hisdevin -> RE: Would you recommend slavery/submission to a loved one? (3/10/2011 9:25:38 AM)
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I haven't read all the replies. But... No, I would not. If a friend came to me expressing a desire to submit to her lover (or to find someone to dominate her), I would do everything in my power to talk her out of submission and particularly out of slavery. This has nothing to do with my own happiness in my relationship. Instead, it has everything to do with how difficult this lifestyle is to maintain in a real-life setting. It's fun to talk about, role play can be satisfying, but the reality of a lifestyle of enslavement is that it is difficult. Even when I am completely fulfilled in my relationship, it is a lot of work. No lifestyle choice should be made without serious consideration of the ramifications of that choice. I wouldn't encourage someone to choose submission/enslavement, or polyamory, or to choose to stay at home instead of working, or to work instead of staying home, or to be gay or straight, etc. If, by discouraging someone from pursuing submission or enslavement, I can make them thing longer about their decision, that's what I'm going to do. It doesn't always work. I had a friend once who ruined her marriage due to her desire to be in a D/s relationship. But that just goes to show that no amount of discouraging on my part is going to stop someone from doing exactly what they want to in the end anyway.
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