My Husband And I Let Strangers Watch Us Have Sex Online For $8
And bonus: WE GOT PAID.
Sotnikov Misha / Shutterstock There's something liberating about getting naked on camera and letting strangers watch us have sex. It isn't an easy feat for most. We're taught to hate our bodies and pick out our imperfections, and God forbid we show them to someone else.
Some people have issues getting naked in front of their significant others with the lights on, never mind getting naked in front of hundreds of people in the glare of a screen.
Watching couples on Chaturbate, one of the most popular cam sites on the Internet, was eye-opening: tons of people getting down and dirty with hundreds of strangers cheering them on from their screens at home, loving every moment of it.
The chat comments are fascinating. Some users are crass, but most are just full-out enjoying and respecting the show.
Every so often you find out which chatters are masturbating along to this totally natural sex show — they are voyeurs, getting off watching other people. Whatever hardship they had that day is being forgotten at this moment.
The couples on-camera chat with these users, often knowing who they are from previous performances. The cammers build a fan base and while money is exchanged in the process, everyone seems to benefit.
Some cammers seem like they are strictly there for the money while other cammers are having a blast being told what to do by their audience.
The viewers get a look into the sexual openness of all these couples. It doesn't matter where they are, or what income level they have — they are part of the show.
Overall, it seems to be a positive experience (albeit you can block the haters/spammers/abusers, so that definitely helps).
As a couple, we are voyeurs. We can spend hours watching couples on camera pleasure each other and interact with their tippers. But after weeks of watching, you start thinking to yourself, "We could do this."
Then one night your partner turns to you and says, "I want to f*** you with the whole world watching." So we did. OK, it wasn't the whole world. It was actually about 380 people, which isn't too shabby for our first time camming.
We didn't have an HD camera, we didn't have the right lighting, we didn't know how to pick the right apps but we had each other and we sure know how to deal with that.
Many cam couples only perform acts once they've been tipped but we didn't want to wait for money to be sent our way.
We decided to just have fun on camera, doing exactly what we wanted to do. This means we gave away a lot for free our first night, making only $8 the whole night.
The top cammers of the night probably walked away with hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars.
But we walked away with more than just $8.
We walked away more in love with each other for going on this adventure together, with the confidence of compliments from the strangers watching us, and the thrill of being exhibitionists that made us go back for more the next night. And then the next night.
In our living room, it's just us, naked, talking to a bunch of strangers cheering us on.
Except, the strangers are no longer strangers; they're part of our performance.
And every spank I get in front of them is one more spank that makes me wet and keeps us coming back for more.
Alex Alexander is a blogger for YourTango whose written extensively on love, relationships, and lifestyle topics.