I Dressed as Nico Robin and Discovered a Side of Myself I'd Buried

A white corset, a dead vibrator, and one curious trip to a sex shop turned her ordinary Halloween search into a completely new chapter.

Every year, my family does a group costume for Halloween. That year, the theme was One Piece. Anime characters look like impossibly gorgeous people, while I had extra weight and an older mom bod. I decided I could be Nico Robin, the mother figure of the group, and ordered a purple suit with a white corset inspired by her early look.

When the corset arrived, I tried it on because it was so cute, and I felt so damn sexy. I think it had been years since I'd felt that way. Until then, I had mostly been a mom, a daughter, and a hard worker. Anything but a woman. Putting it on made me feel like a woman again, and yes, it turned me on.

My husband wasn't interested that day, so I went looking for my old reliable vibrating dildo. It was dead. The next day, I visited a sex shop for the first time in many years. Those stores had changed a lot since I was younger.

An employee asked what I wanted. I said maybe a vibrator, nothing fancy, because my needs were simple. Then he showed me the Lush 4. What was that? I had never seen anything like it. He explained that someone could control it remotely from anywhere. What kind of remote-control voodoo was this?

I wasn't sure about wearing something with that little tail sticking out, but the remote-control feature fascinated me. I bought it, thinking it might spice up my marriage. My husband still wasn't feeling adventurous, though, so I started using it solo.

I loved the music feature. Then I found the apps, and the idea of remote control became too tempting to ignore. I tried control links, met people, and discovered a whole new side of my sexuality.

Here I am today, 14 toys later. I'm not even joking. These things are like Pokémon: gotta catch 'em all. I walked into that shop because my regular vibrator was dead and somehow came out with a whole new hobby. 🤣