WhiplashSmile
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ORIGINAL: Wickad ...Perhaps if the OP could clarify the exact 'what' he was wondering about, I, and other responders, would be better able to speak directly to his question. Wickad At times it's hard to seperate everything back out into the respective components. S&M, Bondage, Discipline, Dominance and Submission. The great reminders to the roots to what is known as BDSM today. D/s appears to be the defining factor for the "BDSM lifestyle", while anything else is considered just mere Vanilla with kink in it. The reality however is that most relationships involve Power Exchange. So I guess a lot of the Vanillas with one person always being the Dominant one, are really "BDSM lifestyle" relationships and not vanilla. LOL.. It's a sort of paradox, if you ask me. I had a great 24/7 relationship with a Domme in my past. BDSM things/activities were very much part of our day to day life together. Submission at least in it's true form under D/s was never part of our relationship. We both made it a point to never involve submission. Because of this we came up with some interesting scene play, scenes that are not the typical D/s scene play that occurs. Amazing what two people can creatively do outside the norm. Her and I used to use coin tosses at times. Case in point, where to go out and eat dinner at. Her and I would run through a list of places we both like, talking about the food, service, atmosphere and what we were in the mood to eat. Often we'd narrow down the list to two places that fit both our mood/tastes for the night. At times we found ourselves desiring to eat at both places (indifferent because either one would do), or she had her preference and I had mine. Either case, it was time to pull out the coin and toss it. Her and I would drive our friends crazy, because they would hear us bantering back and fourth with so many thoughts and ideas only to end up tossing a coin over it all. You don't know how many time people told us .."You guys ain't right". I don't consider myself a switch per se in terms of changing from Dominant to submissive in my role. I can be the bottom in S&M play provided I'm not being treated like a submissive. As long as I'm respected as a Dom and shown the proper courtesy I'm good with being the bottom in the hands of a Domme. I don't simply become submissive while she flogs me, sticks me with a needle or does other wonderfully painful things that please my Masochistic streak. I'm being curious and exploring things outside of traditional D/s. I've been working with something I call D/D relationship dynamics. There is no real framework for this D/D concept it's just something based on my personal past experiences. We both exerted our Dominant personalities, used Self Discipline, practiced S&M, we even loving would inflict pain on each other outside of scene play, we both were into light bondage. There were too many aspects of BDSM that were part of our day to day life together. "Lifestyle BDSM"? a variant of "Lifestyle BDSM"? I really don't consider this relationship to have been very Vanilla at all. Not while our mutal vanilla and BDSM friends are saying things like "You two ain't right" and other similar remarks. I feel I'm haunted by this past relationship, it's like a wonderful curse. It expanded my mind, contradicts the establish BDSM norms of D/s lifestyle dynamics... Funny thing it did not taste like vanilla, what flavor was it, and can I order another one to go?
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