ElanSubdued
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ownme2387, Here's some blunt and hopefully helpful advice. First, delete your profile content (yes, all of it) and start over again. Leave out the fetish stuff and especially the references to brown and red showers. Dude, even if these are some of your hard limits, it's not necessary to put these in your profile. Also, ditch the stuff about looking for someone to control you. A dominant woman knows this already - no need to tell her what she already knows. What a potential dominant partner doesn't know is what makes you an interesting, well-rounded person. THAT is the stuff to put in your profile. You know... showing your sense of humour... talking a little about your passions and goals in life... possibly filling in some details about the kind of relationship you're looking for (monogamous, poly, etc.). Second, see AcademyForSlaves' post above? Ignore this kind of stuff. This is actually more insidious than the usurers who make it clear they want to use you. Third, join the conversations here and get to know people. You'll quickly figure out who the dominants are that offer sincere, valuable lifestyle advice and who contribute selflessly to our community. (Where is Lady Pact when you need Her? :-) And, you'll make friends and figure out those who have life experience worth learning from (Dark Steven, LadyAngelika, GreedyTop, PeaonForHer, Lockit, OttersSwim, Akasha, LadyNTrainer, strangedesire, WildHrt, undergroundsea, LaTigresse, VaguelyCurious, and a number of others come to mind). Hannah and her partner Heather seem like good folk too. My point is, get to know people as people and leave the "looking for a Domme" thing alone for a while. As you get to know others, your "looking for" approach will change and develop in a more organic way. Fourth, if you don't have a FetLife account already (www.fetlife.com), create one. Use FetLife to find groups with events in your area. Fifth, go to events in your area and meet kinky people in real life. This provides BDSM life experience that helps immeasurably online and off. Edited to add #1: ah, there is Lockit now. I've not read her advice yet and I can still say with certainty it's worth reading. Edited to add #2: AcademyForSlaves posted again. I cannot say strongly enough to ignore this kind of "training". This is fantasy, self enjoyment stuff and not what drives the foundation of a mutually rewarding, D/s relationship. The only training you need is that which you gain while leading a well balanced life. As for specific BDSM protocols and/or things your dominant may want, these are unique to each person and can only be learned communicating with and listening to that person. The best you can do before getting to that stage is... brush up on your manners, learn about yourself and your own interests, show empathy and kindness in general, learn about things that may be of interest to potential partners, and be willing to listen and communicate as is appropriate. I'm glad you came back and decided to join in, and I hope you stick around. :-) Elan.
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