LillyBoPeep -> RE: Real Life vs Online Slavery (7/30/2011 9:44:12 PM)
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i can generally agree with Jeff's points. even if i say "i believe X about Y," i still hope someone who thinks B about Y will come and explain to me and maybe change my mind, or at least give me some insight into why they believe what they do. that's the most interesting thing about talking to people, at least to me. that's why i don't tend to put my own opinions in OPs; i want to hear what other people think and have an exchange. and i do believe in questioning your elders, to answer that point. but to me, there's a way to have a dialogue with someone. there's a way to make another person want to engage you and feel like an exchange with you is worthwhile, and we're a little short on that around these parts. if you feel like you're running into a brick wall, common sense says "stop, turn around, go somewhere else, or climb the wall and forget about it." to me, when i do something for someone, i get a warm fuzzy feeling. sometimes there are things about it that turn me on, but that's not "warm and fuzzy." if i wash dishes for someone who appreciates it, it IS like "bought my mom a book" good to me at times. i don't feel any one thing the same way every time i do it, so i can't and won't say "that's how it is all the time." i won't deny that i am turned on by control, i'm turned on by a Dominant personality interacting with me. but i also feel a ton of other things, too, that warm and fuzzy feeling is a big one. i want to make someone's day better, period. it's the same part of me that volunteers, the same part of me that rescues animals, tutors people and teaches. that, to me, is part of what service is and it isn't always about sex. i want to belong to someone because it's comfortable for me. it makes me feel safe and like i belong. an Owner is someone who sees something in me worth possessing, and since i'm also looking for a romantic relationship, there are sexual aspects to that, too, but BDSM and power exchange aren't the same thing. they can occur together, but they aren't the same. power exchange is not always about sex, whereas BDSM sure as hell usually is (and of course there are plenty of people who will say that BDSM is not about sex for them, either; i don't agree with them, but maybe that opinion is totally right for them). being turned on isn't the only thing i feel; i feel comfortable, i feel normal. i like watching the movies someone else wants to watch, i like eating the foods someone else wants to eat, talking about things that matter to them, reading books they like, going places that are important to them. and anyone who knows me knows that i'm fully functional and have plenty of my own opinions, theories, and hobbies. i'm not a broken or malformed person; i have gone through a great deal of shit and managed to put myself back together every time. but that's just who i am and who i have always been. there are aspects of it that are about sex, sure, but the WHOLE of it is most definitely not 100% sex for me.
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