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dragonslave77 -> RE: The reality of "relocating" (11/9/2007 9:20:35 PM)
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About 3-4 months ago I moved 1600 miles to be with my Mistress, who I met online (not through CM, but another IRC/web site). I have no regrets whatsoever, and am probably the happiest I have been in my life. However, that being said, I did make sure of a couple of very important things, at least to me. First, that are plenty of opportunities to pursue my other “vanilla” interests in the area, and that certain memberships transferred to the local area as well. Those two being in place, I also had to be sure in my own mind, that should the relationship between myself and my Mistress fall apart, that I would be able to “make it” in the new city alone. I have the unique situation of having stable, decent income, regardless of where I live, and because of various family circumstances, I have lived much of my life alone. So, up and moving to a new city is probably much easier for me. I also weighed in other factors: the fact that cost of living in the new city is much cheaper, and the fact that I probably would have been spending way too much money on plane tickets to fly to spent time with my Mistress. All this being said, I would agree with the advice others have presented here: extended visits, take things slowly, have a back up plan, make sure you can support yourself and make sure you can have a life separate from the relationship and BDSM in the new area. So far, I'd consider myself one of the success stories of relocating to be with someone, to “follow your kink”. I personally would make the same decision again, and am very happy. I sincerely hope my Mistress feels the same way as I do about things, and that in some small way I am able to enrich her life as well.
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