arayofsunshine55
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Joined: 8/1/2004 From: San Francisco, CA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: RedViolets Thank you all for your responses so far. Most of you are expressing the same concerns I have about the situation but then I could be biased as I am sure you have all gathered this Mentor and I are close. To be honest, he is my Mentor also. I truly believe he wants nothing more than to Mentor her and help with her with her situation but I feel she is being devious and using this Mentor. I have voiced my concerns to him. I have told him I feel it is devious on her part to contact other Dominants and involve them in her problems with her Master. My Mentor is not the only Dominant she has contacted. It is my understanding she has contacted others seeking their help also. I told my Mentor that I felt she should either contact another submissive for advice or turn to the message boards as this is what I would do. If I had a problem with my Mentor, I would never go to another Dominant for advice. I would seek out a submissive or ask for advice on the boards. Which is exactly what I am doing. Seeking advice and insight into this situation. My Mentor has informed me that since this troubles me he will step aside and not mentor her afterall. But we had a heart to heart talk yesterday, face to face, and I truly believe he desires to help her. But I think his overwhelming desire to help her is clouding his perspective on the situation. He has not said so in so many words but I think he feels I am being jealous and insecure as I was his only student/protege until this other sub came along. And he could be right which is why I am coming to the boards for unbiased opinions. While I do understand that is is possible and most likely probable for a Mentor to have more than one student/protege at a time, I feel it is too soon for him to take on another student, esp one that already has a Master. As in any relationship, vanilla or otherwise, Dominant/sub, Master/slave or Mentor/student, the relationship should be solid before adding another. My relationship with my Mentor is only 5 weeks old and while we have bonded, I do not think it is as solid as it could be. Yesterday was the first time we met in person at my request. We have always communicated via the Internet and had not even conversed over the phone until yesteday. Again as you can see this situation troubles me and I do appreciate all the insight and opinions. This is CollarMe at it best. Well he is clearly not as concerned about it as you are and he's the one in some kind of relationship with her. He's not being used, he knows exactly what he's doing. She's not being devious with your mentor, he knows the situation and he's willingly entered into it for his own reasons. So why are you so concerned on his behalf? I think your concern about his may have some roots in jealousy which is fine. I'd focus on you and him rather than what she's doing with some other guy. And that might mean you want her out and it seems he's given you that option. Maybe you should think of exercising it.
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Sunshine Is it not most transformative, most earthshaking, to pierce the veils of self-deception and illusion, and crack the eggshell of ignorance, to most intimately encounter oneself? Lama Surya Das
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