FieryOpal
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Joined: 12/8/2013 From: Maryland Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: pg4g I suppose I just thought about people tying the other up and having sex with them, and if the person is submissive anyway, wanting to do whatever the dominant person wanted, then it seemed somewhat redundant. But I of all people should know that it isn't just tied into S&M. I restrain my partner, and I don't hurt him. He's not a masochist, and if I did hurt him, he'd leave me. My restraining him is actually about him showing he trusts me NOT to hurt him despite the vulnerable position he's in. And I didn't even think of the fetish of bondage itself! What was going wrong with my mind when I posted this? Nothing wrong with wanting to know what other people get out of it. I wonder this myself at times. For instance, I get offers of "free" service subbing left and right, no strings attached. Right. (Even if so, I can't accept those kinds of lopsided offers.) Invariably, after I've turned them down - mainly male subs but occasionally a bisexual female sub will offer maid service - they will drop the hint that they REALLY LIKE BONDAGE. I'm thinking to myself WTF? I can see bondage being a fetish with subs, and the Dominants who get into rope-typing artistry (I don't have the patience for that sort of artistic self-expression! I want to get to the sex acts. ) I view bondage for utilitarian purposes or else incorporated into BDSM not for its own sake, as more of a kink (for me) rather than a fetish. That's why I avoid fetishy bondage-type male subs because I don't consider we have compatible kinks in this regard. Am I making any sense to you, pg4g? In other words, I'm only interested in the restraint aspect of it, not confinement or keeping my partner bound for any considerable duration. This is also why I have no interest in plastic wrap, skintight rubber wear, strait jackets, and I find hood-wearing creepy as well as using pantyhose as a head covering. quote:
ORIGINAL: DesFIP I think the op, like a lot of people who do s & m, has the mistaken idea that bondage is just a precursor to s & m. It isn't. It's a full fetish just by itself. We don't do s & m, barring light spanking and such. Bondage for us is what s & m is for the op. And the only think it's a precursor to is hot sex. No question that bondage is separate from S&M. I don't do S&M either, and don't count spanking, hair pulling (more like grasping, not done hard), man-handling, light swats or a slap in the face (if sub gets into that) as being sado-masochistic. Not into inflicting pain nor immobilization--I want to keep things interactively erotic.
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