PairOfDimes
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Joined: 7/20/2006 Status: offline
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First up, you get to play in the way you want. This doesn't mean people necessarily have to play with you the way you want, of course. Also, you're responsible for ascertaining and meeting your needs--you're not responsible for meeting others' needs unless and until you take on that responsibility and they tell you what those are. How do I do nonsexual BDSM? I do it in many different ways, and each option has different boundaries. Sometimes, I play with someone, including playing with his or her genitals, without engaging in oral, anal, or vaginal sex. This can involve orgasm (or actions toward orgasm), or not. You might also enjoy requiring a person to stimulate your genitals, or that might be within your definition of "sex" and thus off limits. Sometimes I will play with someone without doing genital play at all, but while touching other parts of the person. Impact play is a good example--you can cane or whip a person without touching his or her sex organs. Bondage, too. There are many options--most BDSM activities don't involve touching the genitals. You can also do BDSM that doesn't focus on physical sensations. Humiliation is one example. Service also doesn't require contact, although if you have a taste for receiving massage, as I do, you may enjoy incorporating that as an act of service. I think it's more about figuring out what you want to do, and what you don't want to do, and then doing the things you want to do--and it sounds, from your later post, like you're on your way to figuring this out--good work! In terms of your thought process, I tend to think it's more fruitful to contemplate and conclude that you won't do this, this, and this, and then realize that all those things could be described with the umbrella term "sexual" (or service-oriented, or blood-oriented, or foot-oriented, or whatever). Rest assured, though, regardless of what you decide you won't do, there will likely be tons of activities that you like to do, and at least a few of them are bound to be fairly common pleasures.
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