DaddySatyr -> RE: OWYN (8/26/2016 7:53:59 AM)
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I've only "browsed" a few of the responses, here, but both Maria and Catize brought up interesting points to my mind. I absolutely agree with Maria that we can "over share", in our particular setting. It's something that slapped me in the face, years ago. If I share too much with a submissive (I'm not speaking about sexual things, here. I'm speaking about dynamic-type things), I run the risk of "writing a script", whether we realize it or not. Not only can that be anathema to a relationship as far as things getting "stale", awfully quickly, but it can provide a mechanism for a young lady who really isn't a match for me to pretend that she is. I'm not saying I offer no information about myself. That would be counter-productive. I am saying that I tend not to try to lay out a "road map for all time", when we're still in the "getting-to-know-you" stage. I love taking time (weeks; not hours, guys), getting to know a lady in very vanilla ways because there are always going to be indicators of D/s proclivities, if we know how to identify them. That said, I have also established little "tests". I've mentioned this, here, before and got lambasted for it, but ... oh well! In the course of getting to know a lady, I will share some of my likes and dislikes. One of my main ones is: I prefer a lady to not tie up her hair, in any way. I know some of those hairdos are nice. I get it, but unless it's a really formal affair (gown and gloves, ladies), I prefer that she just wear her hair down. If I tell this to a lady on date two and on date three, she's still wearing her hair up ... well, she's "answering" me: "Sorry. I don't care enough about making you happy to just leave my hair alone, once I put down the brush and blow dryer." Message received. In this instance, I'm asking for LESS from her. Not doing something is pretty easy, really. I'm not asking her to go out of her way, in the slightest. It's just a little thing, but it's very telling. Please notice: I didn't "order" her to wear her hair down. I told her that I find it very pleasing and she made a choice from there. It's a "signal" that she's smellin' what I'm cookin' or she's not. Now, while all this is "nice", in the beginning, things take a turn, once she starts talking about giving herself to me. For me, this is where the "negotiation" really comes in, but, again: I'm not necessarily talking about the physical. How does she feel about a guy that won't allow her abuse herself with drugs and alcohol? How am I defining "abuse"? What are her thoughts on children? What about one of us wanting to move one of our ailing parents into the house? There's a metric shit-ton of things that people don't even bother with that can be relationship killers. Why are people in such a rush to just skip over them and "Well, I'll let future Michael worry about her love of venomous snakes." Bullshit on that. I don't want a surprise, a year down the road, when she wants a King Cobra. As (I think) catize said: Why are people in such a damned hurry? If this really is going to be a lifetime relationship, shouldn't we try to see if we're compatible on the things that can come up in life (to the best of our ability to foresee them)? Michael
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