Lucifyre -> RE: Being Dismissed!! (1/10/2013 5:38:18 PM)
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Despite what Jeff says about your relationship not being long enough to be a blip on the radar... I am in the crowd that feels that a BDSM relationship requires far more trust from both parties in order to work for however long it's going to. That alone to me means that people are going to get far more emotionally involved when they are in a relationship. In a vanilla marriage, you don't expect to allow the more dominant partner to tie you up and do unspeakable things to you and expect to live through it. In a BDSM relationship, that's all in a days fun, and it takes A LOT of trust to let it happen. Being married 20 years now, with kids and the whole shebang, of course I don't discredit the amount of work it takes to get here...yes her relationship was very new and she likely had quite a bit of NRE going. But again, being the type of relationship it was AND considering the fact that she threw her life down to the drain to have it...yep, that stings. What happened beforehand at this point isn't even relevant...it's what happens moving forward that matters. Who gives a shit if she did a background check on the guy, that isn't going to matter for what she needs to do next. Does she need counseling? That's not for me to say. Would it help? Possibly...but maybe, instead of dismissing her feelings (and yes you did even though you protested doing so...sorry Jeff) we can help her avoid doing it again and getting hurt further. OP, go ahead and do the research for KAP, who knows, maybe a little therapy will help you. In the meantime, pick yourself up by the bootstraps, own the fact that you made a mistake in life and make a plan on how you're not going to make that mistake again. If what you seek is a relationship in the BDSM lifestyle that's awesome, welcome to the community! Next time you decide to go run off and be with some Dom that says he will take care of you, make sure you have enough money put aside to recover if it doesn't work out and DON'T touch it unless you find yourself without the relationship again. Get yourself involved with your local BDSM group and get to know folks <as friends>. Built yourself a good support network within the community, people you can rely on if things in your relationship go sour. Next time instead of moving right in, maybe you'll consider moving close by and supporting yourself near him for a year so you're well established locally (meaning job etc) so if the relationship doesn't work out after you've decided to cohabitate, then you're just moving house instead of dealing with a life altering situation. For the record...we could ALL probably use a little therapy. But IMO, she is no more fucked up than the rest of us. She just made a mistake and needs to recover from it. And, on top of that, her mistake was more of a preparation one than a relationship one. If you set all the emotions aside and just look at the basic situation, a little bit of pre disaster planning would have saved her a shit load of heartache. Always, as usual...just my not so humble opinion. Lucifyre
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