fullofgrace -> RE: Just not sure (7/4/2006 7:18:25 PM)
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mirus, i hate to be the bitch here, but if you can't offer her what she needs from a relationship, then it seems to me like it would be best for her to look elsewhere for a dominant, as rayne mentioned. where the child is involved - i am with akisha, in that if you truly care about each other as people, there's no reason why the child shouldn't at least know you exist, unless the relationship stays at one weekend a year, in which case, the child's knowledge really isn't an issue. of course, as with most things in bdsm, there's no need to give the child intimate details of your relationship, but there's also no need to pretend you don't exist, either - you could be introduced to the child as a friend. however, i personally would consider any dominant who wanted to collar me for a one-weekend-a-year relationship with no chance of ever being close-distance or live-in, even a few years into the future, to be extremely selfish, if not sadly naive. and i've learned in my own experience with long-distance relationships, especially long-distance bdsm relationships, and with dealing with things where relationship NEEDS are concerned, that i could never be collared to someone who was not eventually planning to at least live closer and build a relationship offline. i am not disparaging online relationships here, at all - it's just not my thing, and it seems like the people in this situation are using it as a last resort (because of distance and separation). all blame aside on who should be doing what in the relationship, though, diamond - you deserve much more than this from a relationship. no matter how much love is there, love unfortunately doesn't conquer all the majority of the time, and it's not healthy to give yourself to someone like this when you know your needs won't be met. at least, that's my humble opinion. eta: mirus - yes, there are going to be assumptions in replies where the whole situation isn't actually explained! what did you expect? we aren't mind-readers.
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