classykindasassy -> RE: Connection or not?? (5/20/2006 3:37:25 PM)
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dear sublee, Lessons I have learned in BDSMland: as a life coach i find most people in vanillaland have relationships by accident, rarely by design. here on the other side i like to think we have full communication and agreements on our side to pave the way to sanity and clarity. You have to be straight with yourself and straight with the other person. You can't step over your own dreams, needs, wishes and desires, if you want to be happy. Well, yes you can, but there is a price to pay. "Master" is a term highly overused by many employing it with a bottom. "Slave" is a term filled with wishful thinking on the part of the unclear bottom who has not employed all the faculties (voice, gut, ears, eyes, weighing actions and responses, full and complete communication, leaving no stone unturned) at her command to ascertain whether where she is is where she needs to be. Master/slave relationships can either have romance and collar-commitedness or not. It is a matter of conscious agreement and design. Anyone can have a desire to have sex with, or play with, another, with no attached commitment. You have to make your boundaries. If someone is calling themselves Master, and wants you to, you need to find out if, in your estimation and education, they really deserve that level of obeisance from you. You will live and learn on that that one based on how willing you are to educate yourself and be straight with yourself. Stand for your boundaries and value. It can be lonely. If you decide to let down your guard, be prepared to pick it back up immediately. And sometimes in mature ability to relate, play as just play can be pleasing and can go on longterm. Sometimes where feelings are involved, you can't keep it that way (as just play) yourself - in which case you need to have the will to say no and keep looking for your true desire. His reason for not wanting a relationship with you are not about YOU. They are about HIM. Try to remember that, and try not to look for ways to make yourself inadequate in your own eyes.
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