Question for those ladies who have competed irl arranged matches...when you first started this hobby, did you do so to satisfy your own competitive urge or did you do so to satisfy you husband/ boyfriend desire to see you compete?
My wife did it for me. Started out hating the idea, the got into it for herself for a bit. Then life and kids happened and she hated it. Now is going to get back into it for me.
A little of both
My wife definitely did it for me when she had her first match. But she really started to enjoy the competition as she did a few more matches.
After the first 4 or 5 matches, there is no doubt she did it for both of us...and that was great!
I don't think I would want my girlfriend/wife to participate unless I'm guaranteed that she won't get hurt.
Hubby or partner with a fetish is by far the most common with the majority of people I've wrestled
My first time was a private couples session I had booked before I knew anything about this scene - she actually suggested I meet other couples and recommended this site and fetlife as starting points.
I even found the post from my old account - this is before I was ever public with anything back when I was just trying to figure stuff out:
https://www.freecatfights.com/forums/index.php?topic=86912.msg602601#msg602601
While most of my matches were booked, scripted. I did a couple competitive ring matches at biker events for a boyfriend who wanted to see me try it that way.