So we went to Pearl for the first time in April and had an absolute BLAST!! What a freeing experience, but that is not the point of this post. Maybe we will get a trip report written at some point, but we wanted to pass along our one BIGGEST tip for newbies that really caught us by surprise…….
You will have the “fresh fish”/yellow wrist band on denoting you are first timers. This will cause people to approach you and welcome you. Some of those people are genuinely nice, kind people and will welcome you and help you feel at home. Some people are just trying to see “where” you are. And others are, well, others……but what we want to pass on is that, at some point, people will ask if you are in the lifestyle. BE VERY CAREFUL how you answer this question!!!! Just be honest!
For example….if your response is “NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT!” (which is fine, if it is true), then that will get around to people cause EVERYONE is talking, If you are curious or you do not know, then say that. We had an experience where we told an older, VERY kind and helpful couple that we were not in the lifestyle simply because we were not interested in them……well that turned into them talking to us for a very long time several evenings as they were not afraid to monopolize our time as they thought we were not looking for anything or anyone else.
The whole thing was an amazing experience, just be careful how you answer questions as the answers may haunt you a bit! lol
Oh, and was it fun for first timers and would we go back? …….we are already booked for September!