MistressMelissa
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ORIGINAL: SirLordTrainer This is a thread I thought up after dinner this evening, reflecting on how I first started out in this lifestyle/way. In 94, I picked up a copy of Wiseman's SM101 in a porn shop, and it pretty much snowballed from there. That was about 4 years before I found the local munch and the internet. I found that book most instrumental in helping lay a good structural foundation for Myself. Would be interesting to hear other's views on what first brought them to BDSM.. Thanks Greetings, I don't have a clear cut event that I can establish as a starting point. Back around '74-75 when I would have been 12 or 13 I found an interest in bondage. I would tie myself up or anyone else willing to allow me the opportunity. Just about hanged my neighbor at age 14 trying my first suspension. We didn't have internet back then so I didn't even know it was a fetish until I was probably 16 and found my grandfather's stash of Playboys. In 1980 I found my first adult book store outside Great Lakes Naval Training Center and was amazed to find the "Bondage and S&M" section. I started collecting leather/toys right along with magazines. Over the years and a failed marriage, I would stumble across others with an interest and get a chance to play here and there. The internet has caused an explosion of information and yet at the same time I wonder if the internet has made it too simple. While once someone had to earn their way into a community, today they simply need a computer. I have to wonder how many would actually put forth the effort to be in this lifestyle when they claim they can't find a local community even with the internet to provide them a gateway. Heck, I'm amazed that publishers will actually print books of our lifestyle. Thirty years ago it would have been too taboo. Desk top publishing has opened that door as well. If anything, there maybe too much information available these days.
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Melissa Mistress of Ds Haven www.dshaven.com The person who says it can not be done, should not interrupt the person doing it. - Ancient Wisdom
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