CreativeDominant -> RE: The one month rule. How many could do it? (8/17/2009 11:51:32 AM)
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ORIGINAL: AAkasha Suppose in the "getting to know you" phase (whether it be online, phone or in person), women (or men) imposed a "one month rule." For one month, there would be no discussions of anything kinky. Not even a "light discussion of likes and dislikes." The entire kink thing is pulled OFF the table and it's just about the man and woman and their hobbies, dreams and aspirations. It's like the "purity ring" of kink; you are saying, "I want to respect and adore my partner as a person first and foremost and then we can start sorting out the kinks after we know we like each other." Women, would you find this appealing? Men, would you? No...I would not find it appealing at all and here's why for me. I've discovered sexuality and the expression of it to be a very important part of my life. I'm sure there are some out there who are rolling their eyes and thinking "whoo-hoo, big surprise...a guy for whom sex is important". But stop and think about this for a minute...for most couples, no matter how much some want to deny it, there is a physical/sexual/lust factor that goes into the equation as a couple. Hell, it is part of what drew you together in the first place. One of the things I disliked about vanilla dating and involvement was this idea that you "shouldn't/didn't need to talk about sex, everything will work out". I can tell you that it doesn't always work out and in my case, the way it didn't work out was quite an ego-shattering, marriage-destroying experience. How many couples...good Lord, there is an industry for it...seek help with a very basic part of their interaction as couples? Because they don't know how to talk to each other about it...hell, they have trouble communicating about finances or how to raise the kids and those are important issues too BUT so many never see sexuality and all the things that go with it...how we like to do it, how often we like to do it, what things we like to do, what things really turn us on, what things turn us off, what things we HOPE to do, how it affects our feelings about ourselves and about our partners...as all that important. Too many other things that need to be considered. As someone else noted, I don't give a flying fig how well my partner can knit, even if it is a daily hobby just as I am sure my partner doesn't give a hoot how to adjust the carbuerator on my hot rod (yeah, I am still staying away from E.F.I.) but I DO give a damn whether or not she likes to be spanked and how and I do give a damn whether she sees sex as being something she does to please ME as her dominant or whether or not she enjoys it too and the fact that having it pleases her dominant is a bonus. I care about many things. My kids, my practice, my hot rods, the books I read, the shows I like to watch, politics, and on and on. Given the amount of time I will spend in bed or in/scene with a partner is much less than the time that will be discussing those things or doing those things. BUT...if we cannot get along in bed, if we are constantly clashing in bed then, much as it would be if we were constantly clashing in the D/s part of the dynamic (contantly engaged in a power struggle or constantly disagreeing about the viability of this or the necessity of that), we are not GOING to be discussing those things and just "hoping" that things will work themselves out. While I believe that sex and kink tend to flow/follow/whatever the hell you wish to call it from a certain amount of compatibility in other areas, I am also a big believer that to help get those other areas established beyond a cursory knowledge, there has to be compatibility in the sexual and kinky arena. Otherwise, much as I might enjoy discussing something with you, LaT or with sirsholly or someone else, the discussion of those things are never going to be as important to me as they would be with a partner that I AM engaging in sex/kinky fun with. There is a "disconnect", as it were, between someone who is a prospective partner and someone who is going to be a friend.
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