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ORIGINAL: OldBastardly1 I understand what you are saying, after a relationship, of sorts, has been established. But when talking about the basics of how to protect yourself when FIRST meeting someone, the hows, the wheres, the whens....these are not so dis-similar from the vanilla world. Sure they want to be controlled to some extent, but before they select somebody ( or are selected ) to submit to, they still need to use common sense. To blindly submit to any self proclaimed Dom is not only foolish or unwise. It is completely freaking stupid. Laughs, no arguement about it potentially being stupid. But its all in the way people perceive submission and the desire for control. The fact you can see this has no bearing whatsoever on what they are feeling and seeing. You have the usual 20/20 looking back type sight. When people first come into this, they simply want to submit. And many jump into totally improper relationships because of it. How many girls on here will say as soon as they log on 50 emails hit their box? Most. Why is that? Because so many newbies, without experience, will submit, because that is their desire. Not because that is the right, best or thought out thing to do. I at least realize this exists and do not blame them or call them stupid. They are naive and ignorant. At some point, they will learn enough to seek better answers. Or they will be so hurt they will disappear and give up. Or maybe they will be one of the lucky ones and make a lucky choice. The problem I have with you and the OP on this, is that you blame someone who has no real knowledge of what this is and expect them to come into this understanding things they cant understand. Yeah their common sense should have said to do certain things. But the desire to submit is not about common sense. Its about trusting the dominant to do the right thing. And as you and I know, the number of people on here that should be trusted is a lot less than we would like. MV It seems OB and I have each other's back today. (The driving to the farm naked was an excellent example, btw.) Let's try this for size. How many people do you know marry someone they have never met? BDSM equivilant of *master online. How many people do you know that can't talk to their partner about their marriage/relationship? BDSM equivilent of how do I approach. If you go out and have a one night stand, why would you think it's a lifetime commitment? BDSM equivilant of my *master doesn't email me anymore. If you go to a professional for a service, you expect to be charged. BDSM equivilant of why do pro dommes ask for money? I really could go on and on with examples, but the point is there. Keep in mind, these things don't all come from starry-eyed youngsters. Much of this comes from people who have had several relationships in their lives and know perfectly well (I would hope) that if the question was put into a vanilla context, they wouldn't waste the keystrokes. These are grown ups, after all, who should have a responsibility for the choices they make, persue the relationships they want, and hopefully enjoy their existence. I highlighted a couple of the bits above because I wanted to make comments to those particular points. I think, at some point, people have to have their own measure of accountability if they jump into inappropriate relationships. Just the same as vanilla folks might point out that someone repeatedly gets involved in relationships where the other person is co-dependent. That's called a pattern and highly recognized in the vanilla world as something a person might want to look at *within themselves*. Naive and ignorant? Sorry, not going for that one either. First of all, this is the net. The information is literally at the fingertips. Not great with search functions? Cool. Buy a book. Go to a munch. Get involved in the community with others who identify as you do. (Yes, big fan of submissive support groups here.) Sub frenzy, or Dom/me frenzy for that matter, is not the 'get out of jail free' card for every decision a person choses to make and not want to take responsibility for. Trusting the dominant to do the right thing. Well, in the beginning of a relationship, or even for play negotiations, there should be a reason for that trust to be in place. I get that you're a male, so you might not see this one the way I do, but a woman, no matter which side of the kneel you are on, hopefully will establish the reasons *why* they should trust anyone. If you're not going to open your front door for a stranger in the vanilla world, it's probably not a good idea to do so just because somebody slapped *master in front of their screen name.
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