First of all, thank you so much for your comments on my last entry. This is a trying time and your comments were greatly appreciated, thank you. ♥
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D/s relationships quickly break down if the submissive withholds their feelings or thoughts.
Something I have experienced many times with both boy and pet is that they will stop letting everything out to me, and that's a problem. I can only make the best decisions with the information I'm given, and if I'm not given complete information I am not making complete decisions.
One of the hardest things you will have to learn as a submissive, no doubt, is that you cannot keep things from your Dominant. You can't not tell them your thoughts or feelings. You can't hold yourself back from being affectionate or devoted. You can't give anything less than 100% of yourself when it's required of you.
Frequently, the Dominant is not giving back an equal share of thoughts, feelings or actions. That's okay. These are, by design, unequal relationships. If you want an equal give and take relationship, then D/s and especially M/s is not the relationship models you should be looking at.
That's not to say Doms should keep things from their subs. Not at all. Dominants have their duties too, but they are different from the submissives.
This last couple of months have been awful for me, and pet especially but boy a little too have fallen into this thing where they "don't want to bother me" with things.
No. Silly submissives, that's not how this works.
Tell me everything. Give me everything. What I choose to do with it is up to me, even if it's nothing. But they, as my submissives, do not get to decide what is best for me.
I've been keeping much to myself and have told them that I am checking up on them less right now because I need to focus on other things. They, however, are not on holiday, they are still expected to be my submissives and continue giving me access to their power and authority. Unfair? Perhaps so. But as I said, this isn't a relationship model for people who want fair and equal relationships.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
I'm back!
Oh boy, this last month has been a Thing.
I don't really want to talk about it, heh. Suffice to say, stuff has been a headache at best and it's still not finished being a headache.
This last month or so has been awful for me, personally. Aside from moving house, I've had to do a long term sleep study for a specialist (which has been awful), I lost a friendship, my health has been awful, money has been beyond tight, and to top it all off, my father died.
During that time, BDSM has taken a back seat, unsurprisingly.
What is interesting to me is watching the ways in which boy and pet deal with me being more or less out of commission.
Boy has made me very proud this last month. He has gotten up and taken over things that needed attention that I wasn't able to deal with, he has taken good care of me, he has been an exceptional example of what a Leatherboy can be in times of stress.
Pet on the other hand, well. I don't think she even realizes she's doing it, but it's clear to me that without a firm hand on her at all times she begins to lose the headspace. I haven't done much about it yet because, as you may have guessed from my description of this last month, it has been a very low priority thing, and it's not that she's been a problem.
It's not that she's become rebellious or anything that severe. But she has become less devoted, she has been less focussed, she has been less communicative. Not to a degree that it's a problem, not by any means. But it's something I've noticed.
I feel like this is actually a pretty good example of the difference between a boy/girl and a slave, actually. When the Dominant is out of commission, how do they react? Do they step up to look after things, or do they flounder? Obviously it's not a one size fits all thing, but it is something that I think is very common.
Anyway, as I said, I don't have much to report. Things are still very stressful here but will hopefully settle over the coming couple of weeks. I hope you're doing better than I am, dear readers.
I don't really want to talk about it, heh. Suffice to say, stuff has been a headache at best and it's still not finished being a headache.
This last month or so has been awful for me, personally. Aside from moving house, I've had to do a long term sleep study for a specialist (which has been awful), I lost a friendship, my health has been awful, money has been beyond tight, and to top it all off, my father died.
During that time, BDSM has taken a back seat, unsurprisingly.
What is interesting to me is watching the ways in which boy and pet deal with me being more or less out of commission.
Boy has made me very proud this last month. He has gotten up and taken over things that needed attention that I wasn't able to deal with, he has taken good care of me, he has been an exceptional example of what a Leatherboy can be in times of stress.
Pet on the other hand, well. I don't think she even realizes she's doing it, but it's clear to me that without a firm hand on her at all times she begins to lose the headspace. I haven't done much about it yet because, as you may have guessed from my description of this last month, it has been a very low priority thing, and it's not that she's been a problem.
It's not that she's become rebellious or anything that severe. But she has become less devoted, she has been less focussed, she has been less communicative. Not to a degree that it's a problem, not by any means. But it's something I've noticed.
I feel like this is actually a pretty good example of the difference between a boy/girl and a slave, actually. When the Dominant is out of commission, how do they react? Do they step up to look after things, or do they flounder? Obviously it's not a one size fits all thing, but it is something that I think is very common.
Anyway, as I said, I don't have much to report. Things are still very stressful here but will hopefully settle over the coming couple of weeks. I hope you're doing better than I am, dear readers.
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