Proprietrix
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Joined: 7/15/2005 From: Ohio/West Virginia Status: offline
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errr.... I'm not sure what kind of response you're looking for here. I understand that you're probably feeling quite a bit of emotion; anger, frustration, disappointment, and a million other "negative" feelings. This too shall pass... As I say to my youngin... "Now, what did you learn?" The lifestyle leaves plenty of room for fakes? Yup. Online communication provides for easily taking advantage of others and facades? Yup. Protocol has taken a backseat to inclusivity? Yup But surely you already knew this. Although you didn't walk away from this with what you had hoped for, you can't say you walked away empty-handed. If nothing else, you just got 8 months of experience of training a submissive. Can you look back on that and say "What did I do right? What did I do wrong? What would I change next time?" I fully believe that anytime we teach, we also learn. You had 8 months of experiences in teaching. Try not to stay too focused on the last day of that 8 months. Her saying one time "ha ha, jokes on you." doesn't nullify the 8 months of dynamics that preceeded the punchline. It just changes which path you take with that particular person. Many times, people feel angry because they felt made a fool of. "How could I have been so stupid?" When that's the case, sometimes it's healthier to look forward instead of back. Instead of thinking "Man, I got played." thinking "How can I better detect players in the future?" or "How can I refine my training methodologies?" might be more constructive thought processes. I wouldn't be so quick to assume that 15 years ago (early 90's) everyone was "true" and "real". (Those are words I try to avoid anyway, because they just set us up for failure and disappointment.) Many people with a substantial amount of time/experience under their belt in *anything* will tend to look back and glamourize "The good old days." Don't get too caught up in looking back at yesteryear when there's so much to look forward to tomorrow. Change happens. Being able to keep up with such change is a virtue. Like it or not, there are people in this lifestyle (and there always have been) who simply don't adhere to good character. Your character is built in how you handle the not-so-friendly situations you encounter. We live. We learn.
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IMO, IMHO, YMMV, AFAIK, to me, I see it as, from my perspective, it's been my experience, I only speak for myself, (and all other disclaimers here).
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