roscho
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Joined: 11/28/2010 Status: offline
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I am in the middle chapters of a person in this sort of place. I knew I was sexually submissive from as soon as I discovered sexuality. As I've matured, I realize even some of my play as a young child - say 7 or 8 years old - was based in D/s undertones. So, as I got older and tried to find dominant partners, I had zero success. So I waited until I was in my late 20's to really settle down. I married a woman who had to be dominant. She had professional and recreational traits that to me seemed to mean she might be dominant or at least inclined towards growing that way. I was sadly mistaken. I tried for 10 years - she wouldn't have it - not even in the slightest. She wouldn't even study it from educational view to see if she could get a better understanding of what I was going through. It was simply a taboo that she wasn't willing to even consider. I had a taboo of divorce - the inner shame - so I stayed married another 6 years until I felt I wouldn't be doing harm to our daughter's view of the world. Time will tell on that one I guess. With my taboo of divorce, I also couldn't rationalize being unfaithful. So that leaves me as a 45 year old guy who has had a fantasy world for 30 years. I realize I am a total newb at something that I've thought about almost daily for 3 decades. Maybe I will be that disillusioned guy. I worry I'll find a person I feel comfortable with, and wammo - this isn't anything like what I had created in my head. I guess it probably comes down to finding a partner that you mesh with on several levels - There is a wide spectrum in the culture, and entering into an intimate relationship with a partner who you don't mesh well with will lead to failure. Then again, that is true in vanilla too. Like any successful endeavor, communication is key - there will often be disillusionment when there is a lack of open and honest communication. I think I rambled as I typed this out and thought into things a little more deeply. My apologies.
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