LaTigresse
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Here is my personal take on the topic. Online, people tend to over simplify and, on the flip side, over complicate, BDSM and the relationships between the people that participate. Now, if you have just the BDSM activities......perhaps only this and no M/s relationship, then yes, it can be very shallow, not necessarily a bad thing at all if that is what a person wants. "Meet you at the Dungeon where I will (insert favourite activity here) and we can both go on our merry way afterwards" Pretty simple and no need to get all dramatic, mushy, or add alot of deep BS that really doesn't apply. OR, you can be in a more 24/7 M/s relationship in which BDSM is only a facet thereof. Not necessarily all that different than many relationships except for a defined power structure and a few more kinky activities tossed in for spice. The fact remains that we all go to work, eat, shit, grocery shop, like most people do. Nothing especially unique about the greater percentile of our lives. How shallow or deep it is, is directly determined by the people involved in the relationship not by their kink. Shallow people lead shallow lives, the kink does not determine it. Now, for some people in a 24/7 M/s relationship, the power structure and the BDSM kink/play will deepen their relationship. They may use it as a tool to create a depth of bond that they feel would be lacking without it. But again, it is a direct reflection of the people involved not the kink/play they do. BDSM in and of itself is not some great, spiritual, relationship, holy grail. It is an activity or group of activities. What it is/does for/to, the people involved, is determined by those individuals and the meaning they bestow upon it.
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My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one! Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!
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