thetammyjo
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Besides the excellent advice to get involved in your local community I want to add something else: Get to know yourself. (the following is not directed at the OP but general advice to bottoms and some of it applies equally to tops) Read! Some local groups have lending libraries, use them if they do. If not, you may need some extra cash. If you want some suggestions for books, look around for threads about that or ask on here. Write! When you go to an event or read something, take the time to write about it afterwards and then again the next day or two. Really become active in learning by looking inside at what you think and feel about what you've read/witnessed/participated in. Volunteer! After a few munches or meetings you might notice that local groups are looking for help. Offer your help even if it's just cleaning up the place post a party. Not only do some people in the bottom/sub role find the service rewarding but it's a good way to get known. Groups always lack good workers so being one will get you noticed plus over time you may discover simply through repeated volunteering you become part of the "inner circle" which is not a bad place to be. Experience! Stop setting your sights on one dominant forever. Get some experience in just as a bottom, get some experience in just as a casual submissive. How can you know for certain what you like and what you have to offer until you've gotten some activities and time under your belt (so to speak). Now I know a lot of folks have this romantic notice of finding "the One" who will teach them everything and be their forever -- when that rarely works in the vanilla world why think it will work in the kinky one? Learn as much as you can and that knowledge will empower you to find a great partner(s) in the future. Relax! You have the rest of your life ahead of you. Honestly being too anxious and eager can be a bit scary to others and undermine your ability to find a partner OR it can attract users and abusers. Try to be yourself and that calm will be attractive to others.
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