I hear you, EW.
First meeting, I will always err on the side of caution. Good play takes time and trust - time to trust. I usually tell my client that this will probably happen. We'll go slow and easy, lots of checking and exploring. I'll push always but always checking.
Well, not always. We all FUBAR. I recently did on a double - with someone else's sub. Yeah. I knew I was going to a place where the sub wasn't with us. Bless his lil heart - he tried. Big points for trying to please his Mistress, but I ended up uncomfortable and broke at least 2 of my own rules. I marked him (beautiful bruise from my heart shaped paddle) and pushed to far on strapon play. Yes, I can say I was following her lead as it was her client and she is a more experienced escort. But i am a more experienced Domme. I knew better, just didnt want to "call the scene" in front of her client. I chose professional courtesy over ethics and still feel like an ass.
I have sympathy and concern for the sub, but it's hard to explain that sick in the gut feeling you get as a Dom/me, isn't it? Knowing you were trusted and at least bent that trust if not broke it.
I think a good Dom has knowledge and skill, but a great Dom has empathy.
Originally Posted by babee
I have sincerely tried to not go in that direction as bending a trust. But there have been a few times where you get SO into the moment, and you have such focus, but in this odd way ... you can lose the focus and you're paying attention to the person but not in the most important way.
Alright. I didn't make sense but I'm leaving these thoughts here.
I have very few boundaries in some ways. But once I have set boundaries, I'm VERY free. But with those few times that I've mentioned, a person THOUGHT that he had a certain boundary and we set that up but in reality, it wasn't.
With the fisting, he was thrilled and happy. And that was a long while back that happened. It was afterwards that I questioned my boundaries with that.
We all evolve, though, with our play. Are you still going to Atlanta in October?
Elisabeth