MarcEsadrian
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ORIGINAL: jujubeeMB Ok, been in Europe not thinking about D/s for a couple of months, but I'm back and this one is making me crazy: How do people feel about aftercare? I do a lot of very intense psychological stuff with my Dom, and while during play I feel like the luckiest, most incredibly blissful person on the planet, when I don't get a good "it's ok, I care about you. Come back to yourself" session afterward, I wind up feeling god awful. My Dom agrees that we need to find aftercare that works for me, but so far I can never get him to do it, and in trying to I wind up feeling obnoxious and needy and whiny on top of my already pretty crappy feeling. Are there any Doms out there who do NOT like to do aftercare? Are there any subs who desperately need it but have had to stifle the need because their Dom wanted them to "get over it"? Everyone else - do you need aftercare? Do you loathe aftercare? Think it's silly? Love it? I don't understand the issue with aftercare, if there really is one; it's a fairly natural and human thing to offer a slave/servant/bottom who has suffered so much for you a lap to cry upon, and it only serves to strengthen the bond. Knowing you haven't broken your favorite toy, and exploring his/her mental state is comforting, in turn. On the flip side, insisting on the unconditional provision of aftercare in any circumstance is unrealistic and somewhat subversive. There are times when it should not be offered or expected.
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