ClassIsInSession -> RE: Question for Daddy Doms (3/28/2011 9:14:56 PM)
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Maybe it's just me, but I work from a very simple premise. Generally in life, I guess the best description of me would be an ethical anarchist. That doesn't mean I want to rape, loot or kill, it means I don't feel the need to be governed, and the ethical part is all about the fact that I don't need to be governed because I'm likely to do the right thing anyway. I don't recognize anyone's authority over me, because we all come into and go out of the world in the same way. Just because someone wears a title doesn't give them any right other than the right I allow them to have, that said, yes I'm a dominant. I typically obey laws, not because I feel I have to, but usually because I either have no desire to break it, or it's more hassle to do so than it is worth. Coming from that vantage point and dealing with the D/S dynamic in relationships, my stance is, it's whatever the two of you agree to. I know there is the Old Guard way of doing things, the Gorean slant and what have you, but ultimately, either you come from a belief that you need to operate under someone else's created dogma or you forge your own way. In this community, lines are often blurred when it comes to terminology and so it's important to discuss the meaning of your terms, and be clear on what is expected on both sides of the equation to eliminate frustrating misunderstandings. It wasn't too many decades ago when all of this was tightly kept behind closed doors and clothespins and homemade whips/floggers were the height of the lifestyle. Now we have the internet, full of stories and information, some not firmly grounded in reality at all, and others sound enough to work from. But when it comes down to practicality, our kind of relationships have to be built on the same common building blocks of vanilla relationships, trust, honesty and good communication. Boundaries have to be explained, set and respected. Then and only then can you have a successful D/S dynamic, and it's well worth the effort. But quit looking for rule books, play the scenarios and possibilites out in your mind...all the way through, communicate with one another about how you see things and come to agreements. That's the point of a relationship isn't it, to relate to one another?
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