littlebitxxx -> RE: Candid convo with your "D" can you? (3/29/2008 12:06:58 PM)
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Not in a D/s or M/s situation here which may seem a little off the topic, but if you think about it there is no requirement for opening up in my case. I don't have a Master demanding that I tell him everything nor do I have to journal and expose anything willingly. Which actually makes communication more difficult and revealing. When there are no requirements for obedience, the communication comes willingly and freely as a method of forming and maintaining a relationship. Information is volunteered, not asked for, and so the soul baring can be scarier. Knowing you are revealing facets of yourself and opening yourself up to hurt and non-acceptance because there is no foundation of M/s to play referee. My man and I do talk about literally everything, freely openly honestly, knowing the other will accept the information as it is intended, digest it and still be there when the convo is done. He came up with a phrase that hits home....Love is being able to completely bare yourself, knowing the other can hurt you with the info but trusting that they won't. And that can be anything from innocuous everyday things to deep dark secret fears of the heart. From which way the toilet paper roll faces, to personal squicks like a yeast infection or hemorrhoids, to "I became sexually aroused by being beaten on and that shakes my belief foundation to the very core and I'm now scared of myself." I feel very secure in the level of trust, reliability and caring that enables me to open a conversation about anything, virtually anything, that's on my mind. And I feel that is the basis of a solid relationship....not communication but the ability to communicate.
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