Mercnbeth
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The applicable type of deceit I am referring to is more serious and key to the trust that is necessary to a good bdsm relationship between a dominant and submissive. R, Deceitful people need to rationalize their lies and deceit. There is always a reason for the deception. "Good intent" is often the most common. Its represents either they lack the ability to achieve their goals though any other method, or their ultimate goal is better off kept secret to their partner. There isn't any billboard outside our place announcing the nature of the relationship that I have with beth, but anyone who asks gets the truth. Even something so simple as the answer to the question "what do you do?" gets an honest reply. beth says something to the effect of; "I serve him." or "my job is pleasing him." Honesty is a desired trait that should be compromised as infrequently as possible. Having enough confidence to represent yourself without deceit should be a personal goal for everyone. Any "order" pointed to beth on this would be to never deceive anyone and answer any question honestly. My only caveat to her was to first ask the questioner if they really wanted to know the answer. If you don't want to know don't ask. If you ask, be prepared for an honest response. Its a much easier way to get through life compared to having to keep track and have a different response depending on your audience. You end up deceiving yourself, which is by far the worse deceit a person can commit. Someone rationalizing deceit in a relationship is someone to avoid. Unlike a broken clock that is right twice a day, you can never trust when a deceitful person is ever "right". The problem with trying to trust someone who accepts deceit or encourages it as an ongoing part of your relationship is that you never really know when that deception is being pointed to you. What you can trust and rely upon in that case is that you can never trust them. Stipulating to casual exceptions, the question is at what level does the "white lie" progress to deceit? Here again, rationalization and perspective comes into play. However everyone really knows. The "fine line" in actuality is a reference to group deceit. However, I think I can provide an example based upon your "family & vanilla friends" reference. Introducing your slave as your girlfriend to your 80 year old grandmother qualifies as relatively harmless. Introducing your slave as a friend from work to your wife is deceit.
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