njlauren -> RE: Loss of control (5/11/2013 9:42:33 AM)
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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl njlauren, thank you for your post. You touched on many points I agree with. quote:
Going back to Lady P's jail analogy, it holds a lesson in another way, a lot of people who get out of jail are lost, have trouble, and end back up in jail because they can't cope with 'real life', and while it isn't a perfect analogy to a TPE relationship, for a lot of reasons (failure is also because those in Jail often are fucked up people, ill educated, from poor families, etc, etc), it still I think holds some of the same issues with a TPE. This one, I think, holds more truth than many may realize. The ability to break that relationshop diminishes over time. Until, eventually, I began to question my own ability to function without him at all. That was never his intent, or mine. It just happened. I also have a fear of falling back into such a relationship. I suppose, in part, I am questioning if this was truly his hold over me, or am I truly that much of a dependent person and could it happen again. quote:
That doesn't mean that someone leaving a relationship should sit around and whine, or be clingy on others, or keep crying for the relationship that was and now isn't, eventually people have to stand on their own feet. Again, my models for these relationships usually were where the M and s were both pretty self reliant people, where the M wanted someone who could survive on their own, make decisions, etc, but chose to be under his control, for the M's as they explained it to me it meant a lot more to have someone who could be happy making it on their own, but was happier serving them. As one friend said, getting a Dog to be your friend and servant was no big deal, but getting a cat to do that, well, that was the feat:) That was his intention as well. He frequently told me our relationship would not be long term. In fact, I think it lasted far longer than he intended. For me, and I can only speak to me, I dont feel it was intentional. As I posted previously, I was encouraged to have a life outside of him, and I did. I never knew how deep I was in until I was out. Tazzy- I don't think it has to be intentional, where the D/M has this incredible need to totally control or make their s totally dependent, I think it can just happen over time, where it evolves into the pattern of dependency I am talking about, and my real point is that going into these relationships I think both parties have to look at the possibilities of what could happen, and be prepared for it, be aware of it, etc. For example, if an M is mindful and evaluates where the relationship is, and looks for certain signs that the s is getting in too deep (or he/she themselves), they have the ability to shape it. It is why I really think endgames need to be thought about, even if the relationship is forever, I tell that to people getting married, as crude as it sounds, about dealing with the idea they may not be together, and think about how the endgame would play out, if they had kids, etc. To me a TPE is a very, very different kind of beast, and it needs to be treated as such, it has unique things to think of and be aware of. I know of at least one, maybe 2, TPE couples where they literally have set times, x times a year, whatever, where they spend a day or two, maybe going away, to discuss where they are, what they are seeing, and to look at the future. It isn't easy, because it requires both people to be willing to be introspective and honest, and either the D/M or s might get in so deep that it no longer works, where the s is so deep they cannot see what is wrong, and likewise the M may not have the perspective, either. I knew of one couple years ago who had a very kink aware counselor, who worked with them regularly as a kind of check in, since they would feel free talking to this person (it was outside their TPE, the s had full rights to talk to the counselor), to try and make sure it worked, I thought that was an intelligent approach, and theirs was quite a deep relationship (Female M, male s), as deep as I have seen, but also incredibly loving, too:) (I lost track of them personally several years ago, but I heard about a year ago through someone I ran into they still are at it hot and heavy......)
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