juliaoceania
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Joined: 4/19/2006 From: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: mstrjx Well, there are limits, and then there are limits. No, I'm not being obtuse (well, any more than usual). I don't know about the rest of you, but when, at 30, I started in the BDSM world full-time, I didn't know all there was to know. I didn't know what my informed opinions were on all that WIITWD. How could I? But as I got closer to things, I realize that my interests broadened; I'm not really a squick-worthy type of guy, but some things that might have made me uncomfortable grew on me as ideas. Some have been broached, others not. Nobody ever said that submission was going to be easy. Nobody ever said that it would always be comfortable. Some people probably don't even know that submission makes us take hard looks at ourselves. It's part of the journey. I'm not condoning the behavior if a so-called dom(me) wants to have their cake and eat it, too, just for their own sake. But I will say that this topic could very well be addressed or explained in any number of (depending on the situation) ways. This topic triggers some of the same sorts of emotional buttons as being loaned. Usually there is some sort of proviso at the beginning of a relationship, but the matter might lie on the table dormant for months or years until it finally gets broached. Not for everyone, but not unheard of either. Jeff I will say that this issue may come up for me one day, how would I react? I would submit because I would think that if he was out for a "cake and eat it too" situation my feelings would never be an issue... which with him my limits are a big issue in that he takes trust I have in him seriously. I have a friend that used to post here that had these situations arise, we talked today over the phone about it, and it made me wonder how I would/will deal with it... because for us there seems to be something playing out in our relationship... releasing limits that I did not know were even up for debate and how that engenders deep trust in me. You are right, there are some things that one just starts to grow into within the context of discovering themselves, especially with a patient partner
< Message edited by juliaoceania -- 2/17/2007 9:08:20 PM >
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