CynthiaWVirginia -> RE: When is it abuse? (12/24/2013 4:00:48 AM)
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ORIGINAL: CollaredProperty He keeps telling me it's a small issue and reiterates the physical activities i have consented to, and how he's confused about this being different. Before I decided to master another person...I worked on mastering myself. I took time to learn the difference between BDSM and abuse, between Dominance and merely being domineering. Using physical violence...would be admitting to myself and to the world that I was incapable of getting what I wanted/needed by using my intellect, kindness, patience, and sheer force of personality. When I'm angry I walk it off, go watch some tv, go outside to prune my rosebushes or write some huge rant that I delete. I deal with the issue that angered me when I am calm, even if it takes hours or days before I am up to having a constructive conversation that will end in my getting what I want. (Or rather, what's best for all concerned. His needs will come before my wants, and I have to factor our dependents and extended families into the equasion.) Btw, not taking responsibility for injuring my lifemate/slave on purpose or by accident...I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around that. If we mess up then we need to "man up" and take responsibility for it. I would leave someone who hit me in anger, if it resulted in a hospital visit. Especially if I loved them. I would figure that their growth was being stunted by being with me...and that staying would be enabling this unacceptable behavior. (If several people left a relationship for the same reason, wouldn't the one left standing alone eventually figure out that the one common denominator...?) There are exceptions to the hitting in anger thing; if I played with bo so hard that his brain shut down and he went "feral"...then I would take responsibility for his condition. What attracted me to the D/s side of BDSM was the amazing trust that can be built between two people. If this is what you need...don't settle for less.
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