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ORIGINAL: dixiedumpling How can I explain the why's when there aren't any? It just is. That's his main problem. He doesn't understand that sometimes there is no good reason; it's just personal preference. Just my opinion, but I really believe that there is an answer to why in everything - the problem is in finding the answer, or understanding it. Psychologists have spent more then a little time trying to understand 'why' people enjoy 'abnormal' behavior - but in the end, there are more people with abnormal behavior, then there are 'normal' people. I would say great job in being open and honest with your husband about what you want - many people spend their whole lives hiding their strongest desires and feelings from the people who they should be closest to. quote:
ORIGINAL: Dunimos I would be curious to know what people think / feel about women subs or Dommeswho go outside of marriage to fulfill their BDSM verses men Dom or subs who do the same. Is their a difference to you? Nope. Cheating is cheating, so the culpability carries the same weight. As I mentioned in the last paragraph, hiding what you really want from the people who should love you most is never a good thing. In the end, instead of protecting the person from harm (as proudsub tried to do) you end up with the potential for damage far above and beyond anything you had hoped for. Imagine if you had a husband or wife for ten years, and THEY saw your picture on the net?? As for the BDSM without sex - I don't see it as infidelity in terms of sex, but it is cheating on an intimate and emotional level. quote:
ORIGINAL: iwillserveu Who cares if "a lot" agree or not. The only opinion that matters in that case is your spouse's. Said perfectly. If I know that my spouse would be livid and felt betrayed if I was having cybersex, then by god it's infidelity. It has nothing to do with the physical or intellectual interaction - it's the fact that you are behaving in a fashion that you had agreed - either actively or by de facto - not to behave in. Jan has the right idea as well - it's not just what you want, but what you and your partner/spouse/lover/favoritestuffedanimal want, when you are in a relationship. In the end, I don't think fidelity has anything to do with sex. It has everything to do with making committments, promises, and agreeing on the parameters of a relationship. If I date a woman, and we agree that part of our relationships will be that we are both free to have sex with other women - then either of us having sex with another man would be 'cheating.' It's not about convention - it's about mutual agreement of the rules. The 'traditional' model, is that there is one man, one woman, and nobody else. Anything beyond that is not only worthy of, but desperately in need of discussion and agreement before it takes place. Then again, we aren't all saints here - I know I've knowingly and willingly done things that I know my previous partners would dislike, or outright leave me for if they had found out. We all make mistakes - but that doesn't mean we shouldn't strive to live the best we can. Stephan
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[GEEK] Me [/GEEK] "There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness" - Nietzsche [image]http://img2.exs.cx/img2/7251/voltare-death.gif[/image]
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