CreativeDominant
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ORIGINAL: Kidsphoenixx FAST REPLY I had long ago concluded that a good proportion of ANY relationship was sex-based..... hell, a good proprtion of a lot of stuff is sex-based lol. I certainly don't "preach" that sex has NO role in BDSM, though there is sure a lot of information about how sex is not the BASE of BDSM. As someone who has never felt "the hots" for anyone,I guess I'm just weird, in a weird mob. Thanks to all who responded. You're welcome. To me, a big part of the problem comes in when one partner or the other...in a relationship that is not only D/s and friendship based but also, emotionally and mentally based...concentrates on only one aspect to the neglect of other aspects. I saw it happen in my own marriage in the last years of it and while my increasing interest in D/s and BDSM ( in comparison to her curious-but-not-evolving interest) certainly did not help, I think that the D/s BDSM interests could have been dealt with easier if the walls of resentment over the lack of physically relating to each other in any way had not come up. We related well on an intellectual level and an emotional level and in the ways we were involved with our UMs but that did not seem to translate over to the physical. I've heard other men describe it...without the D/s/BDSM...in much the same way. Conversely, I have listened to women in my office and women who are my friends tell me how they resented the fact that they enjoyed, and gave their partners enjoyment in, the physical aspects of the relationship and then felt that they were being neglected more and more in the emotional and intellectual areas. Of course, there is overlap...cases wherein men felt the second scenario happening and cases where women were having the first scenario happen to them. In either case, no matter which one you are experiencing, it comes down to a feeling of being "used". I grew weary of it...these other men and women were either growing weary of it or had reached that point. This is one reason why I am upfront about what I want and expect from my partner in terms of the physical. I KNOW that I can bring the emotional and intellectual "goods" that they want...or will damn sure try every day...to the table. But, just as they do not expect me to expect perfection in the physical sexual arena, they cannot expect perfection in the emotional/intellectual arena. It is a matter of balance.
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