cinn
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Well we all seem to be expressing each of our desires or attitudes towards the OP's prompt, so I guess I can at least offer an opinion I haven't seen yet here... I believe the term that most people (probably the lifestylers mainly) would use to describe me would be 'bedroom sub', however I think that's more from a lack of intermediate terms than because I'm 'just after kinky sex'. I wouldn't say no to it but I don't want [yet...?] the whole 24/7 shebang, and there's a good chance I may never. So, it seems we're basically stuck with lifestyler at one end of the spectrum, this 'bedroom/parttime sub' thing in the middle, and 'just want kinky sex' at the other end. I think, however, that instead of being a sliding scale, each of these is a layer on top of the others. Which areas (or at least which of the three general groups) you fall into would depend on how often/much you want BDSM to be a constant part of your identity; which, in turn, is probably based on a hard-wired set of desires/inclinations that are unique to each of us. When you think about it fundamentally, if you don't partake of the 24/7 lifestyle aspects all you really are doing is having kinky sex, that is unless you differentiate between BDSM and lifestyling. I feel that I stand somewhere in the middle because I anticipate a relationship wherein there is kinky sex in abundance, naturally, yet aspects of BDSM (but not neccesarily lifestyle) in large quantities too. Does it make a bit more sense now? I've pulled it into three categories: sex, bdsm, and lifestyle. One is what you do in bed, the other is what you do otherwise, and the third is how you incorporate that into your life and living arrangements. When the god[des]([se]s) dropped the dart onto the proverbial map with me, they'd been at the mead a bit, and the hole through the paper was made right in the middle of the ocean, thus I cannot really say I am definitively one side or t'other ... but at the same time I don't want to fix myself down by saying what I want, because I don't know yet! For all I know I could find the perfect 24/7 relationship. While I deeply desire to submit etc. etc., lack of experience and a general disinclination (that comes from I know not where) leads me to conclude that I would probably not be most optimally happy in a relationship expecting me to be subject to someone else all of the time. There are some parts of myself that I cannot give up, and I would have to retain some mote of independance to maintain these myself. I'll admit my ideas about a 24/7 relationship are probably far from complete, and it does sound rather enticing under certain conditions (e.g., not having to work, allowing one to literally be around only to please her, or if my wildest fantasies were to come true [btw to any dieties listening in, if we do decide on this course, she was a redhead, remember?]). Again, I look at it like this: The kinky sex is the kind of materialistic, hedonistic stuff -- "Ooohhh yes those are sexy, it'd be hot to have sex while you wear them" and so on. OTOH you have BDSM which is very much more unworldly and is all about manipulating (for want of a better word) the other person into the weaker position and making them accept that this is how things will be, putting that dom/sub tendancy to good use, etc. Optionally encapsulates kinky sex. Thirdly you have lifestyle aspects, which define how the dom[me]/sub interract 'the rest of the time'. Encapsulates BDSM. So as you can see IMHO it's a three layered onion-like thing, and one's preferences towards hedonistic sex, or a deeper meaning, are essentially dictating how far from the centre of the 'onion' one is comfortable with living. Thinking about this, it's a bit pointless, as I'm sure everyone was well aware of that anyway >_> Sorry. [Exits Stage Left] -x- Now where was this going... ah yes. So yes I consider myself somewhere in the middle ground, and by my definitions at least of what plain 'kinky sex' and 'BDSM' are, it would seem that the vast majority of the people are also neither hither nor thither as regarding the OP's original "Sex or Lifestyle?" thing.
< Message edited by cinn -- 5/27/2007 7:56:54 PM >
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