Andalusite
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I've been in a couple of relationships as a Top, without any D/s involved. There are a lot of male dominants who are just fine with submissive in the bedroom, vanilla elsewhere, but most of the female dominants aren't interested in it. I think that bedroom-only submissives aren't necessarily bottoms, if they actively enjoy being *controlled* and feel submissive, rather than just being masochistic and physically enjoying the sensations. Either way is fine, as long as they are being honest about what they want/need. Personally, if I were to be in a formal D/s relationship, I'd want the control to extend into other areas. ShaktiSama, I think it's really weird to call people who are actively *interested* in BDSM vanilla, just because they aren't into D/s, or are in an egalitarian kinky relationship. Sure, some "vanilla" people do a little spanking, biting, scratching, etc., but if done to the point of leaving welts and bruises for a week, it ain't vanilla! I agree that I've been able to find partners in the past through vanilla interests. I'm personally open to D/s if I have that dynamic with the individual person, but most people just don't push my buttons on either side of the D/s equation. I've had a few egalitarian kinky relationships, but I haven't had a purely vanilla relationship since I was 20. I usually tell the other person what I'm interested in on the 3rd date or so, and so far, nobody's turned me down or gotten freaked out over it. I agree that most of the women who identify as dominant/top on this site (at least the ones who are active in the forums - I haven't really looked much at profiles for them on the other side) aren't looking for bottoms or bedroom-only submissives except possibly for casual play. On some other sites, there is more interest in the physical S/M, bondage, discipline, etc. aspects. I don't think he necessarily needs to go vanilla in his search for partners, but he might have better luck at a few other BDSM-oriented sites.
< Message edited by Andalusite -- 5/10/2009 4:08:01 PM >
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