AAkasha
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ORIGINAL: junecleaver Call me fake, but when BDSM stops being an effective tool in my relationships, then I'll move on to something more useful(even though I doubt that's going to happen). It's not who I am, it's something I enjoy. So why do something when you no longer get any pleasure from it? People change. It's not "bad," it's just life. IMHO, it doesn't make them posers. It just makes them diverse. It's just one more thing that they have learned from. Moving on is okay. You don't have to the same thing over and over again, just because it's what you've always done. Kink isn't for everyone all the time. [ Well, there it is. june has stated it in a nutshell. And this is what makes it backwards, at least to a certain extent. june says, quite honestly, "it's not who I am, it's something I enjoy". What makes it difficult is, this is who I am. It is not just something I enjoy. Yes, I enjoy it, but it is also who I am. So I may grow and change, but I am never going to be happy without this. I want a partner who says submissiveness is "who he is". Not just something he enjoys for next few months. "kink isn't for everyone all the time". I don't do kink 24/7. I do D/s 24/7 and the kink is the sexual side of things. I don't think it is totally backwards. If someone is really submissive or Dominant, and then they discover there is a name for this, and a community that supports this, that is wonderful and being mentored or learning more about the lifestyle is grand. But, Akasha is right, I have been approached by many boys who say, "but it's supposed to be this way". Or "I'm supposed to be a blank slate". Or "I want you to force Me to serve you, take away my power!". yada, yada, yada. I do it My way. There are many things I am not that others are. There many things I am that others are not. That doesn't make Me more or them less. I agree, it is hard to find a lifetime partner these days and I wish I wasn't looking. I thought I had My boy in 1993. A couple of years later, I didn't. He didn't want to play the game anymore. It wasn't a game for Me, but it was for him. So I sent him home to his Mama. june, I do have a question for you. And this is not meant as a challenge. I read your profile. you do say you have a full vanilla life and this (BDSM- D/s) is not who you are. Do you define who you are by your vanilla interactions? We all have to interact, but that doesn't mean W/we are not submissive or Dominant. you say you want to be owned, absolutely and totally. So if you meet your life partner, are you saying that being submissive might change in a few years? That if it isn't working for you anymore, if you are not enjoying this anymore, you will just move on down the road and toss aside your vow? I am just wondering, because someone might fall in love with who you they think you are, and then be left behind because it isn't your thing anymore. This has been debated from the other side several times. Boys write about seeking satisfaction outside of their commited relationships because they are not getting what they need. They decide after so many years of marriage that they are actually submissive, or that they suppressed these needs their whole lives, and now they are requesting permission and support from internet strangers to break their vows. Well, I guess it is the same as any vanilla marriage that doesn't work out...people grow apart. But putting yourself out there and stating you wish to be owned is a big commitment, to Me anyway. People do change, but not that drastically. Akasha drew an amazing parallel about the Goth culture. That's just a group you run with for awhile. A D/s committed relationship should not be just something you run with until you get bored, or it isn't working for you anymore. A particular relationship might not work, and that is ok. But it shouldn't change the fact that one would look for a new relationship based on the same lifestyle. If you are submissive today, shouldn't you still be submissive in 20 years? JMO, I think that to make a commitment for an M/s relationship, it should be who you are. Not just what you enjoy. I think GoddessDustyGold has done a better job clarifying what I was trying to say than I could. And, I also want to clarify I was not "pointing fingers" at collarme posters (who by large seem to be not in this group) but more the overall feel I get from a variety of net-based kink communities. When I talk about being into BDSM, I know it is not something I am going to grow out of. But because I am into it 100% to the core (ie, it's not going away) does not mean I am 100% hardcore, 24/7 either. My desire to dominate will not go away; yet, it does not run my life either. I do not have a core group of friends that are kinky, I have been to less kinky parties in 10 years than I have been to vanilla parties in 1 month. My femdom side does not "define" my life per se, but it is something I experience, in my mind or in my actions, at least one time per day. Sometimes, quite a lot. The thing I have in common with someone who is a lifestyle player, really involved in the community and who considers their bdsm community friends their core friends is one thing --- we'll both still be doing some sort of bdsm until we're too incapacitated to do so (and yes, I've thought about that, and what kind of outlet I'm going to have to figure out!). There still are a lot of people that get into bdsm for other reasons. Because they think it means people are sexually loose (hey, it's swingers but with sexy clothes). They think it's taboo, and they've always wanted to be taboo. They are lonely, and also sexually in need, and think a bdsm-community sounds like it will satisfy both needs. As I said in my previous post, they just need to decide if they are dom, sub or switch. And it's just "a decision" they make. And, once they get started, they may even think they like it -- hey, it's a neat flavor for awhile. They may do some BDSM with a partner from the community and think "cool!". They may like the sexual twist. They may think it's cool to have protocol and rules and lingo. They absorb it all like a sponge. But it's just all about fitting in, and really the kink is secondary. And as soon as they get bored with the kink, they're done. Akasha
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