peppermint
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Joined: 10/18/2005 From: Montana Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: UllrsIshtar I'm genuinely curious, not trying to imply anything or devalue your experience or something, but I've never really understood what motivates somebody with your brand of submission, and so I'm trying to understand. From what I've read here over the years, I'm assuming that you have the type of personality that's just very service oriented in general towards the people that you care about, is that correct? So with that being the case, I'm assuming that you're the type of partner who, in a vanilla relationship, expresses her care also by doing such things, is that also correct? So basically, if you were with a vanilla lover, you'd still make him tea if he needed it, and still respect his wishes for no potato salad? If those assumptions are indeed correct, what, if anything is the emotional difference for you between your current relationship and a vanilla relationship? Do you feel different doing things for him because you both know and acknowledge that it is part of a D/s dynamic, or is the feeling around anticipatory service pretty much the same with him as it would be in a vanilla relationship? It's funny how life makes you adjust to the changes it throws at you. At one time we were into needles, suturing, electo play, and a weekly beating for our mutual pleasure. Needles and suturing ended when his hands got too shaky. Electro play ended when he got a pacemaker. Physical problems including a recent broken hip have ended the weekly beatings as he is just too weak to use those floggers. Much like DesFIP, service has become a major portion of our D/s relationship. He still makes the big decisions in our lives but the play time is more subtle now. Heck, he's 74, 14 years, 3 months on a lung transplant that has the average life expectancy of 4.6 years. His health is to the point that he couldn't live alone if I weren't here. On top of it all, he is the most amazing man I know. If service can not be a part of a D/s relationship, then you are limiting the age of the participants. Rather than question the motives behind any service, just remember, everyone is getting older. Everyone will face health issues as they age. Would you want someone to tell you that your brand of BDSM at 70 years old was not equal to another's brand of BDSM at age 40?
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