Jeptha
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Joined: 9/18/2008 From: Portland, Oregon Status: offline
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Ariella, I've considered sharing in the past (I'm in a poly relationship right now - but that's different!), and have come somewhat close to the actual experience. (that is, there have been other people present at times, and that fantasy was played with in various ways, but their actual interaction was usually quite limited.) Things would have progressed farther, but I did not know the other parties well enough to do so safely. For me, the only way I could do it would be if I were in control of *all* the details. Which is a tricky thing to bring about, too. I'd say that the main thing to ask is, how is the communication between you two right now? Can you both talk about things that make you feel vulnerable fairly easily? If so, than I think you might be prepared to dabble in this. Do you want to take the slow "get your toes wet" approach like I did? Or are you more likely to be the types that dive right in, full-immersion style? I'm not gonna say one approach is better than another, but I think my approach was less stressful or risky because there was lots of checking in along the way, we modified the experiments as desired, step by step, etc.
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