StrongSpirit
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Joined: 4/10/2005 Status: offline
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If you don't have markedly bad ability to judge character, honestly, as long as you act reasonable (meet for the first time in a public place, etc.), this should not be any more dangerous than meeting people at a bar or club. If anything, the people here are MORE honest, not less, particularly on this website. If you met most of us at a bar, we would be less likely to talk about our kink than here. Psychopaths get little advantage here. Yeah, they can cover up 'mistakes' by claiming they were just fantasizing, but at the same time they have to deal with people asking for references, (check the forum - if someone has been here for a while, they should have posted), safe calls (I'll call my mentor/friend in 30 minutes after our first date if things are going well...), etc. More importantly, people are more likely to be suspicious here. All it really takes to be safe here is enough assertiveness and intelligence to say "NO, I WON"T MEET YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF CENTRAL PARK AT 3AM, WEARING A BLINDFOLD, WHAT ARE YOU STUPID?" There is a difference between reality and fantasy. Don't be stupid and try to create a reality based on something that only works on fantasy. I love stories about caning (wrote one - see my journal), but I know for a fact that in real life, I prefer to give less pain. Fantasy is not reality. P.S. Oh, and if someone actually asks you to meet him at Central Park at 3 AM wearing a blindfold, remember to shout the answer. The idiot deserves to be yelled at, those caps were not a mistake.
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