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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/15/2007 12:46:04 PM   
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I didnt so much delay my involvement as I did give it up for a vanilla man who I believed was the right one for me. I have no problem being in a good vanilla relationship, but my marriage was not one, and it made me miss the power dynamic from my BDSM times, the more he tried to be the "man" the more I wondered why I was willing to give up being the dominant one in the relationship for him.

The only actual delay I had getting into the lifestyle was when I was about 18, and I didnt know that there was a whole lifestyle of people who looked at relationships the same way I did.  I didnt lose much time, since my mentor met me at 18 and was already in the community back then, so I was introduced very shortly after becoming curious about what I was missing.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/15/2007 12:49:08 PM   
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In my case, the reason I didn't start the day of my 18th birthday was I was still stuck in "nosexville" Illinois. The moment I got a chance to move to a good sized city (Denver) I took it! From there, it was a long experimental phase of finding the local scene (This was 1980, long before the advent of the internet as we know it today.) experimenting in various ways, and even putting my orientation to the test.) Those two and one half years, wasted in the middle of corn and bean feilds are the only thing I regret.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/15/2007 1:29:49 PM   
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I have no regrets about when I entered the life choice. It happened when I was ready for it as my priorities of college, family ect came first. I do have other regrets but thats part of being human.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/15/2007 3:11:34 PM   
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My only regert is that i wasted a year on a Master who was not a good fit for me.  I have been in the lifestyle about 9 years.  I knew i was submissive even when i was a child but i was not ready until i was 29 to enter the lifestyle.  Am glad i waited cause even though i knew what i was i was not quite ready eariler to embrace it.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/15/2007 4:22:07 PM   
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Once i was able to identify my feelings and met others with similar ones, i left my husband and pursued the life that i was meant.  No regrets about the past at all.  All my experiences got me to where i am now.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/15/2007 4:34:02 PM   
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What I do know, however, is that whatever path I was on led me right to the feet of the most wonderful man I have ever had the pleasure to love.  And if all that I went through is what led me here, then I have absolutely no regrets at all.


I quoted the wacky one and made it bold because that is exactly how I  feel.

I have no regrets because each thing I have had to go throught Ilearned from and became stronger so when that wonderfully prefect man came into my life i was ready.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/15/2007 7:59:08 PM   
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Sometimes I think my parents regretted having me.
Do I regret living? I had no choice.
As you can see, I dont believe in the word "lifestyle."
I believe in living life as damned best as I can.
 
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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 3:16:56 AM   
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No regrets. The past is history what matters is the present and the future.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 4:17:52 AM   
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No regrets whatsoever. I am who I am. My whole life so far has been a series of experiments, discoveries, failures, mistakes, illusions, delusions, rude awakenings, challenges, difficulties, problems, and so on.

I'm a TS female and I grew up being in the wrong body and gender in a hostile family environment in the North of England. When my gender issues surfaced at the age of 13 my parents rejected me and I've got through nearly thirty years of emotional blackmail aimed at suppressing me - the real me - and keeping me 'normal'. But never in this time did I challenge that emotional blackmail. I found my spiritual beliefs at the age of 17 and entered the BDSM community at the age of 18 in London, then as a 'trannie'. I spent much of my life living a double life until some years ago when I couldn't continue living as such and after a couple of suicide attempts I started to live as a female.

I've spent much of my life never really know who I was, many years in a 'double life' with a constant conflict of choices, decisions, often out of touch with reality and misunderstanding the people and situations around me, but I have always looked, searched, questioned, and learned. I have always had good intentions towards people, other people, even when it meant working against myself. I've worked to achieve what I wanted to achieve, and I have managed to achieve much, and the two predominant themes in my life have been BDSM and my work in theatre (I write and direct plays). All else has been secondary and I have lived a life which has been completely different to most other people. I have some outstanding successes, and they are seen against a background of failures, losses, and things that I maybe should have done, but didn't. But I don't feel that my life is much different to most other people. I may live differently, but I experience the same things as everyone else.

I'm in the third of three very difficult years, I recently discovered that I no longer have parents who are alive, and I feel genuine sorrow that my parents couldn't find the happiness in life they wanted, but I also feel a sense of relief and release - I'm free. The caterpillar is no more, I am still a chrysalis, but know that I will one day become a butterfly, and as we all know butterflies don't live very long. This is how I see myself, and I know that life is too short for regrets and bitterness.

I look back and see the way my life has been and I know that it could not have been lived any other way, and therefore I don't feel any regrets. I have no need. The remainder of my family has come back into my life, those who are most supportive of me live in Canada, and I now have a new Domme in Canada who is waiting for me to complete my transition so that I can become who I've always felt myself to be - a female slave. At the moment I'm still in London (I'm British) and have recently managed to overcome many of my issues holding me back, my consultants have given me the green light to go all the way to surgery, and while I still have much work to do and still have to wait for many things in life I know I'm heading in the right direction.

The saddest thing I feel you can say about your life is that it's unfulfilled and that you have regrets.

The past is gone, as is yesterday, and exists either to reassure you, teach you or even give you something to laugh about. The future looks good, but only from my perspective where I am today, tomorrow is still undecided, so therefore all I know is who I am today and what I'm doing today. Tomorrow it could be different.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 4:38:13 AM   
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ORIGINAL: ownedgirlie
What I do know, however, is that whatever path I was on led me right to the feet of the most wonderful man I have ever had the pleasure to love.  And if all that I went through is what led me here, then I have absolutely no regrets at all.

Yep.  Ditto.  'Nuff said.........luci

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 1:13:46 PM   
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ORIGINAL: nectarine00

...avoiding your interest in the lifestyle?

I am inquiring of older/more experienced subs, or anyone for that matter.  Do you feel you delayed getting involved in the D/s lifestyle because of social norms?  Did you ever stay with someone because you got along well in all other areas, even though He or She didn't share your kink, then realize you made a mistake? Or vice versa?

I admit I am young, and very new to this, so I have much to learn about.  But it's always nice to hear the experiences of those who have traveled the path before you.

I thank you for your responses.



I've had more 'vanilla' relationships than D/s relationships.  That wasn't societal pressure, it was about how I felt for the person in question at the time.  The vanilla relationships ended up as mistakes - educational ones, at that - but not for lack of what went on in the bedroom.

The relationship I'm in now with my girl is the best by far, and is influenced by kink, but really, it comes down to who I am, and who she is...which is to say, it's not defined by our sexuality, though our sexual dynamic does make things only that much better.

I suppose I have a few regrets, but they do not revolve around what gets me off, nor are they rooted in what I am as a person.  I would gather that the more you discover about the lifestyle you want to lead, the more intoxicating it seems; and naturally, you wonder why you didn't do this sooner, and wonder may lead to regret.  I would offer this advice:  don't fret over things that will never change - instead, enjoy and learn from the things that happen.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 2:14:08 PM   
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Regrets are a venomous thing in Life and one is better avoiding those. i can in part relate to the situation you describe, nectarine.
me i have learnt i cannot truly live as "me" if i was not to embrace the lifestyle and my submission. It is still a path i am undertaking, but to deny one's inner self and core can only results in either mental (such as regrets) or physical (health related) issues down the road.
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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 2:38:30 PM   
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I understand when You say you were in vanilla relationships because you wanted to be, not because you felt forced.  But when you were in these relationships, did you feel that your 'self' was fully realized? Or perhaps did you sometimes feel you may have been repressing parts of yourself in order to stay in them? 

I know I should not fret over things that will never change, but at this point in my life, it's not easy to do.  I feel like maybe now is when I should be indulging my interests, instead of later when I am more tied down by responsibility.


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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 3:01:28 PM   
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Why think about regrets?? This is the right time for whatever is happening in your life. You couldn't change it even if you wanted to... I never regret things I did, or didn't do... The most painfull situations in life teaches you things, they are part of your story, something you will remember when you are 90 years old, or when you are far, far away... Enjoy every second of it!!! Either bad or good.
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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 4:11:33 PM   
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If i could go back and change the time, yea i would change my past and yes i would have definitely tried to explore this lifestyle a lot more and got into it a lot more. But i also think that almost everyone would like to change something about their past.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 6:42:13 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: LaMspeach

I quoted the wacky one and made it bold because that is exactly how I  feel.


You realize that makes YOU wacky, too?

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 7:31:42 PM   
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Come on folks... no need to get so philosophical.  The young lady asked the questions because she wanted input from those that cared to answer her. 

Personally, as a Domme, I deeply regret not finding a way to live My life, in the lifestyle, while I was raising My children.  I left and when they were older, wasted so much time in vanilla relationships that left Me frustrated.

Now that I'm back... I feel more true to Myself and who I am.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 7:42:17 PM   
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I was too busy raising UMs, working, going to school, traveling, and having fun to even realize i was missing out on something.  Bondage, domination, and submission were words i didn't think much about as those words had nothing to do with my life as i lived it.

Things happen when it's the correct time for them to happen.  For me the correct time was discovering BDSM in my late 40s, becoming involved with the community in my early 50s, and becoming collared in my mid 50s.  Doing any of that sooner just wouldn't have been right. 


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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 9:20:41 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: MistressFaye1

Come on folks... no need to get so philosophical.  The young lady asked the questions because she wanted input from those that cared to answer her. 


I cared to answer her....philosophically :)

quote:


Personally, as a Domme, I deeply regret not finding a way to live My life, in the lifestyle, while I was raising My children.  I left and when they were older, wasted so much time in vanilla relationships that left Me frustrated.

Now that I'm back... I feel more true to Myself and who I am.

Ms. Faye



I'm sorry you have regrets.  I went through hell and back and still don't regret it.  It's made me who I am today, and I like that person.

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RE: Do you ever regret...? - 11/16/2007 9:28:01 PM   
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I do thank everyone that is answering my question... philosophically or not so philosophically :). 

I understand that many roads can lead you to the same place... sometimes I just wonder that I'm already there, but if I don't stop and stay now, i'm gonna have one hell of a time finding my way back!

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