Definitions in BDSM relationships.

You’re not a TRUE slave. That’s not the right way to dominate. You can’t be a true submissive if you do that.

These are sentences that are seen in many different forums. If you go on the popular fetish social networking community fetlife, you will read statements such as these in every single group. I am pretty sure it grates on 95% of the people’s nerves but it is that darned 5% that keeps these elitist statements alive.

My definition? I am a young slave slut to a loving sadistic Daddy. Whoa, hold up, Daddy? That must mean I’m into ageplay! Not true, yet people would say that he is not a ‘true’ Daddy then. Since when did relationship definitions need to undergo public scrutiny to determine if they are ‘true’?

No two people are exactly alike so why are we assuming that the type of M/s relationship I have will be exactly alike for the next couple? Just because two relationships don’t mirror each other doesn’t make either one more or less valid.

I don’t need a lot of micromanaging. If I am told to clean the kitchen I can decide if I want to clean the stove first or the fridge. However, if another slave needs micromanagement, it does not mean [s]he is any more or any less of a slave than I am. It seems that people are so quick to shove their own ways down other people’s throats. The reason my relationship works is because neither of us like micromanagement. I found someone who fits me. No way is any more ‘true’ than the next.

Whether you are a just in the bedroom, or 24/7, or every third Saturday of every other month couple, as long as you are happy with the way your relationship works, let the ‘true’ ways go. Your way is true enough for you and that is enough. Just because I am a 24/7 slave doesn’t mean the boy who only dons a collar in the bedroom is any less than I am. Doing what feels right for your relationship and your happiness is what you should do. There is no hierarchy either. A pet is no less than a sub is no less than a slave. Every relationship is wired differently, as is every individual person.

For a community that is composed of people who can’t be completely themselves in ‘vanilla’ settings for fear of being judged or ostracized, there is sure a lot of judgment within. Embrace who and what you are, and others for who and what they are. We are all different, and that is a good thing. Whether you are a sub/slave/pet/girl/boi/Dom/Mommy/Mistress/Sir/Daddy, embrace what makes you, YOU. Just because someone else doesn’t do it the same way you do doesn’t mean that either way is wrong. There are many paths to being [insert title here], choose the one that is right for you.

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4 Comments

  1. I agree. My relationship with my husband is very different, in my opinion. It used to be that I had the control before we got married. It wasn’t quite mistress-slave, but I did have him wrapped around my finger. Now the tables have turned after he learned all the things that bother me (tickling, pinching, poking, slapping, cold hands, cold & wet hands). It may be strange, but those things are how he punishes me. I’m his little kitty and he’s my master. I try to punish him for hitting or pinching or something, but it never works and he just says I should give up and accept my life as a pet. It’s not so bad, though. I actually get my head scratched and he sometimes refers to me as “kitty”. It’s kinda cute actually. The funny thing is, I wish he’d be a little bit more aggressive. If he thinks he was a werewolf in a past life (That’s why I’m treated as a cat. I was supposed to be a cat in a past life :p I dunno.), then I wish he’d bloody act like it and really ravage me every once in a while.

    I understand that relationships can’t all be put into the same box. Mine definitely can’t.
    .-= True Pleasures´s last blog ..Kiwis Know How to Win a Female’s Heart! – Review of the Kiwi Vibe =-.

  2. I love being a sub slut and having my big, bad, beastly, fiercely loving Daddy Dom. I love having someone in charge. He is my rock, my King, my Sun God.
    .-= The Beautiful Kind´s last blog ..Ask The Slut: How Do I Give A Compliment? =-.

  3. That’s the one thing that made me leave Fetlife. Everyone says they’re so open but you put your two cents worth on a topic and I was called a bitch and dumb and that I shouldn’t have an opinion on an issue (I suggested a similar toy in a topic where someone was asking about toys). The anything I mentioned in my local group turned into people wanting to get naked and play without consideration if everyone wanted to do that.

  4. Great post. I’m member to a few communities related to “the lifestyle” and I often consider leaving them due to the way people treat one another because of what they believe a BDSM relationship should be.

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