Coupleofwhats -> RE: Extended maid or sissy training providers or venues (9/4/2008 11:04:48 PM)
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ORIGINAL: LadyPact We're not really so far apart on everything here. I'm glad to see that. You might be in a better position with your personal business than some others I've listened to. Unless I'm mistaken, didn't you work for a house at one time? I do know some have different rules and such. I can't say I'm very familiar, but I'm still working on an understanding from the outside in. So, is what you are saying here is that all of your clients are alike and you play with all of them the same way? I'd find that rather interesting. Most professionals, any profession, doctor, lawyer, hairdresser, etc, generally have some clients they prefer than others. Even when I Top, I have certain bottoms that I prefer over others. I would have to think it's the same thing. I don't play with them all the same way, and I don't especially think the monitary exchange has a lot to do with that. I guess I'm looking at it from a small business mentality. I mean, you have to eat, right? (Don't take it the wrong way. That's just My way of saying you need to earn a living at what you're doing to make it work for you.) Well, if there came a time that the clients weren't especially the type that you have as much fun with, but you needed the income, wouldn't you still do what would be to your own advantage? When business is bad, I'd have to think that a paying client is better than no client at all. Heck, I've known lawyers starting up a practice that took some defendants that they really wanted nothing to do with, just to keep the shingle up. You think of a pro domme as being similar to an artist. I can assure you that some of us simple lifestyle types are the same way. It's actually part of My bio when I need to advertise for demos. None of this really does much for the OP. His particular kink, along with some others, seem to make it hard to find a lifestyle situation. My original thought when I posted was that it seems to be a shame that there is the great lapse in people finding a way for their needs to be filled. That kink doesn't tend to be the only one. I know there are other resources than are better than this one for AB's in particular, so that was the drive behind My asking if there isn't another venue that might work better. Still, I've very much enjoyed the discussion in how we see business differently. I wish you continued success in yours. ETA: Yes, sometimes threads take on a life of their own. When someone posts a question, the discussion might turn into something entirely different. The OP of any thread never knows where one will lead, but sometimes, they can turn into interesting subjects. Dominant women are well rounded people. We talk about everything from kink, to small business, to protocol, to politics. Aren't discussion boards grand? I started out at a house, yes. I found that the majority of their clients wanted a micromanaged fantasy: I was supposed to wear costume X and say "Blah blah blah" before kicking them five times and turning around in a circle, while touching my nose. It drove me nuts! And unless there was a problem of safety or something, you pretty much had to play with whoever they booked for you. (And while it's never mandated that you have to do every activity, you don't get in good with management by refusing to play the hits: strap-on, overwrought roleplay scenarios, "sensual" domination.) So, I quit working for them and struck out on my own. I actually have a pretty wide range of interests, I think. I like to hurt people and make them embarassed. I like sensory dep. I like medical scenes. And I love to tie people up. If you can't get down with any of that, I don't know what to tell you. Really, I mostly exclude the guys who think that domination = "raping" them with strap-on, and the guys who just want to come in and roleplay. (Unless you have a REALLY good sense of humor and will let me hurt you, I'll die of boredom after 30 seconds.) I have some clients that I do higher protocol with than others. Some clients bring out my chatty Cathy. Others, I only talk to before and after the session. Some I don't ever hurt. Others I beat to a pulp. All I ask is that they have some of the same interests as me, and that they're respectful. After that, it's all about clicking and wanting to play together again. I find that I mostly don't have a choice about not playing with people I don't like. Like I said, I enjoy quite a few things: I don't think I'm that picky a kinkster! When someone says they don't like ANY of the stuff that I'm into, it's usually because they want a dildo up the butt and nothing else. (Which is fine: that's their thing.) So it's a pretty deep divide. It's either something I can work with, or they want all my hard limits. The closest I ever get to doing sessions that I don't love are foot fetish things. I don't dislike it really... I just don't get what the big deal is about feet. (Shoes, yes!) But usually, there's a massage in it for me, so we both walk away happy. As long as it's with a well-behaved fetishist, I'll do some foot stuff during a slow month.
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