MsHonor
Posts: 55
Joined: 8/15/2005 Status: offline
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(Well, hello, beth... shy finally shows me a thread here that I feel I have to post on, and next thing you know, I see you two's lights. Nice to 'meet' you, so to speak. ;-) ) My point of view is quite similar to beth's and some others already voiced. The difference between those who see a need for a "different kind" of relationship in "vanilla" moments, and those who do not, is the difference between those with a fetish and those who simply "are"... And no, I'm not saying there is anything "wrong" with either. As I've said in many places at various times, I'm not the dominant because it's my turn to hold the whip, or because I was trained to be so, or because it turns me on. I'm the dominant because it's who and what I am, and, it seems, I was born this way. Owning and having responsibility over a person is not, to me, something that begins or ends, or even specifically has anything exclusive to do with the bedroom. In all times and places where there has been slavery, there have been those who had close, personal relationships with their property, sexual and otherwise. The fact that they become as close and cherished as family or spouse doesn't alter the very basic fact that one is owner and one is slave... One is authority, and the other, property. I expect to be able to discuss the morning news, poilitics, or philosophy. I expect pleasant companionship as I enjoy a night out at a restaurant or film, or as I enjoy curling up on the couch to watch television or a DVD. I expect respectful but honest and rigorous debate of ideas ranging from important to trivial. I expect someone who knows when they can joke with me, and when it would be inappropriate. I expect that she will always, on a deep and basic level, remember that she is mine, and that she won't need the constant support mechanisms of props and theatrics to do so. For this reason, our relationship may often look, to the casual observer, like a perfectly "vanilla" one... However, if that obsverer is... Well, observant, then it will be obvious enough in short order which girl "wears the pants".
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