Satyr6406
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Joined: 3/27/2006 From: New Brunswick, N.J. Status: offline
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As with all relationships within this lifestyle, that covers a lot of ground. It is different things to different people. I will answer from my own perspective. Many, many moons ago, I knew that my idea of a relationship was that I had to be the "ultimate authority". I understood this as one of my character traits. Many of my associates (mostly at work or what have you) suggested that I might be into BDSM. At the time, all of the venues in which I chose to explore the possibility seemed to me to be populated by egomaniacs and misogynists. That is DEFINITELY not who I am. A female friend of mine (who taught me MANY things, by the way) was asking me what my opposition to the lifestyle was and I explained it to her, as best I could. Her response, in a nut-shell, was: "OMG! You run into a few (dozen LOL!) idiots and you're ready to give up?". Then, she explained to me how and why she thought I was a "Daddy". I was still sure that the "Daddy Dom/babygirl" dynamic was about age play (which revulses me) but, I tried to keep an open mind. Quite a few years passed and I was speaking to another young lady and she asked me, basically, the same questions about the DD/bg dynamic, in particular. By this time, I was identifying myself as a dominant but, I really didn't feel like I "fit in", anywhere. She gave me a short essay by a lady named "Kendra" who, I believe, MUST have some fairly extensive experience. For only the second time in my life, I realized that another person had known me (or at least, a part of myself) better than I knew me. It was an epiphany, to say the very least and I have NEVER looked back. In my mind, a "Daddy" is more of a nurturer than a punisher. He inspires submission but, he does so by lovingly doling out his discipline (I am NOT speaking of the physical). He truly cares for not only the needs but the wants that he deems important of his submissive. He treats his baby girl like his most precious possession in a (get ready to puke, especially if you HATED Pres. Bush I) kinder, gentler, way than I have seen exhibited in the Master/slave dynamic. To me, it is the fine line that a person who is somewhat egotistical (me) treads between being a "it's-all-about-me-bitch" type and 'nilla, "gee-I'd-really-like-it-if-you-would ..." type. I hope some of this helped. Peace and comfort, Michael
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