Deep Down & Kinky

“Rubber Life” by 3xL

Are you confused by your kink? Does your fetish make you freak out? Are you denying your desires? Well, 3xL, the man behind LustLoveLatex.com and LatexWiki has put his experiences dealing with living la vida latex into a new book, Rubber Life.  

Focussing on the various aspects of latex fetishism, from as buying and wearing latex through to coming out and finding a partner to share your kink, Rubber Life is an informative and fascinating guide to the rubber world. 3xL writes from experience, having left his previous wife to pursue his burning need for a latex life, love and the pursuit of happiness.

Written primarily for latex newbies, or at least those that have dipped their toes in the warm sea, Rubber Life also contains lots of information for those that have been around for a while. There are sections on buying and caring for your latex clothes, highlighting the different thicknesses and styles available, and giving recommendations for building a wardrobe.

Perhaps the most useful and informative sections concern coming out with your latex fetish, how to break it to your friends and family, and, developing on from that, how to find a latex partner (possibly useful if the “Coming Out” section didn’t go as well as planned!) This contains a useful guide to getting out to meet like-minded people, at parties or munches, and also good advice on keeping yourself safe at such events. I also liked the advice for promoting yourself on forums and websites, especially “no penis shots”!

Lavishly illustrated with kinky cartoons and full-page photos from the likes of Alexander Horn and the author himself, this is a glossy, attractive book, or at least it would be if it it existed in paper format. Rubber Life is published as an e-book, delivered in PDF format. This may work well on an iPad or similar mobile device, but I find it difficult and awkward to view on a computer screen, especially as the text is formatted into two columns. I would love to see a physical version of the book one day.

I was also slightly disappointed with the length of the book, as it only runs to 94 pages, a good percentage of which are taken up with pictures. I would have liked to have seen more for my money, perhaps interviews with people in the fetish scene, telling us how they got into latex, how and when they came out and how they deal with living the latex lifestyle. As this is a guide book, it would have been interesting to hear how different people see the view, to hear their successes and also their disasters.  It would also be interesting to compare coming out experiences between men and women, as I would think it is easier for a woman to start wearing latex in public than men, especially in clubs and bars.

Rubber Life is a good introduction to the world of latex fetishism, but I would like to see more varied and in-depth coverage of this latex world.

Rubber Life is available from www.RubberLife.com and costs €29.95 (introductory price at time of writing). A preview PDF is available free to give you a taste…