merrynb99 -> RE: a sub trying to be able to say no to a dom (2/14/2006 3:42:34 PM)
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I think I understand ShivaTS's confusion completely. I'm a new sub, and entering this life is an overwhelming freaking experience! The emotions, the obsession, the desperation and longing. It's so potent and powerful and magic and entrancing and poignant - for the first little while at least - entirely all-consuming. And you just can't stop thinking about it, and yes, lots of it is about sex, and you go into all these forums where all these great-sounding people have either found their perfect Dom or sub and are living "happily ever after". Or are "still looking". So let me tell you, its really hard to stop yourself from trying to put yourself out to, and meetng everyone of those "still looking"s. And let me tell you, I've arrived at first meetings and "played" straight away, and 99% of these guys are just out to have a great one-night kinky sex thing and then abandon you to a dark alleyway somewhere without a backward glance. Let me tell you something else - surfing through the Personals ON THIS WEBSITE, I have spotted at lease one of those same guys, in here, "still looking, for his one, his only lifetime love sub". Shall I Name and Shame him? OH I would just LOVE to. You are all sending out messages to us new subs to protect ourselves, yet I feel as if this site harbours some of the very worst of the perverts, undiscovered, predators on the prowl. It makes me mad. I sympathise with ShivaTS, and I sympathise with everyone trying to give her advice, but in a way she is going to have to figure out the hard lessons I've just learned, by herself: 1. Know what kind of Dom you are looking for. If you read lots, you will learn and come to know what you are looking for and thus, how and where to look for him/her/them. (whether it's munches, clubs, netchat, etc) 2. Engage cautiously. When you have encountered Him/Her (or He has encountered you), don't simply trust his every word unquestioningly. Know now that there are these predators in among us, and watch the signals! 3. When you finally arrange to meet one-on-one, as a new sub the rules of Meet in a Public Place, Let Someone Know Where You Are, and Don't Play on First Meet simply cannot be broken. More experienced lifestylers, sure ... bending is feasible (hehehe). But to us new subs, they should be non-negotiables ... 4. BDSM is NOT comparable to Vanilla interaction. BDSM by its very nature and definition implies an exchange of power that transcends vanilla; that's why it is distinguished from vanilla (surely?). By its very nature, it involves an edge of danger that becomes knife-edge when you are a new sub who doesn't even know properly yet what her limits are! ShivaTS, I know how you feel. I'm glad I got through my scary, painful, hard lesson. I still haven't found my Dom yet but you know what this lifestyle has done for me that's good? It's given me hope that He's out there. Stay safe so He (or She) can find you :)
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