slavegirljoy
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Joined: 11/6/2006 From: North Carolina, USA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: TheCollarPurple Have a question about how you deal with bruising on exposed parts of your body. In the winter months the bruises on legs and arms are easier to conceal with clothing.. How do you deal with bruising on these exposed parts when its summer months and you mostly wear shorts and tanks? Does anyone have advice or care to share their experience with regard to this. Thank you Sorry. No advice for you, here. i've never tried to conceal any bruises or other marks on my body, except for the double black eyes that my brother gave me, when i was 15 and we were fighting. Fortunately, it was during Christmas Vacation but, unfortunately, it was a very raining December in northern CA and i looked pretty silly wearing sunglasses. If i didn't have bruises on my body, people who know me would wonder if i have been down sick with the flu or something. All my life, i have always had bruises, of some sort, on my body, along with scrapes, scratches, cuts, splinters, blisters, bug bites, and more. Growing up, i was a tomboy, climbing trees and fences and rocks, riding dirt bikes, camping and hiking with my family, etc., i have always been and still remain very physically active. For 12 years, in the Army, i worked on trucks and jeeps and spent a lot of time out in the field, setting up tactical radio equipment and tents and sandbagging generators, and so forth. i'm in the outdoors more than i'm in the indoors, camping in tents in the woods, doing yard work, riding bicycles, etc. For the past 3 weeks, i've been packing, carrying, and unloading boxes, helping to move furniture, painting rooms, cleaning a large swimming pool, and other assorted activities related to the big move into the new house. This is, of course, in addition to my usual activities, which include, caring for and playing with a large dog and a little dog and my pre-adolescent offspring and my very large, strong, and physical Master. There are now bruises on top of bruises, on me, along with the assortment of scrapes, scratches, cuts, splinters, bug bites, and so forth that also mark my body. Of course, the many freckles i have help to camouflage them but, not completely. i'm not a fragile, delicate, little flower. i don't break easy but, i have a fair complexion and i do bruise and mark-up easily. Every pinch, poke, prod, and slap my Master gives me shows up instantly and lasts for days and some take a few weeks to completely fade. Honestly, most of the time, i don't even have a clue where many of my bruises came from, except for the ones my Master has put on me because those are special to me. i really just don't pay any attention to the number of times i bump myself on something. i'm also not the most graceful of creatures. So, if someone were to ask me, "Where'd you get that bruise (or all those bruises)?", my answer is, "i haven't a clue.", with a little chuckle and grin. And, that is the usually the end of that discussion. It's just no big deal, in my life. But, No Way am i going to #1) wear clothing that is uncomfortable and inappropriate for NC summer weather and #2) worry about what other people might think of all of my bruises, scratches, scrapes, etc., that mark my body. Then again, the people i know just aren't that noisy. Edited to add: Oh, yes, and i forgot to mention the numerous scars that i have on my body from being hit by a drunk driver while i was riding my bicycle many years ago. Those tend to get noticed a lot more than my other marks. And, most people ask my how i became an amputee than about any bruise or other mark on me. joy Owned servant of Master David
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