BLoved
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ORIGINAL: pyroaquatic quote:
ORIGINAL: BLoved The Case for Love Love strengthens self-respect, in the lover and the one loved. Love respects consent and the lack of consent. Love tolerates no deception. Love is patient and thorough. Love never places a beloved at risk. Love delights in the sharing of discovery and exploration. Love needs no previous experience. Love heals. Love has meaning, not just for one night, but night after night after ... Love isn't lonely. Love is much more than lust. Love challenges us to be our best, because it demands of us that we care for another as much as we care for ourselves. As we would not deny ourselves our best, so too do we not deny our best to those we love. To be our best we must be willing to grow, to learn, to explore and discover, always respecting our selves and each other. Love offers all of this to those who have the courage to believe in themselves, to respect themselves, to respect others. Love offers itself to those who turn their backs on Fear. Love offers itself to those who choose to be what they were born to be. Like everything love is something that must be practiced. Love cannot exceed trusts capacities. I can trust you, or I can trust pages of what has been said before my post. I trust myself. I trust myself to get hurt in my pursuit of love. It has happen and it will happened. It has happened before. It has happened to you. Granted I am not a people person. I can say I am a 'hot piece of meat' but I have not been invited to any private play parties (hell, even any public ones). I would say attractive, yes. Abuse occurs even without the BDSM context. I should know. The point is that what you are saying strikes some validity but cannot be solely applicable to the casual bdsm scene. This happens everywhere. I agree, and thank you for the appealing presentation of my words. Unfortunately, casual bdsm is the only realm which not only refuses to discuss abuse, but hounds anyone who points it out. That's what makes casual bdsm different from other forms of relationships. At least with the others, abuse is recognized and discussed candidly. Casual players are the only ones I know in denial, and thus they increase the likelihood others will be abused. quote:
(i also noticed that you refer to a female submissive in your profile so you do have a targeted audience, just to let ya know) ~smile~ Yes, I am a het male seeking a lady.
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When your bdsm paradigm makes love essential, expect some flack from those for whom love is anathema.
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