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ORIGINAL: BoundForFun


It is a question that I ask myself everyday. How far would you go to live a lifestyle you so desperately wanted, but know that society will be completely horrified by it.
How about making a human being a “pet”. A person, who by their own free will, agreeing to be turned into someone else’s property. To be lead around by collar and leash, caged up and spanked when bad, and rewarded for being loyal and good. To be taken care, feed, and clothed by the one they call Master, and to never think twice about running.
What would you do if you saw a man walking through a mall with his female companion being lead around with a leash? Would you point and stare? Would you make insult of them? Or would you look and see nothing wrong with it?
How much is too much? Do you think people should have the right to walk around like this in public places? Exposed to children?
Personally I thin there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. They have chosen a way of life and as long as they are not breaking any laws, causing undo harm to others, or impeding on other peoples rights it should be perfectly fine. These two are willing participants and are very happy about the way they live there life. Isn’t that what everyone wants? To be as happy as possible in this very short life.
What is normal? I don’t there really is a normal. You see what the world wants you to see. A happy family of four the Daddy, Mommy, Bobby, and little Susie in a three bedroom suburbanite house surrounded by a white picket fence. The American Dream.
What is so wrong about having more then one partner, all living together? Wouldn’t it be better? All your needs being meet? Having more money coming in to help support the household? Everyone’s most sexual desires being fulfilled? Living the life you want to live and not they way others want you to live? Have we been so brainwashed into thinking we need to be on the straight and narrow that it just comes natural to us? I think so…

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ORIGINAL: BoundForFun
How far would you go to live a lifestyle you so desperately wanted

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ORIGINAL: Darcyandthedark


Do people not read the TOS before posting!!!!!

Ignoring your blatent ignorance of the TOS - and sticking to when enough is enough.  I don't care what people think or see of me and whether it touches anyone else.  Consent doesn't exist and is a cop out and people break the laws constantly when it comes to BDSM practises.
So really - I'll do what Darcy wants, tyvm.
the.dark.

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What would you do if you saw a man walking through a mall with his female companion being lead around with a leash? Would you point and stare? Would you insult them? Or would you look and see nothing wrong with it?

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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross

They chose to have children- thus they chose the responsibility of raising them into competent healthy adults which INCLUDES how to relate in the world around them.

I'm not responsible for keeping some idealistic (often irrational and fearful) views of THEIR children.

Not that I think "everything" is ok- but when no one is being harmed, when everyone is obviously happy and having a good time, what can possibly be the harm there?

They are infringing their children upon me just as much as I infringe my nipples on them.  I happen to find nothing harmful or shameful or wrong with nipples, and since I'm not the parents, it's not my responsibility to deal.

It will never fail to amaze how many parents want to shut out the opportunity to teach their children the true experience of being open minded, of asking questions, of honestly appreciating the diversity of the world.

No no, that's far too scary and big for most adults to handle.

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ORIGINAL: daddyncherry
As a parent and someone who is also pretty damned opened minded, what i choose for my UM may not be something  someone else would chose for theirs....it isn't my place to force them to have the discussion with their UM....If i was with my UM i would say things, watch certain movies (horror/etc) etc. that i wouldn't if there were another UM around with him...Because it isn't my place to parent their child.

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But in this lifestyle we talk about consent....where is the consent of the ppl at the mall? Where is the consent from the people looking at your nipples? Unless nipples are all of a sudden typical to see walking down the street and i hadn't heard of it, then they are no more appropriate than me flashing my pussy walking down the street. (sure NY made the law that anywhere a man can go topless a woman can, but that is in public parks and not down B'way)

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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross

They chose to have children- thus they chose the responsibility of raising them into competent healthy adults which INCLUDES how to relate in the world around them.

I'm not responsible for keeping some idealistic (often irrational and fearful) views of THEIR children.

Not that I think "everything" is ok- but when no one is being harmed, when everyone is obviously happy and having a good time, what can possibly be the harm there?

They are infringing their children upon me just as much as I infringe my nipples on them.  I happen to find nothing harmful or shameful or wrong with nipples, and since I'm not the parents, it's not my responsibility to deal.

It will never fail to amaze how many parents want to shut out the opportunity to teach their children the true experience of being open minded, of asking questions, of honestly appreciating the diversity of the world.

No no, that's far too scary and big for most adults to handle.

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ORIGINAL: daddyncherry
As a parent and someone who is also pretty damned opened minded, what i choose for my UM may not be something  someone else would chose for theirs....it isn't my place to force them to have the discussion with their UM....If i was with my UM i would say things, watch certain movies (horror/etc) etc. that i wouldn't if there were another UM around with him...Because it isn't my place to parent their child.

Exactly- it's not MY place to parent their children.  So I don't.  It's THEIR choice to bring them to those places, so THEY force the discussion.  By simply HAVING children, they force themselves to have those discussions.  They recognize that the world is a big place with a lot of diversity in it and they choose the responsibility of teaching their children about it.

They also seem to want to control how that is done beyond their own front door-  I am not interested in that sort of control.

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But in this lifestyle we talk about consent....where is the consent of the ppl at the mall? Where is the consent from the people looking at your nipples? Unless nipples are all of a sudden typical to see walking down the street and i hadn't heard of it, then they are no more appropriate than me flashing my pussy walking down the street. (sure NY made the law that anywhere a man can go topless a woman can, but that is in public parks and not down B'way)

So you think things are only appropriate if they are typical?

Again, you don't get to force your standards on the world- even if you do choose to procreate. 

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ORIGINAL: daddyncherry

It's just not a good or polite thing to do. For example, i wear thong bathinsuits to the beach, exclusively, but....i have enough respect for those with Ums (and alot of times even couples) that if i see them coming from a distance i will flip over. Just because i allowed my UM to see me that way, doesn't mean that i should be infringing my naked ass to someone else's UMs, bf or husband. They didn't CHOOSE that for them, they didn't give CONSENT....So i look at the leash at the mall thing like that.

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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross
Exactly- it's not MY place to parent their children.  So I don't.  It's THEIR choice to bring them to those places, so THEY force the discussion.  By simply HAVING children, they force themselves to have those discussions.  They recognize that the world is a big place with a lot of diversity in it and they choose the responsibility of teaching their children about it.

They also seem to want to control how that is done beyond their own front door-  I am not interested in that sort of control.

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So you think things are only appropriate if they are typical?

Again, you don't get to force your standards on the world- even if you do choose to procreate.