## Social Tie-up Clubs

Post by Rope_guy » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:50 pm

This is a concept a college girl I dated back in the '80s suggested to me. She told me she wished there were events which teenage girls would come together, get tied up, and actually socialize while tied up. This girl, who was involved in several tie-up games as a pre-teen and a teenager, gave some details how these events would take place. Unfortunately, I have not been in contact with the girl for years, but her idea of girl social tie-ups, as I call it, has been in my imagination since then.
Since I am telling it as if it already happens, I am presenting it in the Fictional forum. I am also telling about these tie-ups as girls most likely would conduct it, not as guys would like to see them done. In coming up with the story, I pictured myself as a girl participating in these events, which is not easy for an adult guy. Anyway, I hope you enjoy what you read, and, who knows, this concept might catch on.
Social Tie-ups
Social Tie-ups have been a teenage girl activity since about 1950. Social tie-ups are when a small group of teenage girls, often close friends, get together, get tied up, and spend time together while bound. Girls who have taken part in social tie-ups have said that it is a bonding experience figuratively as well as literally with their friends and consider it a clean, wholesome activity. The girls who take part in social tie-ups have tended to do well in school, be well-behaved, stay clear of drugs and alcohol, be less promiscuous, and have more self-esteem. Women who have, years ago, taken part in social tie-ups as teenagers say it had helped them get through the difficult teen years and helped build lasting friendships.
The girls who have participated in social tie-ups are most often the everyday â€œgoodâ€ type, the typical neighborhood teenage girl, or more commonly the girl-next-door type. The typical girl is a middle-class suburban girl who is like most of her peers, but girls from every demographic groups have participated. Many girls from smaller towns have taken part in social tie-ups probably because of its small town origins. Canadian girls have taken part in social tie-ups since the 1960s and the concept reached Europe by the 1980s and Japan in the 1990s, where girls there combine it with traditional Japanese shibari.
Social tie-ups usually involve four to eight girls who meet at a certain place to ensure their privacy for their gathering. The places could be anywhere from a girlâ€™s home to the open countryside, the key thing being that the girls are basically alone. The girls either get into scanty clothing or get naked and then get tied up with rope. The ways the girls are tied varies, but at minimum their hands are always tied behind their backs or behind a post or chair if the girls are tied to them. The girls are never gagged in social tie-ups; they are meant to be social events which involve talking. The tie-ups can last anywhere from about one to several hours, so being tied comfortably is a necessity. During a tie-up the girls talk about anything they want.
The clothing that has been worn by girls participating in social tie-ups have been scanty, although not skimpy. Historically, the clothing consisted of midriff-baring two piece bathing suits, bikinis, shorts and midriff tops, shorts and bikini tops, shorts and sports bras, and underwear, usually bras and panties. The girls were always barefoot. Wearing scanty clothing, according to the girls, made the experience more intimate for them, and allowed them to feel the ropes on their bare skin. Nude social tie-ups have taken place since the 1950s, but did not gain popularity until the 1980s. Nude social tie-ups are sometimes done in the U.S. but is predominant in Europe, where nudity is more acceptable.
The way the girls are tied up depends on the setting. If the tie-up is indoors, the girls are tied, at minimum, hand and foot and seated on the floor or on chairs, benches, sofas, or beds. The girlsâ€™ hands are always tied behind their backs, with wrists crossed for comfort. The girls usually are tied around their knees with an additional piece of rope, and sometimes are tied across their chests and arms. If the girls are sitting on chairs, they are sometimes tied to the chairs, but more often they are not. The girls are grouped facing each other in a circular fashion or in rows. In outdoor settings, the girls are tied seated on the ground or in chairs or benches, or they are tied standing to posts or trees. The most common outdoor tie-up is to wooden posts arranged in a circle or semi-circle, with their diameter small enough to allow the girlsâ€™ arms and hands be tied comfortably around them and the girls facing toward the center of the circle. The girls are tied the same way as indoors, with their hands always behind their backs. If the girls are tied to posts, their ankles will often be tied to the post as well, and sometimes be tied at their torsos to the posts.
The number of girls involved in social tie-ups is not known, but the number worldwide is in the hundreds of thousands. The girls involved in social tie-ups often have been involved in tie-up games so they are familiar with being tied up.
Although it involves teenage girls, social tie-ups have followed a set of rules which have assured that it has remained a clean activity. The rules basically are that only girls are involved, they must be at least 14 years old, that all activity be consensual and nonsexual, that tie-up events be done in privacy, and only certain ways of being tied up allowed. Only rope is to be used for tying up, all other forms of restraint are not permitted. Although social tie-ups have often referred to as tie-up clubs, the girls usually do not like their gatherings be called a club. One last rule is do not call social tie-ups bondage. While it is technically bondage, the girls do not like that term because of its sexual connections.