krikket
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Joined: 11/17/2004 From: Washington, DC Metro Area Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Prunesquallor Forgive me if I disagree with you strongly. I have online relationships with two female slaves, and while it can never be the same as a 'real life' relationship, nevertheless the emotions are just as real. And in the same way that trust is an important part of a 'real life' relationship it is even more vital in an online one. I know that if I give one of my slaves a task or a punishment, that task or punishment will be carried out. Thanks for saying that. On-line relationships usually get short shift around here (and other forums) as they can't possibly be real, and i'm sure in many cases that may well be true. We(the generic we) are always saying how people are wired differently, and that while a certain activity isn't "my" kink that doesn't mean it can't be "your" kink. So many, it seems, dismiss this type of relationship without any experience and very little knowledge at all of how it works, the amount of trust it takes, and the honor that's at stake. I agree that it's absolutely second place compared to a touch to touch relationship, but sometimes (like military, health, oceans between them) that's all that available and it can be almost as good, until you can be together, as long as both work at it. That being said, in my one LDR, my Master found several ways to punish me, LD, none of which i liked, but had because i'd somehow screwed up. (He also was saving up any physical punishments until we could be together again, and i do believe my imagination was more punishment than anything..lol.) He tried not letting me "be with him" on line, but found that it didn't allow for further instructions to me, further assistance if i needed it, and he considered that punishment for himself as well as for me, when he hadn't been the one who needed it. What he started doing was...limiting my time on the computer (i was a real computer whore when we met..lol), giving me a bedtime, journal writing, and the dreaded "report" writing. That last usually involved me reading some book he'd sent (i.e., the loving dominant..lol), and then i'd have to write a detailed report about what i had read, what relevance it had on my head, my heart, my life and on us, and it had a deadline that i knew better than to miss without a really good excuse -- like my death. lol!! He had been very active in his local community at one time, was listed as an attorney on the "Kink aware professionals" list that was on line at the time, and was extremely knowledgable about a lot of different things. i knew he'd read the books he "assigned", so there was no way i was gonna hedge around it. There were other things that he had me do as punishment that perhaps he would have never known if i did or not, but..i would have known, and my sense of honor wasn't going to let me lie to him. Somehow i suspect he would have known anyway..lol. IF i hadn't done as i was told, taken my punishments as intended, it would have simply meant the end of the relationship -- period. For that matter, if it had gotten to where our relationship was more punishment than anything else he would have ended it as well. We weren't together so he could punish me (except when he wanted..lol), we were together because we both wanted it, allowed us both to grow, and made our separation barable until we could get back together. i'm sure there are lots of ways you can punish your sub, but perhaps looking for ways to reward her for something would be just as effective? Good luck.. jimini
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