Proprietrix
Posts: 756
Joined: 7/15/2005 From: Ohio/West Virginia Status: offline
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I'm open to having novices, as well as the more experienced. What I'm not open to is someone who misrepresents him/herself as sincere and serious about learning the lifestyle, but is really just seeking kinky sex. I think one can be inexperienced and new to the lifestyle, but still have some sort of idea of what they are after, based on their general personality, and different things they've read or seen, but haven't yet experienced. Most people know if they are seeking just sex, or casual play or a relationship. They may not understand all the different types of play available, or the different dynamics in different relationship settings, but they state their intentions clearly and don't misrepresent themselves. It's comparible to a college freshman to me. They may know they want to go into social sciences, but they haven't honed down which specific field. They do know however, that they aren't seeking out a math or art degree, so they don't expect their social science courses to be laden with mathematic equations and water-colors. If someone inexperienced comes to me representing him/herself as someone who likes the idea of high protocol and total power exchange, I expect that they won't want to be focusing on strap-ons and queening. I find it difficult to conceive that anyone just wanders into the lifestyle not knowing a general direction of interest. Something drew them into the lifestyle in the first place. Either they like being tied up in bed, or they enjoy pleasing others, or they feel they are a natural follower rather than leader, or they get off best with pantyhose tied around their heads.... *something* drew them here. Something piqued their interest and they delved into that interest at least enough to "get into the community" far enough that we met and started interacting. If they claim that interest was piqued because they adore "women in charge" but then later their tone changes to "women on top in the bedroom", it's a red flag to me that they were probably lying in the first place and trying to manipulate me. That scenario is a far cry different than someone who adores "women in charge" but try situations with "women in charge" (TPE, 2 owners, higher protocol, lower protocol, poly, etc) and find they like or dislike particular dynamics. I understand that people's interests change. Even those college freshman might change their major. But there's a difference in someone's interests changing over time, and someone misrepresenting their interests in the first place. It's the latter that I 'complain' about when I say I get tired of being approached by newbies who aren't serious.
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IMO, IMHO, YMMV, AFAIK, to me, I see it as, from my perspective, it's been my experience, I only speak for myself, (and all other disclaimers here).
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