I almost gave up, but in the end someone answered me - a real balloon fetishist and slightly annoyed that I had the guts to write about a fetish I didn't understand (hey, I'm learning, ok?). He was somewhat anxious that I would make fun of this fetish which I have no intention of doing. Come on people, if you want the world to take your fetish seriously you must have courage to come out and talk about it. Anyway, thanks Pete for writing me, I hope that you don't mind that I'm going to quote most of your mail here, as it was very informative.

(All pictures on the following pages are clickable.)

"My opinion is that people generally get interested in fetishes because of a single event in their life that had major impact upon them personally. You know, a happening that sticks in their head and just won't go away. An event like this can mold the rest of that person's life, with either positive or negative connotations. I think most "looners" (balloon fetishists) experienced something that became a turning point in their sexual lives."

Well, that's my theory as well, even though many fetishists don't recall any such moment (I don't).

"Those with the balloon fetish fall into two distinct camps with
minor overlap between the two. Those are the poppers (seeming to be the majority) and the non-poppers (obviously then, the minority). The poppers get off on balloons being destroyed in one or more of the many methods available. Most of them apparently don't "get off" (get sexually aroused) until the balloon is finally popped even though there is usually a great deal of balloon torture leading up to the final popping event.
The non-poppers are the ones that get excited as the balloons get large and tightly inflated but not to the point of actually popping. Although most of them do admit to "accidents" where a few balloons will burst because they are inflated to that critical point where they can either stay together or pop.
Many non-poppers feel such a love for balloons in their fully inflated state that they talk about "rescuing" balloons that are destined to be popped. They don't want to see their beautiful orbs destroyed when they could be deflated and reinflated at a later time for more play and excitement. I happen to be a non-popper that appreciates the true beauty of shiny balloons with their extreme shapeliness when fully inflated.
Both men and women are members of this fetish group that get sexually turned on by balloons and balloon play. However, the active memberships of balloon groups online are heavily male populated by guys that love to see women inflate and play with balloons. Of all the sites catering to the straights, there is only one site that offers up gay balloon interaction----gay guys blowing up and playing with balloons for the entertainment of other gay guys.

The things looners enjoy are called inflation, riding, stomping,
stuffing, public display, and popping with any number of objects and methods."

See the explanations of those terms here (and a nice pic :)

"The above methods are often included, in one way or another, into the lovemaking of couples that enjoy balloon play. Not all spouses or mates will play along with this fetish but it sounds like many do.

A key word in this fetish field is SEE because it seems that key to the entire fetish are the photos posted online showing balloon play in action. I again agree and participate in this, downloading many photos that appeal to my personal taste in the balloon arena. The forums, like in a zillion other topics, contain questions and answers relative to balloons and balloon play. And they also have postings of true and fictional stories about balloon interactions. So the outline of the sites are not much different than many other types of sites."
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