lizi
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Joined: 2/1/2009 Status: offline
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My kids were older when I found BDSM while dating others after leaving my marriage to their Dad, and they are adults now. I keep lifestyle things totally separate from them, but I also don't hide who I am. They and their friends know me as the Mom who does lots of things for them, in that respect I can't totally hide *who* I am from their world, but the overt D/s stuff is carried on in private. My partner and I are happy that way, we have plenty to keep us satisfied in that department without having it leak over into my family relationships. In fact my kids like my Dom very much, and seem to feel he not only takes great care of me, he's an awesome guy as well. He and I have had a few years together at this point. If they ever found out about my private life it wouldn't be the end of the world, and I'm not ashamed of it, I just don't find it necessary to push their faces in it either. There are actually some old threads about this subject that may give you ideas, you can do a search for them. In the past, some have suggested sound proofing in the bedroom, many have said they actually engage in BDSM activities only when the kids are totally gone from home and in the care of others for the night. It can be done, it just takes some preliminary work with your partner to outline how you want to handle things, much like discussing how to handle religion or discipline styles before the children arrive. Being a parent doesn't mean you have to subjugate who you are, although it might mean that you temporarily suspend things that the little ones shouldn't be exposed to. You'll figure it out. All in all I do feel that children always always always come first, and their parents should keep their welfare as the top priority- if that means that certain things get pushed aside till the kids are grown then that's life. I personally don't think that my own lifestyle choices should be a part of my children's life, or influence them in any way. Whatever they were meant to do or be, I'd like them to figure that out without being unnecessarily influenced by my own choices.
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