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ORIGINAL: Hierodule
kiwisub You gave me a great idea...we are both Italin American and have talked about how our families grew tomatoes and the world of difference in taste between homegrown and store bought. I will have a balcony at Master's so I can  have a little garden again in spring. It will be small, probably just tomatoes and herbs because they do well in pots, maybe some peppers.I think some seeds would be a good thing to bring

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ORIGINAL: CarrieO

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ORIGINAL: Hierodule

It isn't so much a dowry or a box of thing I am offering him as a "hope" to be pleasing and tools to help me do that.

I love this quote.  Very pro-active and, for me, it shows your desire to bring what will please both of you to this relationship.  I really have nothing to add that hasn't already been said, I just wanted to say best of luck in your move forward.

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ORIGINAL: Hierodule

One more month until I move in with my Master and become, essentially, a house wife/servant/kept girl! I have been thinking about collecting a sort of hope chest. You know, a collection of things that will help me take care of his house and make it a warm and inviting place for him to come home to. I think traditionally they contained mostly linens and china. In mine I want to put things like lingerie and toys, recipes I have collected, a couple of books on entertaining and housekeeping and a beautiful duvet cover I found second hand. I am also an age player so I will have some little girly things like the locking pink satin dairy that he gave me (he has one key I have the other) some ribbons and my baby doll and teddy.

What do you think belongs in a BDSM/power exchange hope chest? Has anyone else ever made a hope chest to prepare them selves for future ownership or marriage? If so what did it contain?

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ORIGINAL: Llyren

Invest in about a dozen plain white floursack dish cloths.  I think they dry things the best, and they're also good for covering your bread dough... 

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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda

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ORIGINAL: Llyren

Invest in about a dozen plain white floursack dish cloths.  I think they dry things the best, and they're also good for covering your bread dough... 

Not to completely hijack the thread, but since it seems to have petered out anyway - does that really work for you? My grandmother used to do it that way, but whenever I do the dough seems to become too dry. So I wind up using Saran wrap instead. Is there something I'm missing?

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I don't know how fancy you're union is going to be, but hope chest were often filled with special items from the ceremony and eventually with other keepsakes as life progressed. If you are going to do a contract, having a special holder for it, a box for such things as handfasting cords, ceremonial chain, or other very symbolic items from the event. Other more modern things might include a scrapbook and photo albumn. For the little in you, maybe a very nice volume of bedtime stories. As far as kinky stuff, candles (especially if you enjoy wax play), different oils, potpourri, incense, a matching set of cuffs et al, small vials of yours and his blood, your tears, and other such things (some like them for rituals of various sorts). As far as household stuff, consider a book on simple sewing repairs, kit, and maybe even a small machine, a collection of spices, gather up his family's special recipes. Those are just a few ideas. This is a really sweet idea. With your own special touches I know it will be much treasured.

lovingpet

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ORIGINAL: lovingpet

I don't know how fancy you're union is going to be, but hope chest were often filled with special items from the ceremony and eventually with other keepsakes as life progressed. If you are going to do a contract, having a special holder for it, a box for such things as handfasting cords, ceremonial chain, or other very symbolic items from the event. Other more modern things might include a scrapbook and photo albumn. For the little in you, maybe a very nice volume of bedtime stories. As far as kinky stuff, candles (especially if you enjoy wax play), different oils, potpourri, incense, a matching set of cuffs et al, small vials of yours and his blood, your tears, and other such things (some like them for rituals of various sorts). As far as household stuff, consider a book on simple sewing repairs, kit, and maybe even a small machine, a collection of spices, gather up his family's special recipes. Those are just a few ideas. This is a really sweet idea. With your own special touches I know it will be much treasured.

lovingpet

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ORIGINAL: Hierodule
Its a way for me deal with the anticipation of moving in with him and to get into "housewife space."
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It isn't so much a dowry or a box of thing I am offering him as a "hope" to be pleasing and tools to help me do that. I am bringing femininity into his life.

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ORIGINAL: Hierodule

lovingpet I missed this post until it was quoted above. I really like the personal things you added here. And the idea that the chest can continue to be assembled once I move in as a sort of memory chest. Family recipes have always fascinated me. When I was little my grandma who was born in Gallway, Ireland had a brainfull of Italian recipes that she learned from my grandpa's sisters in order to keep him happy.

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ORIGINAL: lovingpet

I don't know how fancy you're union is going to be, but hope chest were often filled with special items from the ceremony and eventually with other keepsakes as life progressed. If you are going to do a contract, having a special holder for it, a box for such things as handfasting cords, ceremonial chain, or other very symbolic items from the event. Other more modern things might include a scrapbook and photo albumn. For the little in you, maybe a very nice volume of bedtime stories. As far as kinky stuff, candles (especially if you enjoy wax play), different oils, potpourri, incense, a matching set of cuffs et al, small vials of yours and his blood, your tears, and other such things (some like them for rituals of various sorts). As far as household stuff, consider a book on simple sewing repairs, kit, and maybe even a small machine, a collection of spices, gather up his family's special recipes. Those are just a few ideas. This is a really sweet idea. With your own special touches I know it will be much treasured.

lovingpet