Remarkable similarity across nations, times, and ages in this topic!

I found myself continuing to come back to this site over and over in the past several weeks. We had an ice storm here, and I had to find something to do and was really drawn in to thinking about the different ways enemas have affected us. I'll add spankings in there because that's equally important to me.

I started thinking about everything from how enemas affected your relationship with your mother, your siblings, playmates, and others, and the responses are remarkably similar. Same thing for the number of people who said they would look under the sink in bathrooms when they were visiting someone to see if they saw enema equipment (I'm guilty of that.)

Many of us were attracted to the same sort of equipment (nozzles and bags), soap brands, and many other things that we've all listed and have some if not all in common with others.

I think this matters a great deal because if you were like me, you spent a lot of time feeling guilty and going back-and-forth as to whether or not you had some type of terrible defect. maybe you hid it from people. Maybe you hit it from your spouse! (Maybe the worst thing. At least I didn't do this.)

in any event, I just wanted to call out how alike many of us are and give thanks for the ability to share this!

Nations, times, and age…

One thing I found interesting perusing this site is how similar personal stories can be for people of the same background, and some aspects depend on the culture. Take suppositories, for instance. Americans talk about receiving laxative suppositories. Europeans above a certain age, particularly French (and I think also people from Quebec) mention receiving drugs this way, and recall the embarrassment and disgust when the grease eventually leaked. Italians tend to mention enemas with chamomile tea. Instruments for spanking vary across cultures: typical ones include the slipper in the UK, the martinet in France, the hairbrush in the US, etc. And thinks also depend on the generation, as social mores and medical habits changed over time.

Yet despite differences there are common factors: the relationship with one's mother, the shame of giving access to private body parts, the helplessness, the bittersweet aspect (a mixture of love and hate..). And indeed, @jpfamg there is this thing about feeling abnormal - feeling abnormal for what had happened, feeling abnormal for thinking about it and feeling attracted to such reminiscences. Feeling guilty about hiding these feelings from one's spouse.