SirZarath -> RE: BEING a Dom (9/3/2008 6:49:13 AM)
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Hello, You expressed the sometimes 'wanting to be the Dom' but not feeling like actually doing it. This makes me think of the early stages of me being a Dom. When I first discovered the lifestyle, I was devouring websites, novels, anything I could get my hands on, to know more about it. A bit later on I met other D/s and bdsm couples in RL. Being insecure as I was in the beginning of 'how to do things' I had the tendency to watch other Doms and then copy their behavior. It looked good from the outside, so I thought: I have to do the same thing. *shakes his head* that was the biggest mistake I ever made. As that copy-behavior was forcing me into a role that wasn't really me. And so it took effort from my side to behave in a way that did not fit to my personality. And not only did that just not work, it made me feeling being a Dom as sort of a big effort, something I had to push myself to and which I did not always have the energy for. When I realised what I was doing and talked about that with my sub, and she told me that 'typical behavior' was not at all what attracted her to me, I could let go of it and just be myself. The person she had fallen for to start with. And being dominant was not a chore or an effort any longer. It became just being 'me'. In my opinion this is just about finding your personal style of dominance, the style that fits to your personality. Hope that helps, Zarath
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