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RE: Do or how do relationships between two D-types work? - 8/7/2008 11:15:42 AM   
leadership527


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I've been in a long-term relationship before where we were both dominants.  It didn't work out, but not for that reason.  I honestly don't understand what the problem is.  A dominant who feels the need to constantly be in charge is what I would call a "jerk" and not someone that I'd have chosen for a mate.  In my experience, people who are comfortable in their own skin with their dominance don't need to trot it out at every opportunity.  In addition, when two level-headed dominants are around each other, they BOTH know that getting into a fight is really going to be counter-productive so that path gets avoided.  That's been my experience.

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RE: Do or how do relationships between two D-types work? - 8/7/2008 12:34:02 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: leadership527

I've been in a long-term relationship before where we were both dominants.  It didn't work out, but not for that reason.  I honestly don't understand what the problem is.  A dominant who feels the need to constantly be in charge is what I would call a "jerk" and not someone that I'd have chosen for a mate.  In my experience, people who are comfortable in their own skin with their dominance don't need to trot it out at every opportunity.  In addition, when two level-headed dominants are around each other, they BOTH know that getting into a fight is really going to be counter-productive so that path gets avoided.  That's been my experience.


Horseshoes, Assholes and Hand Grenades. 
It really is counter-productive.
 
I have to totally agree with everything leadership527 posted above.  

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RE: Do or how do relationships between two D-types work? - 8/7/2008 4:10:24 PM   
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How do vanilla couples work?  Same deal.  A relationship between two people where there is NOT an authority based dynamic between them.

http://www.collarchat.com/m_1719197/mpage_1/key_dom%252Ccouples/tm.htm#1721059
sub/sub and dom/dom couples

http://www.collarchat.com/m_1678017/mpage_1/key_two%252Cdoms/tm.htm#1678046
Two doms?

http://www.collarchat.com/m_1430066/mpage_2/key_two%252Cdoms/tm.htm#1433421
to all dominants

http://www.collarchat.com/m_1022541/mpage_1/key_two%252Cdoms/tm.htm#1023431
a sub with two doms

http://www.collarchat.com/m_746009/mpage_1/key_two%252Cmasters/tm.htm#746254
serving two masters

http://www.collarchat.com/m_486285/mpage_1/key_two%252Cmasters/tm.htm#486926
being owned by more than one master

http://www.collarchat.com/tm.asp?m=362397&mpage=1&key=owned%2Ccouple&#362403
can slaves have two masters

http://www.collarchat.com/m_67515/mpage_1/key_two%252Cmasters/tm.htm#67515
Serving Multiple Masters

http://www.collarchat.com/m_1175519/mpage_1/key_two%252Cdoms/tm.htm#1175941
double d's


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RE: Do or how do relationships between two D-types work? - 8/7/2008 5:53:11 PM   
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My limited observation of people in that situation is that they simply don't have a power play aspect to their relationship.

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RE: Do or how do relationships between two D-types work? - 8/8/2008 2:02:51 AM   
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I'm sure I have this posted somewhere in at least one of those threads that LA provided the links.  Still, that's a lot of reading to go through, so I'll just post here.

For a quick explanation to understand My husband and I, we actually met and married vanilla.  I had been involved in BDSM prior to that, but it wasn't involved in our relationship.  It wasn't until a few years later that we made the joint decision for Me to get back into the lifestyle.  I don't want to make it sound like it was all that easy, but that is probably a subject for another thread.

The reason I mention it is, this was also the time that we had to discuss the fact that My husband is definitely not a submissive.  During that first year where he was learning about the lifestyle, it only became more and more apparent that he was also dominant.  There were times in that period that I kind of hoped he was a switch, being at least somewhat submissive to Me in some situations and dominant in his dynamics with others.  Personally, I don't see it as having turned out that way.  Every now and again, people will ask Me if I'm disappointed about that.  I have to say no.  I met, fell in love with, and married the man who wasn't a submissive, so why should that change?

Anyway, we're something of a D/D couple in personalities and a Domme/Top couple as far as experience.  In other words, he's had some experiencing topping now, but he's never really had a submissive of his own.  We don't "share" clip's submission.  The household agreement that we have is that we are a poly family, but the dominant who brings a sub into the household is in charge of that dynamic.

As for My husband and I's relationship, most of the time, it is very much vanilla.    Owner4SexSlave made a lot of good points in his post.  We treat each other pretty much as equals in our interactions.  Sometimes there is playful banter back and forth.  Every once in a while, if things are getting out of balance, and too much of My D is showing, My husband has a great line.  "You have a boy for that."  It's his way of reminding Me that he's My husband and not My sub.  Sometimes, the same is true in reverse.  My line is, "I've never been a submissive and I'm not starting now."  It's just the way we keep each other in check.

When it's just the two of us, we look and act like any other vanilla couple.  We don't get involved in power struggles often.  We prevent a lot of that by using those phrases I listed above.  We agreed that the best way for us to avoid this is to have outlets for it that don't involve each other on the other side of the kneel.  I'm always going to have more experience than him, so we both just accept that as how it is.  He often calls Me his mentor because he's learned a lot from My interactions with My subs.  He has no issues with Me as Head of Household, because our poly family centers on Me.  Other than that, and the fact that we happen to enjoy being part of the public scene, we're just like any other couple who doesn't have a form of power transfer in their relationship.          


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RE: Do or how do relationships between two D-types work? - 8/8/2008 8:53:52 AM   
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I took this subect to a motorcycle riding domme buddy to get some input.
Found out if it were the two of us it would be a "my knots are better than your knots" competition and pity the poor sub tackled and bound to be the competiton field.

Somehow, it does sound like something fun to put to the test some time.

Stefan

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RE: Do or how do relationships between two D-types work? - 8/8/2008 12:14:53 PM   
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There is some of that around our house.  I would say that his knots are better than Mine.  Certainly his more advanced ones.  My florentine is far better than his.  Other than observing, he doesn't have the experience in a lot of types of play that I do.  He bought the wand, but I'm the one who uses it.  The same with wax, fire, cupping, and probably a dozen other things I can name off of the top of My head.  

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