Yankeestick -> RE: Dedicating Doms,where are they? (10/29/2004 9:50:33 PM)
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Hi Serenity - This is not going to be a lecture - or even an instructional video (smile) - but more of an observation. The fact is that ALL of us, whether we define ourselves as Dominant, submissive, Master, slave, vanilla, chocolate, or New York Super Fudge crunch - are FIRST and FOREMOST human beings. When we forget that, because we're caught up in the intoxication that the BDSM experience can provide, we're walking on shaky ground. That doesn't mean that things will work out badly if we start out with a LDR, or whatever the quirkiness of the situation might be. It just means that we need to access our common sense and deep wisdom - something we all have inside - to get a reality check as we move along the winding path of the relationship. That's true for all human beings - not just kinky ones. Of course, sitting here in the lofty tower of my office, that's easy to say. But it can be hard to do in the heat of the moment's experience. And so it helps me - and it helps my few close friends - to have someone else to turn to for that reality check sometimes - especially if thiings seem weird, strange, or just unfulfilling somehow in the relationship I'm pursuing. Just so you know, it's not only subs who get abandoned by Doms - that door definitely swings both ways, and can hit a dominant/master in the face just as hard as it can a submissive/slave. And surely there have been plenty of "vanillas" who've been left at the alter - and plenty more who've woken up to find he or she has split, emptied out the checking account, and taken all the cd's! We're talking about the human experience, after all - and not just the BDSM experience. With that context for your very real current experience of suffering, perhaps you can take hope, and not give up on your very personal dreams and desires. Just because someone loved you and left you, and you loved well but perhaps not wisely - that is no reason to abandon the desire for love - YOUR KIND OF LOVE - ever after. Most of us need a breather after such an experience - a time to back off, reflect, learn some very personal life lessons, grow wisdom from our pain. Take the time you need. Don't let anyone rush you - and don't rush yourself. And then honor your heart, your mind, and your soul again - when you are ready to do so - and not before. See you on the other side - Be well. Yankeestick
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