LadyKim -> RE: Dommes (1/29/2006 8:55:13 AM)
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Dominance and submission are really 'natural' traits. Everyone has a dominant and/or submissive side (see I didn't forget the switches! [;)] ). However, the execution of how it pertains to the lifestyle and what to do with the other party is what might not come so naturally. What women didn't learn the poem "Sugar and spice and everything nice, that is what little girls are made of"? We are taught from childhood to be sweet, nice, kind, and grow up to be the nurturers. It has been that way for decades, so the idea of binding a man's cock and balls to do painful things to them steps outside that training. It is natural to second guess yourself and if you are being reasonable with what you are doing or wanting to do with someone. It is what aids us in being able to keep the line between painful play and abuse of power. Best advice I can give is: 1. Always be 100% true to yourself while keeping the health (emotional, physical, mental, and spirtual) of the submissive in mind. 2. Network with other dominants to find out what they enjoy doing with their submissives. 3. Attend bdsm functions to observe play, attend classes, demos, or workshops to get fresh ideas and technic advice. 4. Of course always practice on something without synopse functions before trying a new form of play on a human. 5. Communicate, communicate...... did I mention..... COMMUNICATE 6. Remember that being dominant is not being domineering, and there is not a bitchy requirement either. 7. Remember that you can always push a little further; however, once trustis broken you will never be able to go back to where you were BEFORE the trust was broken. So, don't feel like you have to always push the envelope. 8. Find things you and your submissive enjoy to research and explore together.......... but remember to use common sense when reading lifestyle stories. The 'Story of O', 'Beauty Trilogy' by Anne Rice, Amanda Ware's 'Bound' series, etc are FICTIONAL stories; therefore, not everything in them is practical for real life application and may need to be modified. 9. Be sure to find people who have truly physically experienced this lifestyle to get ideas from. People an do anything in their fantasies; however, flesh, bone, heartbeats, and blood limit our capabilities dramatically. 10. ENJOY yourself! Don't make it all work. Just my two and a half cents. MzKim
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