LeatherBentOne51 -> RE: Need help with bdsm lifestyle (3/1/2014 3:11:31 PM)
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ORIGINAL: njlauren Not even sure what the BD/SM lifestyle is, since there are so many variations to it. It depends on what you guys are interested in doing.is it only in the bedroom? Do you want it to be in your regular lives, and want to find ways to have that happen? These are basic questions that can help decide what you want to do. Do you both want a D/s (dominant/submissive) relationship, where as the Domme you take the balance of the power in the relationship? If so, what does that mean to you? Does that mean you decide what you guys eat for dinner, what movie to watch? Do you decide what he can wear any given day? It boils down to what you want out of it, and there is no magic formula or 'right way'...the nice part with BD/SM it is your relationship and your decision how it plays out, there is nothing that says you are real or not real, totally up to you. One of the nice things about BD/SM is other than safety issues, there isn't any rule book, you create it as you go. My advice is to start small, come up with a basic outline of what you both want, negotiate it, then live it. After a period of time (week, month, whatever), renegotiate, discuss what worked, what didn't, and adjust/add/subtract. The reading lists are great, too, the books and such have a lot of information, and if something hits your fancy, try it....my only warning is don't let it get too far, too fast, it is how people get hurt (emotionally I mean more than physically), whether it is the eager sub who is so caught up they end up comparing their domme to everyone else and enough is never enough, or the domme who forgets that the sub is someone (I would hope) they love and respect, and get caught up in being 'the bitch goddess' or something and causes a train wreck; the key is this is a mutual thing between the two people, and never lose sight of the fact of who the other person is, communicate, and also become good at reading the other person's feelings and body language, to prevent hurt. Hurt is very easy in a vanilla relationship, it can happen very easy in a BD/SM one, too, if you lose sight of or take for granted the other person:). lauren, I always enjoy your posts and wisdom.
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