Palliata
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The online thing is not my area of expertise, but people generally and subs especially are, so here's what I'm thinking. How much are you covering in terms of BDSM ahead of time? Do you bring up sex, play, fetishes, preferences, etc. before meeting, or are your pre-meeting things mostly in the realm of getting to know each other? I ask because if you're front-loading it that may be scaring people away. They feel like they've disclosed so much about themselves in terms of their sexuality that the first meeting is going to be too far too fast in terms of submitting, and they realize they've essentially bared their soul to strangers on the internet who now want to meet them in person and oh my god what if they think I want to be fucked in the Starbucks and how can I really say no after everything I've told them and Jesus what was I thinking talking about all that stuff that's so embarrassing how did this situation start fuck it I think I'm just going to not go, I mean they'll understand right they're not going to hold it against me if I just don't show up it's not like we're in a relationship so whatever, right? See what I'm saying? If you front-load your questions then they feel like they have given up so much of themselves to someone they don't truly know as a person that they have a miniature implosion and their first reaction is to completely dispose of the situation and start fresh. The nice ones will give you excuses until you 'take the hint' and the not-so-nice ones will simply disappear and pretend you never existed. If they bring it up, obviously you're going to want to address those issues, but don't make an inquisition of it until after they know the two of you and feel fairly comfortable. Anyway, my experience with the online bit is limited, so that may be completely wrong, but that would be my guess.
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