tulitukka -> RE: "I'm not like other Doms"... (2/7/2008 6:07:48 AM)
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This reminds me of the most common pick up line that people attribute to students of tech in my country: "I'm not a typical tech. student" everybody would say and the girls I know say that they'd never met one single tech. student who would say they are a typical one. So afterwards, I started telling everybody that I am a typical tech. student (which did get a lot of chuckles from people, not only because that's one thing they never expected, but because they found it so very hard to believe that I am and could see the irony). So yes, doing things vice versa can actually work in breaking the ice and showing you understand the stereotypes. Realistically though, I think most people who start on this journey can see: "there's something differenet in me from all those posters and other writers". But one might not have a solid grasp on what it is that makes you different. I struggled with that myself, I could see that I did not fit in the typical sadist box, nor the dominant box, nor the master/owner box. I am a living, thinking, and feeling being with all the quirks it brings and it took me quite a while to even start understanding what it is that makes me tick. For me, as well as for the rest of us, the ticking does set us apart as certainly as it brings us together. I get kicks out of leadership, the two edged sword of responsibility and right - which sets me apart from many people. Some people share that trait, and luckily some people enjoy relationships in which the dominant partner leads. At the same time, I don't think it is that rare for dominants to have this kink, so it also sets me into a context within which there can be mutual understanding and shared qualities. So perhaps I am quite a typical dominant after all. :)
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