change this year). Until then, I would like to possibly meet and hang out at a Starbucks (or something) and chat about our favorite little topic.

Just a thought ...

[foreverlurk]

I'm about 6 hours up north in Canada but I sure wish other folks lived nearby to go for a pint or two one day. Awkward but fun times, for sure.

Doesn't look like SizeCon will happen this year? If there's one I'll try to go for sure, get over my social phobias for once.

[Little Sally]

I'm about 6 hours up north in Canada but I sure wish other folks lived nearby to go for a pint or two one day. Awkward but fun times, for sure.

Doesn't look like SizeCon will happen this year? If there's one I'll try to go for sure, get over my social phobias for once.

Did we get any feedback about Size Con '23? I gave it a plug on my DA before the event, but I can't recall hearing how it went.

Reducer usually tries to get there, so maybe he'll notice these posts and reply.

[ClipCarson]

Looks like the date was Friday, April 19, 2024 ... last week.

[foreverlurk]

Looks like the date was Friday, April 19, 2024 ... last week.

That is for the SizeCon Micro meets, which are online. I'm talking about the live, in-person event that used to be held in the previous years (with a hiatus for COVID) in NYC or NJ area.

[ClipCarson]

I'm about 6 hours up north in Canada but I sure wish other folks lived nearby to go for a pint or two one day. Awkward but fun times, for sure.

Doesn't look like SizeCon will happen this year? If there's one I'll try to go for sure, get over my social phobias for once.

Hmmm ... interesting remark, "Awkward but fun times, for sure." Honestly, I had the same thought. Meeting people from this board (or with a similar interest not on this board) would be fun, but probably really weird at first.

I've met dozens (hundreds?) of people interested in comic books, old magazines, and pulp fiction at conventions, and sometimes people break-up for after-hours meetings. Some folks meet and hang out locally while awaiting the next themed show or convention. But meetings pertaining to comic books or science fiction (or rock music or whatever) is a little (no pun intended) different from meeting "microphiles" (I word I'm improvising). Especially if you're meeting someone of the opposite sex. It's easy to pose the question "Who is your favorite artist?" (comic books or music) or "What's your favorite SF author?" Asking, "So, do you like it when women shrink out of their clothes?" is much chancier when the speaker is a man posing the question to a woman he's just met. Maybe that won't be so awkward if you're meeting at Einstein Brothers Bagels early morning at opposite ends of the large community table. Then, at least there's a safe distance between you both.

Maybe the idea is too awkward. 64 views and only 4 comments. Makes me wonder what the size (again, no pun intended) of the SW community is compared to the number of people attending SizeCon. Some of us can't make it, for a variety of reasons, but I wonder how many people prefer their SW interest solitary and secret.

[foreverlurk]

Maybe the idea is too awkward. 64 views and only 4 comments. Makes me wonder what the size (again, no pun intended) of the SW community is compared to the number of people attending SizeCon. Some of us can't make it, for a variety of reasons, but I wonder how many people prefer their SW interest solitary and secret.

Well we've always been a small community, but if we're talking M/f microphiles, we're really a niche within a niche. I do wonder how much of it is due to your last sentence, though. I mean, my username used to be true, I lurked for decades before my virtual coming out. I've never talked about it to anyone IRL, though. Doing so in real life is another level altogether.

"So, do you like it when women shrink out of their clothes?" is much chancier when the speaker is a man posing the question to a woman he's just met

Personally I wouldn't ask personal questions like that unless I already know the person a little bit. Maybe something less direct, like what's your prefered size, etc. A lot of my interest in this is non-sexual, and it seems like SizeCon puts a lot of emphasis on the sexual side of the kink (nothing wrong with that, just not my prefs).

What I mean is that maybe some people are like me and not fully at ease going to SizeCon when so much of look sexual in nature (again I've never been to, so only from what I've seen/heard). Maybe I'm wrong though.

[ClipCarson]

What I mean is that maybe some people are like me and not fully at ease going to SizeCon when so much of look sexual in nature (again I've never been to, so only from what I've seen/heard). Maybe I'm wrong though.

Yeah, maybe in the back of our minds, we (the guys, at least) like to imagine we'll meet a nice girl into SW and hook up, or we'll meet our SW soulmate. I have dated a few women interested in comic books — a few I met at comic-themed shows — but that's not the goal. Comic geeks were fawning over one woman at a convention suite, but we wound up dating for a few years, probably because I was the guy who gave her elbow room. I didn't start the conversation with "How'd you like that steamy love sequence in that Xena episode?" or whatever.

Hyperbole is the worst weapon in my arsenal, since some people take me seriously when I say/write those things. I wouldn't ask a stranger if she liked women shrinking out of their clothes. But some of us "know" each other to a certain lesser degree from the chat boards. Going from online discussion to real-time, face-to-face conversation can be like good old Evil Knievel jumping Snake River Canyon. You better watch that first step ...

[foreverlurk]

Hyperbole is the worst weapon in my arsenal, since some people take me seriously when I say/write those things. I wouldn't ask a stranger if she liked women shrinking out of their clothes.

Okay. I can only go by what you write, since I don't know you, hehe. Also, autism. But yeah, I get you now.

Someone once told me he'd like to kill people who use generative AI for sizey art (ie. me). When I freaked out, he said it was "hyperbole". Again, if you write stuff like this online, I'll take it at face value most of the time unless there are clear indications otherwise (emojis, tone indicator flags, etc)

This could be useful:
https://toneindicators.carrd.co/

[Little Sally]

Maybe the idea is too awkward. 64 views and only 4 comments. Makes me wonder what the size (again, no pun intended) of the SW community is compared to the number of people attending SizeCon. Some of us can't make it, for a variety of reasons, but I wonder how many people prefer their SW interest solitary and secret.

An interesting exchange you've both been having.

Regarding the views this thread is getting, it isn't surprising they are low because of where it is ("Introductions"). You'd have been better off starting it in (or moving it to) another section like General SW or something.

I also think you're reading too much into the sexual nature of these Size Con events, or at least that's not the impression I've had of them by listening to folks who attend them. And I wouldn't like to guess the ratio of males and females who go, but if it's anything like this place (for example), then I wouldn't count on getting hooked up too easily. Which I'm sure you're both not too concerned about anyway, and it's more about saying "Hi" and having a face to face chat about the interest.

Your closing lines are true for the most part I'd say. Most people pursue this fetish privately for understandable reasons, and an online forum is probably as close as it gets (or they prefer to get) when it comes to socialising. Plus I'd say the vast majority who can realistically attend something like Size Con, are going to be living in the U.S.

The best thing would be to contact Jitensha if you want more information, who started the whole thing in the first place.

Ps. Size Con '23 happened in June last year, so I'd expect some announcement in the coming weeks if it's happening this year.

[ClipCarson]

You'd have been better off starting it in (or moving it to) another section like General SW or something.

Point taken. In hindsight, I must have been thinking that meeting people would qualify as "introductions." I'll take up this discussion in general SW.