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Lights On! Lights Off!

March 11 2017

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Do you prefer to have foreplay and sex with the lights on or off? I know men want to have the lights on and enjoy the visual stimulation. However, I've felt that harsh, stark bright lights kinda spoil the mood and I can only feel really uninhibited under dim lighting or mood lighting. I've also always felt that doing it in almost total darkness has a sort of forbidden, clandestine feel to it - very exciting! Your thoughts on this? ;) Does lighting affect / enhance your sexual enjoyment?

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  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Im a visual person too. Mirrored robes are great! However, waking up in the middle of the night and grabbing my guy for a play in the dark does it too. But to answer the question.....on xx

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I like natural light or soft lights not bright blazing lights way too harsh on bodies. But also i find during the night in complete darkness when we both wake up and are horny, blind sex is amazing. All the senses are working overtime yummm. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I always remember one random chick in my youth, muff diving in the dark. I thought it tasted a bit funny, so I lifted my hand up into a faint shaft of moonlight. BLOOD!! I don't remember the end, but it wouldn't have been undiplomatic. Stupid youth. Look before you Muff! M_D4 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    But try this, Tape all the cracks, blanket the windows etc until the room is pitch black, so you can't see fucking anything. Then undress each other and explore, really good fun. Let your eyes adjust for awhile just for fun and you'll find your others senses ramp up, its a wild way to fuck when you can only smell touch and hear.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    On the bedside table sets the mood and the lighting just right :) - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    You have to have soft mood lighting. Enough to see each other but not so bright as to see fine details. A bit of mystery to heighten the other senses...Mmm taste and smell...

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    candles are best or dim light otherwise lights on

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Agreed, ladies! I love candlelight and during the colder months, my lovely votives, tealight holders, etc all come out to play. Champagnesunsets, agree about the mirrored wardrobe. It's akin to watching yourself starring in your very own porn. Very titillating!

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    When I started out on RHP, I would pull the blinds and only played in the dark, but for different reasons to yours, OP. I had huge body image issues and very low self-esteem at the time. That was a long time ago and I will never look back. I am all for the full exposure now. I love getting my gear off at the nudie beach, I don't care who's watching. (Poor souls! Lol) Sex in full natural light is my preference unless it's at nights, then just to the soft light of the TV or the flickering light from the heater in winter. I like to see the hunger in his eyes and the wicked grin on his face, all the curves of his face and body next to mine. Watching our bodies meld together in my floor to ceiling mirror turns me on even more 😘 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • boobsandbusted

    boobsandbusted

    9 years ago

    I love some lighting ,so I can see the porn show ,helps the stimulation ten fold ,and hell TBH ,I like to see what I'm doing ,my darkness skills of where's Wally in the boat are awfull ,lol - Posted from rhpmobile

  • boobsandbusted

    boobsandbusted

    9 years ago

    I love some lighting ,so I can see the porn show ,helps the stimulation ten fold ,and hell TBH ,I like to see what I'm doing ,my darkness skills of where's Wally in the boat are awfull ,lol - Posted from rhpmobile

  • AnnieWhichway

    AnnieWhichway

    9 years ago

    I'm a mood light person. Ambiance. Enough to see but without highlighting what you don't want highlighted. Some like it brighter........

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Lighting is best i love watching a woman enjoying a banana - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Any G.o.T fans out there? :P Anyway, winter is coming, but no one's mentioned the light from the fireplace yet. I suppose not too many folks have fireplaces these days!

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Good on you for mentioning the Himalayan Salt Lamp! It does cast a very muted and soft light. I have an eeny meeny one with an LED multi-colour bulb at the bedside.. I love to watch the colours changing. Very mesmerising. Oops...very distracting too! Makes one forget about sex! LOL!

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    This reminds me that I want a lava lamp.Soft, dim and retro cool...

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Big fan of natural lighting & candles. Certainly enjoy dimming my room during the day with Roller shutters and just allowing enough sunlight to peak through the shades.sexy look. 😈 Luv massage candles with some scented candles in the background. Definitely about setting the mood. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    On. I always have the lights on - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Do they still exist? Are they still being sold? They are fascinating to watch but they can be a bit... kitsch. :P I think lava lamps should come with sound effects that you can choose to mute. Maybe a "Bloop! Bloop!" sound whenever one bubble is formed and released. Maybe they should have options too - "Bloop!" / "Burp!" / "Fa*t!" / "Boing!" ... =D

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Are always on when it's cold 😋 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Mood or ambient lighting. Though, one of my fantasies involves a pitch black room

  • boobsandbusted

    boobsandbusted

    9 years ago

    You lot have your darkrooms and mood lamps ,I'm bringing a torch or a head lamp for my trip into the cave,never can be too careful ,never know what might jump out and bite you ,lmao - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    For it to be light during the day is cool... not going to try to make it dark.... at night in front of the fire, the salt lams are good.... but I love tea light candles (especially in the salt lamps) for enough light to enjoy and see, but not be harsh, that the fades out and allows you to sleep naturally when spent at the end without having to get up and switch lights off.... I actually put a ta light in the bathroom, toilet and kitchen on a night where play is on the cards just so that artificial electric lights don have to be turned on. Have some solar lights just outside the bedroom that light the bedroom just enough.. and eventually fade out during the early ours of the morning... that is effective. Too much light destroys the mood for me! But if we wake up at night... not gonna switch the light on!

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Soft light or daylight. I do like the idea of complete absence of light occasionally. Imagine that with five or six people in the room. No talking. You would not know who was who. Wild. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Ah! A man who puts effort into creating the right ambience for play! Nice to see a man who puts some care and thought into all that - it's foreplay of sorts. ;) Love that solar light idea of yours. During the colder months, I frequently hop over to Ikea for their tealights and candles and all that. Love how cheap they are at Ikea!

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    If it's a vampire that jumps out at you in the darkness, rope him into a threesome! That will be an awesome start into a new life of immortality! =D Besides, most movies and TV series depict vampires as sexy hunks. They ought to be pretty GIB - they have had centuries of practice! LOL!

  • aussian43

    aussian43

    9 years ago

    I like soft, indirect lighting. Nothing worse than being on your back with the ceiling light blazing in your eyes. Dark or light doesn't really bother me, I have pretty good night sight, so once I adjust I get my visual stimulation. Foreplay is better being tactile anyway. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Lights out. Chloroform helps. Just kidding But seriously, lights on or dim, haven't yet tried in pitch black, which it can be out here when there is no moonlight. Yes it could be sensual, but I would be concerned about accidental injury :)

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Out in the countryside, with no lights, pitch black? Gee... I'd be frigid with fear about snakes, spiders, bats, and all manner of creepy crawlies! And the wild dogs... who let the dogs out?! :P Oh... forgot about the menacing, evil characters from Wolf Creek! :P Darkness in nature just doesn't sound so inviting anymore. LOL!

  • Seachange73

    Seachange73

    9 years ago

    'lights on, lights off ' 😛 Fan of mood lighting. Soft light although I like playing in the middle of the night when the mood suits both of us or early in the morning where lighting is soft and bodies are coiled together in pleasurable slump. But definitely soft mood lighting. it is softer on our silhouettes and hides some of our imperfections, usually after a good buffet dinner 😜

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    On a special occasion when there's going to be fireworks, a lovely, luxurious hotel room with a view shall be booked and the curtains in the room thrown wide open so that we can view the fireworks in comfort... and then maybe there'll be some other fiery, sizzling activities happening in the suite. A spontaneous combustion of sorts, shall we say? Or maybe the thrusts could be timed to coordinate with the fireworks. The explosive boom will be sure to drown out any moans / yowling / screams. Ah well... fantasies...

  • boobsandbusted

    boobsandbusted

    9 years ago

    If a vampire comes out to get me ,it's a pretty good indication , I should have had my torch on, cos it's a sure sighn ,I shouldn't be there at the that point in time ,lmao Mr b - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Will a vampire be only there to suck your blood?! Sorry.Bit if a dad jokes there. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Total darkness, naked and get close without touching. Senses peaking, arousal ramping till you both can take no more. Primal urges take over!!! - Posted from rhpmobile

  • Seachange73

    Seachange73

    9 years ago

    Peony, yep still available. If you go to some lighting shops n furniture places along church Rd Richmond, you will find them. Also available in Ikea. I believe. I saw them there last year. try eBay and Gumtree. Got one for my boy for his room a fee years back. He loves it. Yep definitely mesmerising. 😍😵

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I'm searching everywhere online this morning, trying to find a store that sells Lava lamps in Perth.A few big online lighting stores sell the whole range...but I want one today! Kmart and Target store in the US sell them, but not in Australia. I'll try Ikea then..

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Gumtree has half a dozen starting at $5 in Perth region. Too easy.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I like to be able to see everything about my partner while we fuck, but I agree it's best with the lighting more on the "mood" end of the spectrum. That said, when cooking dinner or lounging about reading or trying on clothes in a change room somewhere suddenly segues into impromptu passion, I'm not going to waste time dimming the lights... 😌

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    ...but as they're not expensive, and they get very hot, I'd prefer to have a new one. Just to be safe. Cheers.. 👍

  • Naughtydouble

    Naughtydouble

    9 years ago

    😂😂 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I put candles on nice and romantic - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Luv waking up the neighborhood myself. 😉 The disco ball and lighting show combined with the smoke machine rocks. 😈 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    As long as a bloke can see what's going on. 😉 that is until you sheilas decide they want them off. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Off off off !!!! - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I find the natural dim lights of dawn really great, esp when complimented by translucent curtains. You see silhouettes but not the erm... jiggly bits. And I don't have to suck in my tummy.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    ... won't really fit into my decor. I'm starting a long and very very painful process of revamping my apt and just packing stuff up to go into storage is a huge nightmare, esp when I factor in energy-sapping work. Hmm... a huge, cylindrical floor-to-ceiling lava lamp would be uber kewl! Esp if the blurb-blurb bubbles are a light aqua tint, the colour of clear seas. I wonder what my cat would think of it though. He'd probably be very busy trying to swat the bubbles. LOL!!!

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Lights off so you can stop unnecessary carbon emissions. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Daytime sex and encounters are always fun, mornings sometimes better than afternoons. If not sure happy to show how! Lol - Posted from rhpmobile

  • MsSuperFoxy

    MsSuperFoxy

    9 years ago

    It doesn't worry me....lights on or lights off, dim or candle lights. I am happy for my lover/s to visually see my body. If they are going to touch, kiss and make love to it, then why not. It's my temple and I look after it. Ms Foxy

  • boobsandbusted

    boobsandbusted

    9 years ago

    Love me some jiggling jiggly bits , it ain't half as bad as what you think it looks like ,hell ,most blokes are just happy to be there they don't care. Jiggles or no jiggles , , - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I like the lights on, I love to see what's going on 🙃 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Reeeeeally? I'd be so elated if guys really don't mind! I can finally breathe and stop holding in my tummy! Hehehe! : P

  • boobsandbusted

    boobsandbusted

    9 years ago

    TBH ,before we joined here ,we thought yup just fit and athletic people were going to be our People of choice ,but after several adventures , nope jiggly sexy women are on also our awesome list ,don't suck it in ,if it bothers them ,time for them to move on ,your hot ,time for you to think it also ,no sucking in required Mr b - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    ... ... ... Except for oral sex. =-D

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Lol - Posted from rhpmobile

  • johnisfun3

    johnisfun3

    9 years ago

    With me it depends on the mood. Sometimes I want the lights on like the stimulation. Other times off is better when I want slow and sensual foreplay.

  • BeachDesire

    BeachDesire

    9 years ago

    I'm very visual, love seeing us both enjoying sex.Not just feeling our bodies but how beautiful and sexy my partner looks.Her expressions as she concentrates on pleasuring me.Her expressions as she rides me and the passion builds and explodes. Sex is about all the senses.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    We like mood lighting or more as we enjoy watching everyone. But we have on occasion woken up horny and had sex in the dark which is also hot.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Enough to see the fire in a partner's eyes... Soft bedside lamp, Candles or flames flickering... shadow and light shifting, creating contrast, moving with a life of their own as our bodies shift and entwine, Moonlight/Streetlight lighting up/reflecting off the sweat glistening upon our bodies... tree branch shadows shifting across our bodies, The pale pink/yellow light as the first tinge of Dawn lights up the sky after a full night of exploring each other's minds as well as our bodies, The flickering light of the TV/Laptop as our favourite porn plays/inspires us, The light of a mobile phone as we record our adventures.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Part of giving pleasure is being able to see the effect you have on your lover, the only reason I can think of to work in the dark is as an exercise in sensory deprivation.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I'm with you PP I find bright light too harsh and a dimly lit room to me it heightens my senses, arouses me more and is very erotic seeing your lover in that light. Her silhouette in between shadow and light, the glimpse of her face in the soft light and not too mention the beads of sweat that shimmer and form rivulets that are much easier to see in that light. Yeah I'll take dim or candle light any time

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Mood lighting for us mostly now. Playing with regular couples starting to want lights off for more intimate and sensual arousal Fucked for years with the lights off, but the naughty forties hit the wife and we started swinging and been awesome to see her in full glory with me or someone else - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    ... my Himalayan Salt Lamps! The strange thing is, one of them has the silhouette of an angel with arms open by the sides when lit. =D Sweet! Who else love these lamps?

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    A soft, warm light from a table lamp is nice. I love the eye contact and love to watch her when she cums. Just thinking about it makes me...

  • Mark_and_Lola

    Mark_and_Lola

    9 years ago

    We like dimmed mood lighting

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I have a lava lamp and you would be surprised, If you're not a lights on person it's good, just the right amount of glow and its soothing and mesmerising to watch afterwards Go the lava lamp - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    Harsh lighting off Salt lamps, soft lighting, candles on occasion, blinds open half way if it's daytime, things like that. I definitely don't like bright light I like the idea of having the room pitch black Sailbadthesinner. Sounds amazing

  • RHP

    RHP User

    9 years ago

    I'm all for mixing it up. I love nothing better than being able to look into her eyes while we play and enjoy that intimacy while also being able to look over her body and watch everything happen, but total darkness is a huge turn on too because of the mystery of what will happen next...what hands and mouths are doing next.