Big John - February, 2012
Trip Report
Feb. 23 - Mar. 3, 2012
I am writing this report in the hopes of educating others by providing information about the Fluffernutters that is not readily available elsewhere. I did my research in advance and had a long phone call with Jon (who runs the group) and none of this came out. I am not trying to be judgmental. If this kind of thing is what you're looking for in a Hedo trip, by all means, go for it and enjoy. If not -- beware of what you are getting into.
I had been to Hedo last year about this time. This time I brought my wife. Because I thought it would be fun to meet some people and play a lot of volleyball, I signed us up to travel with the Fluffernutters. I was particularly concerned about the reputation of this group for having "lifestylers" in it, but Jon assured me that there was probably a third that were, a third that weren't, and a third that might consider it -- and that it wouldn't matter because everyone would be respectful. I had concerns about my wife's reactions to seeing PDAs, but we discussed it and she was okay because she intended to stay at the "prude" beach, which is advertised as c/o during Fluffs week. She has no problem with nudity and she figured seeing an occasional discrete PDA wouldn't bother her. Even when we got the itinerary from the Fluffs, and even in participating in the forums beforehand, we didn't have much of a concern. That is why we were so shocked at what actually went on, and I for one am not easily shocked.
What they don't tell you is that the Fluffernutters are all about sex and nothing but sex. They are dominated by the lifestylers, regardless of their actual numbers. Walked through the nude side a few times, looking for some sort of Hedo game, and witnessed a PDA every time, including a poolside threesome in broad daylight. Every Fluff event is about sex. The "special guest" was Ron Jeremy. Yuck. Come on, what does it say about your group when your guest is a washed up porn star? Rumor had it that four women gave him a blowjob when he arrived. Quadruple yuck.
The prizes at the Cock N Tail party are sex toys. They play porn on a huge widescreen TV at their pool parties. What does porn have to do with a pool party? They have a "Stoplight" party in which you are expected to identify whether you are a swinger by wearing Green, Yellow, or Red. Once I learned about that event in the itinerary, I objected and was told it was all in good fun. Well, it's not. I don't want to know what you do in private, but making it public is just TMI. They had a "sex counselor" who seemed in the itinerary to be legitimate and apparently is, in fact, a legitimate sex counselor. We aren't total squares and thought it might be interesting and educational. From a professional, we anticipated video or maybe even some crazy couple to demonstrate and were okay with that. Then we got there and realized there were 40 other couples in the room and they were all intending to give each other a public blowjob as "education." OMG, the thought of 20 bobbing heads in one room just about made me want to puke and we walked out. The fact that it was class participation wasn't deemed important enough to put in the itinerary??? A staff member told us that the women were asked to turn around and give a blowjob to the stranger behind her.
Things were blessedly quiet on the prude side until one day when a couple started fucking on the bed next to the prude bar in broad daylight. For God's sake, nobody else was doing that, what were they thinking?!? I complained to the staff and they ended that. We had no problem with the sexy clothes in the dining room, but for gosh sakes if you aren't wearing underwear, can you at least use a towel to sit on? The real kicker for us, however, was the "Pirate Cruise," which Jon had convinced me to go on as their best event. I should have read the itinerary closer when it said "Yes, it is okay to play with toys/others/your spouse/etc. during this cruise" and "When not at Ricks, overt sexual acts are wonderful." Sheesh, understatements of the year. We witnessed multiple-partner blowjobs on the front deck of the boat and also at the back of the boat as well. This, during a cold, hard rain. It made me wonder what would have happened under warm, sunny skies. What really made me angry, however, was that while everyone was huddled under the cover, a couple next to us decided to occupy additional space so they could do a blowjob and have intercourse under the cover -- while physically bumping into us. Not only was that really creepy, there was not so much as an "excuse me." Now if the Fluffernutters are all about respect, where is the respect in that?
Now of course not everyone in the Fluffernutters actively does these things, but that is what they are promoting and if you watch them and condone it, you are just as much a part of the group as the actual participants.I just spent a week apologizing to my wife that I had no idea of the extent of what was going on with this group that I signed us up for. Now I doubt I can ever convince her to go back to Hedo again, THANKS A LOT, FLUFFERNUTTERS!
As for Hedo itself, it's run pretty well. The food and house entertainment was good, and the staff members were just outstanding. Diving was outstanding, too. Overall, we still had a relaxing vacation, but it was in spite of the Fluffernutters, not because of them.