CallaFirestormBW
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I'm pretty casual. It depends on where I met the person that I'm talking to, though there's no real set time. Sample conversation with co-worker: Co-worker, at start of summer season: "Hey, you have a tattoo. Did that hurt?" Me: "Actually, I have two, and three more planned. It -did- hurt, especially where the wing goes over the bone, there... but it wasn't too bad. Of course, I -like- pain and blood, so it didn't freak me out. Co-worker: Wow, I could never do that. -end of conversation- Sample conversation wit prospective bottom: Bottom: "So... what are you into?" Me: "All kinds of things, but most of them involved blood and pain. *chuckles* A little piercing, a little cutting, a little fire... Bottom: "Wow, I don't really get into the whole 'blood' thing." Me: "That's ok. My Darling doesn't get into blood either. *chuckles* -And still another bottom gravitates to my Darling's side of the castle- The thing is, if a person is going to freak out about one's fetishes, they're going to freak out about them -- time doesn't usually change that much. What time -can- do, for someone who is encouraging a romantic bent, is put a person in a position where they've invested themselves in the relationship, and decide that they'll "suffer" the person's fetish because they're romantically involved... however, should the shimmer ever fade from that romance, if the person wasn't really into the things one is asking of hir, xhe's liable to begin to really -resent- what xhe's being asked to do. I'd rather get the conversation out of the way early, and spend my energy on people who share my interests.... that way, everyone's having fun, so even if nothing else other than enjoying the play comes out of it, there's no resentment about being 'manipulated' into doing something someone wasn't into. JMTC.
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*** Said to me recently: "Look, I know you're the "voice of reason"... but dammit, I LIKE being unreasonable!!!!" "Your mind is more interested in the challenge of becoming than the challenge of doing." Jon Benson, Bodybuilder/Trainer
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