marie2
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Joined: 11/4/2008 From: Jersey Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: domiguy All I am saying is that when you find a person that states they have "no-limits" there is an extreme chance that there is a pile of abuse and neglect in their past. I'm just putting this out there as a possibility and I'm not speaking specifically for any of the posters here, just my own take based upon what I've seen. A no-limits relationship isn't the same thing as a no-limits, mentally- impaired or abused person who would allow someone to hurt them because they believe they can't do any better for themselves. I don't personally believe that any sane human being is completely without boundaries (or limits) in general. What a lot of these couples mean when they say "we have a no-limits relationship" is that the "sub"/"slave" has found someone that they will allow to lead them, because he/she has a desire to relinquish control and allow the "dom"/"master" to be the one to decide when, how, where, how far, how fast etc. There are various reasons why some desire this type of relationship, but fundamentally it's just another expression of trust and intimacy that takes the form of a particular dynamic that two people mutually desire. These women who speak of no-limits relationships haven't given themselves to a bum on the street corner because they have no self-worth and said "Hey bum, why don't you own me, and hire me out so you can pay for an apartment. I'm a piece of shit with no value, so you can let anyone fuck me without protection because I have no limits" etc. They're not offering themselves to Charles Manson or some otherwise irrational nutcase to do with them whatever they please because they're "limitless". On the contrary (at least in some cases) they've carefully chosen someone that they trust with this responsibility; someone who has gotten to know them, someone who has proven that he has their best interest at heart etc. Therefore they don't feel it necessary to go into it with limits, saying: "I'll never do this, and I'll never do that". They don't feel any need or reason to lay down limits or try to control anything, because they believe that they've put themselves into capable hands. The whole "no-limits" term has to be taken in the context in which it's being spoken about. If any of these "masters" ever said cut off your arm, go kill someone, rob a bank, eat your firstborn with a bottle of Chianti, these slaves would most likely decide that this man is no longer of sound mind and no longer fit to lead them. But unless and until that happens (and it probably won't if they've chose wisely) they have no reason to be anything other than "limitless" for their partner; they have no desire or need to steer the ship. No one is being forced here... Both parties want it this way because it's mutually fulfilling to them to have a power exchange or authority exchange or whateverthefuck you wanna call it. Now, of course this doesn't mean that horrors like abuse against the mentally-impaired don't exist, and god knows we see plenty of dysfunction, pain, abuse, victimization, exploitation etc around here, but being in a "no limits bdsm relationship" doesn't automatically make it such a case. A fool is going to be a fool no matter what kind of relationship they're in, an abuser is going to be an abuser, a victim is going to be a victim etc; that's not exclusive to bdsmers.
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