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Setting Yourself Up for Rejection [Video]

By lunaKM on August 13, 2010

This video post is about an epidemic I’ve seen with submissives all over. A submissive, dating and seeing Dominants; rarely going past the first few dates can begin to wonder why they are constantly searching and never finding someone to serve. You can develop a closed heart and begin to fear opening yourself up for [...]

Posted in Video Posts | Tagged dates, dating, dominant, emotions, fear, feelings, Impact, relationship, sensitive, vulnerability | 2 Responses

What NOT to Share on Your Online Profile

By lunaKM on February 13, 2010

This video post is about what not to share on your online profile. We all have one somewhere. FetLife being all the rage right now, but also we have alt.com, collarme.com, bondage.com and others where we place ads and identity profiles up to get people interested. This interest can be friends or relationship related; it [...]

Posted in Safety, Video Posts | Tagged abuse, Alt.com, Bondage, Bondage.com, CollarMe, cons, danger, dangers, dating, depression, email, false sense of security, family, fetlife, friends, information, internet, online, Online dating, online profiles, profile safety, relationship, rt, safe, Safety, security, Service, share, share photos, sharing, support, tips | 3 Responses

First Meetings Done Safely

First Meetings Done Safely

By lunaKM on August 8, 2009

This week’s video post is on First Meetings Safety. When you are ready to meet your dream Dominant for the first time, what goes through your mind? Do you think about safety at all or do the nervousness and excitment overload your common sense? You may not think that safety is necessary for someone you’ve [...]

Posted in Safety, Video Posts | Tagged blind date, choice, choices, comfort, common sense, D/s, danger, dates, dating, Dom, dominant, dominants, dress, first meetings, information, munch, nervousness, normal, online, personal safety, play, questions, relationship, rt, safe, safe call, Safety, security, short, value, wants | Leave a response

Dating in the Lifestyle; What’s the Big Deal?

By lunaKM on July 31, 2009

“It’s so hard to find someone in the Lifestyle that I’m compatible with. You are so lucky to have found someone.” I don’t know how many times I hear this on a daily basis when conversing. It always brings up my view on the whole dating atmosphere within the Lifestyle. Yes, it is hard to find [...]

Posted in Relationships | Tagged BDSM, checklist, compatibility, dates, dating, Dom, finding a partner, information, learning, lifestyle, m/s, needs, opinion, partners, play, questions, relationship, Relationships, rt, scene, share, specifics, wants | 3 Responses

What’s the Difference Between a Lifestyler and a Player?

By lunaKM on June 20, 2009

This week’s video is about definitions of a lifestyler and a player. I received the following question via email the other day and thought I would cover it here in a video post. I’m in a D/s relationship where we tend to do most of our activities behind closed doors. Outside we are a normal [...]

Posted in Video Posts | Tagged activities, BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, BDSM practitioner, Bondage, community, D/s, dating, definitions, differences in words, Dom, dominant, dynamic, email, Gor, Gorean Lifestyle, kinky, labels, lifestyle, lifestyler, masochist, normal, online, opinion, play, player, poly, purpose, relationship, rt, sex, skylerpet, slave, submissive, value, vocabulary | 1 Response

What is a Play Party?

What is a Play Party?

By lunaKM on April 18, 2009

When you enter the local BDSM community one of the events you may be exposed to is a play party. A play party is a essentially a party were BDSM play can occur. Groups hold parties as a way to learn and educate on safe play methods, chat about topics and generally hang around. Parties [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics, Playtime | Tagged BDSM, bdsm play, chat, community, cons, dating, definitions, dress, event, events, help, learning, play, play parties, private parties, public parties, questions, rt, rules, safe, sex, share | Leave a response

Two Dominants

Two Dominants

By Guest Author on April 11, 2009

Today’s guest post is by Aria, a bi poly switch kinkster. So currently I have 2 dominants, Edge and Vice. You would think that to have 2 Doms I would have to be the most submissive woman ever, but I’m a switch. I often call myself a beta-top because I love to co-top with them. [...]

Posted in Relationships | Tagged advice, Aria, bottom, chat, communication, connection, cons, conventions, dating, Dom, dominant, dominants, dress, email, emotions, event, experience, fetlife, focus, guest post, help, jealousy, lifestyle, loneliness, love, Mindset, natural, normal, partners, play, poly, polyamory, punishment, punishments, real world, relationship, Relationships, rt, rules, scene, sex, share, submission, submissive, switch, trust, two dominants, wants, writing | 2 Responses

Do You Need the “Luck o’ the Irish” to Meet that Perfect Dominant?

Do You Need the “Luck o’ the Irish” to Meet that Perfect Dominant?

By lunaKM on March 16, 2009

Looking for your partner is challenging, no doubt about it. You’ve probably done the bar scene, the alternative adult dating sites, and maybe a few of the vanilla ones too. No matter where you look you find men or women that just aren’t your type. I’m here to say that it is possible to find [...]

Posted in Relationships | Tagged blind date, bow, D/s, dates, dating, Dom, dominant, dos and donts, first meetings, information, love, play, questions, relationship, rt, rules, safe, safe call, Safety, scene, security, submission, tips, trust, value | Leave a response

10 Red Flags of Bad or Abusive Dominants

10 Red Flags of Bad or Abusive Dominants

By lunaKM on February 20, 2009

Predators and abusive Dominants are everywhere. I’ve seen them and been subjected to them in a casual relationship. Thankfully I escaped into a kind and loving relationship that I wouldn’t trade for the world. But how do you know the person you are with is an abuser and not just  a strict Dominant? I’m going [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics, Safety | Tagged abuse, abusive relationships, assistance, BDSM, clothing, connection, danger, dangers, dating, Dom, domestic violence project, dominant, dominants, essays, family, guilt, help, internet, learning, leather, limits, love, national leather association, needs, play, predators, red flags, relationship, Relationships, rt, safe, safe words, Safety, sex, support, trust, warning signs, warnings | 4 Responses

Thursday Question #3: Online Dating Services

Thursday Question #3: Online Dating Services

By lunaKM on January 22, 2009

How do you feel about the online fetish/BDSM dating services out there? Which ones would you recommend? Which ones should someone steer clear of? Explain your reasoning. photo credit d70focus

Posted in Submission | Tagged BDSM, dating, dating service recommendations, dating services, fetish dating, finding a partner, focus, online, Online dating, Service, Thursday Question | Leave a response

Finding a Compatible Partner in the Lifestyle

Finding a Compatible Partner in the Lifestyle

By lunaKM on January 3, 2009

“It’s so hard to find someone in the Lifestyle that I’m compatible with. You are so lucky to have found someone.” I don’t know how many times I hear this on a daily basis when conversing. It always brings up my view on the whole dating atmosphere within the Lifestyle. Yes, it is hard to [...]

Posted in Relationships | Tagged BDSM, checklist, compatibility, dates, dating, Dom, finding a partner, information, learning, lifestyle, love, m/s, needs, openness, opinion, partners, play, questions, relationship, Relationships, rt, scene, share, specifics, submissive, wants | Leave a response

The Realities of Online Submission

The Realities of Online Submission

By lunaKM on December 20, 2008

Exploring submission online is a growing reality. Chat networks, IRC chat rooms and websites developed for real-time fantasy all have areas where the D/s subculture thrives online. They have developed online protocols, rituals, belief systems and several new words the enhance the fantasy online. I was once an online submissive. Years ago this was a [...]

Posted in Online Submission, Submission | Tagged BDSM, chat, Chat networks, chat room, chat rooms, community, connection, cons, D/s, dating, Dom, dominant, dress, emotions, experience, fall in love, family, fantasy, friends, help, history, information, IRC, learning, lifestyle, love, mentor, online, Online dating, online experiences, online play, Online Submission, online websites, play, predators, protocol, real-time fantasy, relationship, Relationships, Resources, ritual, rituals, rt, rules, safe, Safety, scene, share, sharing, slash speak, submission, submissive, toy, toys, trust, virtual reality, virtual submission, virtual time, websites | Leave a response

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