Breadcrumbs were left by friends regarding a discussion thread about TNG, The Next Generation. It’s a kinkster subset specifically for the youngest members of our community, those between 18 and 35 years old. There are a couple ways around the age criteria. I can attend by being a guest or partner of someone who is within the age limit. That’s right, this almost 50 year old person can attend a TNG event if I am escorted by a TNG-er. Or I can be the guest presenter/speaker at an event. Yep, I can mingle with the all the newbies for doing a demo.
Some believe
the group is needed as a ‘gateway’ introduction to the lifestyle. One can go to a munch without having to run
into an older relative or having to deal with creepy old perverts with lecherous
designs on fresh young things. Some believe
the group is all about ageism and provides no real service to the community. All it does is create a false sense of
security and it allows a generation to hide from the ‘elders’ while propagating
bad habits.
TNG
has left loopholes in its rulebook for people over-35 to attend their functions. And I believe that is the salient argument of
those who are against a group that has membership based upon age. It appears the lowest age is the floor or a ‘hard
limit’ because if the group is defined as 17-35, then a 16 year old may not
attend. Yet the group does not hold the
upper age as a true ceiling, or an uppermost limit. There are ways for people over-35 to be in attendance.
How
about that early 40-something year old guy who goes to every event with the 20-something
girlfriend he is dating that month? He
not only attends every TNG event, he helps to organize them too. What about the late 40-something Mistress
who shows up a few times a year with an under-35 pet? She will leave her pet on a bar stool while making the rounds, chatting with all the unescorted subbies.
So as
the rants and the “muck-rakery” continue, I think to myself that perhaps TNG
should be limited to 29 years of age and a new group should be formed, The Transition
Generation. It would comprise of all the
30-somethings that didn’t want to be leered at by the old farts and not
bothered by the antics of the kids. If
the kids want to go out and not have ‘people as old as their parents looking
over their shoulders’, then maybe a 30-something doesn’t want to hang out in a
bar with ‘kids not much older than their own children’. (Snark alert)
I
find the agruments for both sides to be flat and full of self-justification. Personally I don’t give two flying fingerdoodles
about either side of the subject. The
group exists. I am excluded from the
group because I do not meet all of its criteria. Boo-hoo.
I’m so sad. My feelings are
really hurt. Yeah, right. Some groups aren’t my cup of tea and I wouldn’t
join their membership even if I met all the criteria. Like the KKK.
Or the Free Masons. Or the
Christian Coalition of America.
Being
a exclusive club doesn’t make it or its members special. If I wanted to attend a TNG Munch or party, I
could find a 20-something subbie to take me to one. However, I don’t want to attend a TNG munch. I do not normally go to bars where the median
age is in the mid 20s. So why would I
get my knickers in a twist over a munch?
However, if you are around my age and you do like going to bars where
the median age is in the 20s, then please continue to do so. While doing so, do realize munch attendance is
not a civil liberty.
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