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Leaving that to the side, have any of you (Doms and submissives) experienced a D/s relationship that was solely or primarily online?
I have had 2 intense online interactions with dominants, however both where with the expectation that we would eventuallly come together in realtime.  Both these online exchanges were when I decided take my journey into the alternative lifestyle.  Neither came to the point of realtime, however both provided some very valuable knowledge that I still today practice.

If you have, did you enjoy it? How did it work?
I did enjoy them in the immediate, but the stronger my emotions became the harder they were as the longing to touch, feel, and see was becoming unbearable.  Neither worked as in one we both new that the timeframes in coming together were too long, and the second had some deception that I discovered and ended the relationship before becoming any more emotionally attached.

How did you train the submissive, if you're a Dom; how did the Dom train you, if you're the submissive?
Training was mostly learning about core values and defining direction.  Not text book readings but taking my past, applying my future with the intergration of what I truely felt was important in retrospect of where I would like to be, and how I would like to get there.

How were you punished for infractions, if you're the submissive; how did you punish the submissive, if you're the Dom?
I was never punished, although I was told when I was out of line and the correction made quickly.  I did not have tasks to do on my own outside of the conversations (we did them together), and most as stated above was about learning about me.  I did not consider either a mentor, as both where with intents.

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ORIGINAL: Blaakmaan
Hope that helps abit.  It would take fairly strong persuasion to have me engaging in any online power exchange again, and not something that I see likely (however one never knows as there are some truely interesting dominants out there where distance is a major obstacle but knowing them and their teachings would be a gift like no other, so *sigh* one can never say never.

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