LordODiscipline
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But then - there is so much wiggle room in the terms you are utizing (also) to define the entire thing...
I do not call you "elitist" - just not understanding (or, willing to understand) the perspective as it is presented by others.
*Dual income requiring someone in a position where they are not at one's beck and call - therefore is it 24/7?
*Familial obligations that demand attention that may deprive the dominant of their charge's dutys - 24/7?
*The submissive's annoying requirment to urinate on occasion does inhibit their ability to serve as well, mitigating hte entirety of a '24/7 uninterupted dynamic'.... (Note to self: investigate 'Depends')
Anyhow - this list goes on and on - you get the idea.
The fact is - you have a vision of what you require of yourself and your's.. good for you.
Others may work as hard or harder at their vision, and discover that the world outside of their dynamic (yes, there is one) might preclude time and attention that you find possible because of your life and requisites.
Others might have something which is more stringent and requires more of <fill in the blank>.
Not better - just different... and, if two people are living together and make the effort and see their vision of a "utopian power exchange" (sarcasm included for free) made - but, not to your specifics - then they are 24/7 where I come from.
As an aside, I know people who use the term "scene" to encompass their lives and their friends lives and the interaction and communcion of that friendship and does not denote a simple transitory and small sadist/masochist interchange as you would describe.
That usage is somewhat antiquated (as fast as our language and references change) but, it is a valid definition.
So - please do not speak for all of us who are 24/7... most of us are quite capable of speaking for ourselves if we chose to do so... and, I did not get a vote on who would be spokesman!
If I thought speaking out on my differentiations and protests towards others self defined lives would have any impact and/or sway these others, I would do so - but, it is the analogous equivalent of 'pissing in the wind'
And, besides - how another person decides to define themself and their world is not interfering with me living my life.
When it does, I can speak pretty well for myself.
~J
(who wears what leathers he has to work on occasions where the weather permits it)
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ORIGINAL: BrutalAntipathy
While I didn't use the word " true ", I am still happy to answer this. I believe that it constitutes a continual power exchange between owner and slave, as opposed to the people that either play at it or only practice it on weekends. Buzz words such as " play " and " scene " instantly tell me that the person speaking is not 24/7, as do some of the more asinine statements such as " So you wear your leathers to work? I bet that gets some looks! "
In essence, if the relationship lapses into vanilla, it is not 24/7. Call me elitist if you like, but like many other words that are misused in BDSM, 24/7 is already clearly defined, and interpriting it to mean " Power exchange when it is convenient and desirable " Is both wrong, laughable, and insulting to those of us who really are 24/7. It isn't about wearing leather to work ( or wearing it at all, for that matter ), it isn't about playing in a dungeon on Saturday night, it is about uninterrupted power exchange.
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