RumpusParable
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Thank you for responding, but what you said really raised my same questions... My first D/s relationship started in 2nd grade, when I knew absolutely zero about any BDSM or PE relationships in the world. It was just the natural way of interacting with that person. I grew up in a village of 900 people and no internet (and some areas still don't have electric or phone) until I was a senior in high school (and then only one computer in the school)... but was happily tying up lovers in my teens and tying up and/or being the dominant in my relationships starting well before my teens. It was just a matter of keeping adults, who would disapprove, and sometimes the other kids or partners from knowing my motivations. I can understand not knowing the special words or that there is a large scene across the world of this... but how do you reach the age of 13 and wonder if there is something wrong with you or if there are others like you out there? Much less adulthood? Why didn't you think "This is how I am and what I like, regardless of what others think or do"? At 13 I definitely knew what I liked, how I was in relationships, and was being quiet and secretive about pursuing it because it was absolutely not acceptable to mention such things... there was never a question of "am I sick?"... I was just me. I realize I may be coming across aggressively in some manner because others may mean questions like these that way... Please understand that that is absolutely not the case with me, I'm asking you these questions because you were so nice in responding before and I'm hoping you'll be open to answering my wonderings! :) Why did you ever think there could be something wrong or unusual about you for your desires? Why didn't you just know from childhood who you were and very carefully and quietly seek out those who wanted similar things and whatever books you could, when rarely possible? Why did it take seeing something online to make you feel comfortable with it or pursue it more? I grew up -despite the ways of where I grew up- thinking that if I liked something, someone else in the world did, too... on any subject... because none of us are truly all that unique haha! It's the same lack of understanding I have for females who wonder if their vulva looks right or if their breasts are unusual because they are slightly different sizes (these are both things I got asked often when doing sexual education in my early 20s and see around regularly still)... these questions never occured to me when I was growing up and I had no one to ask as such things weren't talked about... Instead, I grew up physically and of course that's how it was supposed to look because that's the way it developed. There was never a need to ask or wonder... I'd never seen the way an adult vulva looked, I just assumed mine was as it should be because it was mine... just like with my relationship tendencies. That no one else mentioned having such tendencies and the cultural climate was one of "sex doesn't exist" and "anyone different is bad/sick", just always meant to me that I had to keep my mouth shut around the close-minded majority. But I never wondered if there was something odd or wrong with me, why did you instead of assuming there was something odd or wrong with everyone else? For example, when I realized by accident one day that I liked being choked at times I just started wondering how I could talk someone into doing it on purpose without upsetting them... there was never a thought of "am I alone?" or "is there something wrong with me?"... it was just "I like that... how do I talk to ____ about it in a way that won't freak them out?". LOL! :) Again, please understand that I am not being at all abrupt or judging in this. I admit I'm likely being quite nosey, though, haha. :) I really appreciate your earlier response and any answers you feel like giving to my questions. Thanks!
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Relationships come and go, but plastination is forever. I generally use fast-reply. If directing my post at someone specific I will indicate so. Minimal summary: Artist, Disabled Veteran, Vegan, Pornographer, and Agender dominant female.
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