I mean, for good or for ill, those ever-revealing "all-natural" baby/toddler photos in family albums are a most familiar and ubiquitous phenomenon, right? Almost to the point of being cliche, arguably, but also an ever-present looming threat of potential embarrassment, should Mom or Dad decide to break out the family album while guests are visiting: That which the parents and other adults consider "innocent" and "wholesome" are, to their children and teens, the polar opposite of those things -- adult sentimentality contrasted with youthful self-consciousness, the "maudlin" become "mortifying"
As for my personal experiences, first you should know that my mother actually passed away during my infancy, at merely 1.5 years old, if even that, and I have no memory of her whatsoever; my only knowledge of her, or any observational data, came in the form of family photos taken during her life. However, contrary to what one might (understandably) expect, her absence is no cause of sadness or pain whatsoever personally, nor has ever been at all emotionally significant for me -- instead, she was merely someone "they" (i.e., my adult relatives) used to know, yet not a relevant figure in my own life
Hell, I was perfectly fine trading "mama jokes" back and forth with the other boys at school: They could call my Mom "ugly" or "stupid," yet yours truly, being completely unfazed, would just retort with some offensive implications about her sexual morality, as normal as any of the other boys!
Leading us back to the present topic, wherein at some point in my tween years, I did become aware of certain family photos which were far too candid for my personal comfort, though in my adult family members' own minds, it was harmlessly cute and wholesome without even a tiny bit of a problem, and since THEY felt that way, then that's supposedly how I should feel, as well...
...though you can probably guess whether or not I fell in line, right? Anyhow, some of the photos were of a generic reusable album, taken and places by living relatives of mine, but there was another album with the pics glued into place on the pages, along with some cutesy comments and the like, hand-crafted by...you guessed it, my departed Mother herself! Not that it mattered, ultimately, failing to change my feeling in even the slightest measure -- eventually leading to my act of rebellion, at age 15
An act of "guerilla warfare" against a camera-wielding enemy who, in my youthful opinion, had misused their photography privileges -- thus justifying my rapid counter-strike, a veritable black-ops "search and destroy" campaign:
Target, compromising visual media; Location, the enemy's media vault (i.e., a bedroom closet); Mission, extract and neutralize! After a long wait and observation, the enemy finally failed a perimeter security check, at which point I rapidly
(1) slipped through the hole in their defenses,
(2) methodically "identify-then-rip" my way through the offending albums, and after an admittedly hasty attempt to "cover my tracks,"
(3) just as rapidly vacating the operation's central location and resuming whatever constituted "business as usual" for myself, way back then...
...yet all too predictably, especially in hindsight, my hasty and careless "track-covering" proved quite incompetent, my deeds quickly being found out and
called out! (
NOTE: By my aunt, specifically, having been the master-bedroom closet at HER house, fyi...)
Thankfully for me, the real-life consequences I had to endure were relatively tame and boring: Essentially, the aforementioned aunt working herself into a morally-outraged hissy fit, immediately proceeding to bitch and moan at me
ad nauseum in righteous indignation about
how could I do something
soooo "awful" and "selfish," when my poor departed mother placed those photos
"with her own hands," dontcha know?
Naturally, as you might guess, my counter-arguments around such issues as "right to privacy," "bodily autonomy," and similar concepts -- or the basic ideas, at any rate, even if my teenage self did not use those exact vocabulary words -- fell on deaf ears because
of course their "precious memories" and sentimentality were priority and thus superseded the former!
However, even though the
real-life fallout was merely annoying and tedious, it actually inspired a
much more exciting story over at Malespank.net -- courtesy of a fellow author: That being one
Felix M, esteemed colleague and cherished confidante, with whom I casually shared the above memory in a private email. At the time, it was just a brief off-hand remark from a larger correspondence around "naked humiliation" and various adjacent/related themes, but in the reply message, my "kindred spirit" casually mentioned a random story idea that had occurred to him --: inspired
my own youthful recollections, yet departing from real-world events in
one crucial respect:
The teenage miscreant's punishment includes being made to pose naked, at his present-day age, in order to recreate the photos he sabotaged!
Now, my friend did not initially seem all that invested in the concept, just a momentary flight of fancy that happened to cross his mind, but then I was quick to "fan the flames," one might say, and in my next message said the following:
"Wow, sounds quite original and awesome, so I am highly encouraging you to go for it... ...and fervently hoping you will, if and when the inspiration should strike, decide to give it a try" Long story short, my words were well received and taken to heart, resulting in the following lovely yarn:
- Story: "Pictures" by Felix M (22 Mar 2023)
- Synopsis/Teaser: "Upon returning home from school one day, a 13-year-old boy is horrified to see framed "naked baby pictures" of himself hung on the wall, in plain view of god and everyone, by his mother; in response, he swipes and destroys said pictures, plus others taken from family photo albums, too! Mom gets home and finds out what her son just recently pulled off, and is predictably NOT pleased about it -- but what's the worst that could happen? "
Will potentially appeal to SPH enthusiasts, as well those who like the "Mother/son" and "Older vs. Younger" subsets of CFNM -- feel free to check it out, if personally so inclined!
In general, my fellow author Felix M has
plenty of "ENM-friendly" content in his story listing, and it may appeal to
some contingent of members here, so I'm taking this opportunity to "shout-out" and proffer my strong recommendation