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What FetLife Has Done

By lunaKM on August 9, 2010

From the Submissive Guide Newsletter 5/8/10 Just under 3 years ago the BDSM community was a very differnet place. There has always been discussion boards and chat rooms. We could always connect via mySpace and Facebook, but there was never a centralized social network. Until FetLife came into being. I joined the site when it [...]

Posted in Newsletter Archive, Social Norms | Tagged BDSM, community, facebook, fetlife, information, opinion | 1 Response

It’s me, the Irish Miss

By SehAnru on June 15, 2010

I have to say; probably the worst thing you can do to a writer is ask him or her to write about him or herself. It is the number one reason why I am not writing an autobiography, okay.. yet. We are hyper critical about ourselves in that manner. But I am always open to [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged Alpha, facebook, fetlife, Irish, questions, SehAnru, submissive, Writer | 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

SubWise #6: Myth Busting – Participation Request

By lunaKM on January 19, 2010

Its time for SubWise! You know what to do by now. I’m going to give you a topic to write about and your task goes like this: Write about the topic in your blog or online journal. You don’t have to have a blog to participate. If you have a FetLife account you can use your [...]

Posted in SubWise | Tagged BDSM, bdsm myths, carnival, email, fetlife, friends, myths, online, online journal, rt, submission, submission carnival, submissions, SubWise, writing | Leave a response

Lactation Play and the Adult Nursing Relationship

By Guest Author on January 15, 2010

This is a guest post by dani. She is a new submissive in an Adult Nursing relationship.You can read about Erotic Lactation at Wikipedia or visit Land of Milk and Honey for more information. We didn’t start 2009 with any kind of BDSM activities in our lives, so we have quite the journey over the [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics | Tagged activities, adult nursing relationship, BDSM, bdsm activities, bdsm play feature, connection, cons, dani, erotic lactation, feature series, fetlife, guest post, information, journey, kinky, love, play, relationship, rt, sex, submissive, tall | 7 Responses

Up in Flames: The Basics of Fireplay

By Guest Author on January 11, 2010

This is another guest post for the BDSM Play Feature here on SubmissiveGuide. This post about Fire Play is by Gwendolyn. Enjoy! I have always been a fire bug and am a volunteer fire fighter. So when I became interested in BDSM and heard about fire play it was definitely top of my list of [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics | Tagged amazon.com, basics, BDSM, bdsm play, bdsm play feature, book, bottom, cons, danger, Dom, Domme, email, event, events, experience, feature series, fetlife, fire cupping, fire drumming, fire fleshing, fire flogging, fire play, fire whipping, focus, friends, friendships, guest post, Gwendolyn, health, information, learned, leather, love, m/s, online, opinion, pain tolerance, play, poly, questions, review, risk, rt, safe, Safety, scene, Service, single, slave, stress, submissive, support, toy, toys, trust, websites, writing | 1 Response

Exploring Impact Play: A Variety of Pleasures

By Guest Author on January 8, 2010

This is a guest post by bgtreasure for the BDSM Play Feature Series here on Submissive Guide. I choose this topic to write about because it is my favorite form of play and has been since I’ve found this wonderful thing we call “The Lifestyle”. The general definition of Impact Play that you will find [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics | Tagged BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, bdsm play, bdsm play feature, bgtreasure, connection, cons, edge play, event, experience, favorite, feature series, fetlife, fists, floggers, focus, guest post, hands, help, Impact, impact play, lifestyle, love, munch, normal, owned, paddles, play, positions, relationship, rt, series, share, spanking, stress, submissive, subspace, wants, whips | 1 Response

SubWise #5: A Year’s Reflection – Participation Request

By lunaKM on December 15, 2009

Its time for SubWise! You know what to do by now. I’m going to give you a topic to write about and your task goes like this: Write about the topic in your blog or online journal. You don’t have to have a blog to participate. If you have a FetLife account you can use your [...]

Posted in SubWise | Tagged annual reflection, bottom, carnival, challenges, email, fetlife, friends, online, online journal, progress, resolutions, rt, submission, submissions, SubWise, writing | Leave a response

Sub v. Slave: A Second Opinion

Sub v. Slave: A Second Opinion

By Guest Author on November 18, 2009

This is a guest post by Beth, as she will tell you, she’s a 24/7 slave of 2 years and would like to express what she sees as the differences between sub and slave. If you would like to read Rayne’s opinion, you can do so on this post. First off I would like to introduce [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged 24/7, BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, Beth, bottom, choice, choices, communication, cons, consensual, definitions, discipline, fetlife, guest post, learned, lifestyle, limits, online, opinion, play, punishment, punishments, Rayne, rt, scene, size, slave, slavery, submissive, training, twitter, writing | 1 Response

SubWise #4: Favorite Scene Memory – Particpation Request

By lunaKM on November 17, 2009

Its time for SubWise! You know what to do by now. I’m going to give you a topic to write about and your task goes like this: Write about the topic in your blog or online journal. You don’t have to have a blog to participate. If you have a FetLife account you can use [...]

Posted in SubWise | Tagged carnival, email, favorite, fetlife, friends, memories, online, online journal, rt, scene, scene memory, submission, submission carnival, submissions, SubWise, writing | 1 Response

One month into my first real time D/S relationship: A Training Review

By Guest Author on November 16, 2009

This is a Guest Post by A. She is a new submissive in her first 24/7 dynamic. I received this wonderfully written review of her first 30 days and she offered to share it with everyone here. Enjoy! It has come to my attention after reading submissiveguide.com that my training with Sir has already begun, [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged 24/7, acceptance, BDSM, Bondage, clean, cleaning, clothing, control, D/s, Dom, Dominance, dress, dynamic, experience, favorite, fetlife, focus, grooming, growth and development, guest post, hands, help, honesty, infraction, kneeling, learned, learning, lingerie, love, natural, needs, online, orgasm control, play, positions, progress, protocol, punishment, RACK, relationship, requests, review, risk, ritual, rituals, rt, sex, share, spanking, speech, submission, submissive, submissive understanding, toy, toys, training, understanding, wants, worship, writing | 10 Responses

SubWise #3: Ease of Obedience – Participation Request

By lunaKM on October 19, 2009

Its time for SubWise! You know what to do by now. I’m going to give you a topic to write about and your task goes like this: Write about the topic in your blog or online journal. You don’t have to have a blog to participate. If you have a FetLife account you can use [...]

Posted in SubWise | Tagged carnival, email, fetlife, friends, obedience, online, online journal, rt, submission, submissions, SubWise, writing | 2 Responses

SubWise #2: Advice You Swear By – Participation Request

By lunaKM on September 22, 2009

This is the second SubWise! You know what to do by now. I’m going to give you a topic to write about and your task goes like this: Write about the topic in your blog or online journal. You don’t have to have a blog to participate. If you have a FetLife account you can [...]

Posted in SubWise | Tagged advice, carnival, email, fetlife, friends, help, novice, online, online journal, readers response, rt, submission, submission carnival, submissions, SubWise, writing | Leave a response

Don’t Assume Submissive Means Sister

By lunaKM on September 9, 2009

You know you’ve entered online submissive ground when everyone you don’t know starts to refer to you as sister. It’s been years since I’ve ‘lived’ online but this is something that has always irked me. Recently on FetLife I saw a question that had an interesting twist to the whole sister submissive thing that I’d [...]

Posted in Online Submission | Tagged BDSM, blind faith, comfort, D/s, danger, Dom, dominant, dominants, experience, family, fantasy, fetlife, friends, Gor, grace, guest post, health, help, lifestyle, nurtured, online, Online Submission, opinion, perfect world, poly, preference, questions, real life, real world, relationship, Relationships, rt, Service, share, sister, sister sub, standing, submission, submissive, support, understanding, value | 9 Responses

Spread The Word about Submissive Guide

Spread The Word about Submissive Guide

By lunaKM on September 8, 2009

Can you do me a favor? I know this is essentially self-promotion, but if you find this site useful and worth keeping going, could you help me out? First, you could always donate a bit of spare change to keep me buzzing with hot tea and chocolate. You can send it to me via the [...]

Posted in Webmaster Notes | Tagged advertise, amazon.com, blogroll, book, dates, email, experience, facebook, fetlife, fetspank, friendfeed, friends, help, links, love, m/s, mentor, myspace, rss, rt, share, spread the word, submissive, twitter | 1 Response

SubWise #1: Your Personal Submission – Participation Request

By lunaKM on August 19, 2009

It’s time for you to participate! This is a topic carnival. I’m sure that many of you have participated in these before. I’m going to give you a topic to write about and your task goes like this: Write about the topic in your blog or online journal. You don’t have to have a blog [...]

Posted in SubWise | Tagged carnival, email, fetlife, friends, online, online journal, readers response, rt, submission, submission carnival, submissions, submissive, SubWise, writing | Leave a response

Submissive Guide Town Hall Meeting

Submissive Guide Town Hall Meeting

By lunaKM on July 30, 2009

Submissive Guide is just over 7 months old now and with a decent number of well received posts I’d like to get your feedback as to where Submissive Guide is going. Let me go through what I’ve seen happen on the site and what I’m working on for the future. I want your input too, [...]

Posted in Webmaster Notes | Tagged activities, ad space, advertise, alterations, amazon.com, BDSM, bdsm activities, bdsm books, bdsm fiction, bdsm with kids, blogs, book, book review, books, bottom, chat, classes, connection, control, dates, discussion, e-book, email, essays, experience, favorite, fetlife, future growth, growth, guest post, guest post opportunities, guest posts, health, help, information, interview, links, love, m/s, newsletter, online, open relationships, poly, polyamory, positions, questions, quotes, recommended reading, relationship, Relationships, religion, Resources, review, ritual, roundtable discussion, rss, rt, series, Service, sex, share, shaving, short, spirit, spiritual, spread the word, submission, submissive, Submissive Positions, tips, training, twitter, writing | Leave a response

The Many Faces of Submission

The Many Faces of Submission

By lunaKM on July 22, 2009

Types of submissives come in as many varieties as wines; there is one for every palette and preference. When someone tells you that you are submissive and you finally admit to yourself that you are submissive, which can be a journey itself, you can figure out how your submission differs from another by what type [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, bottom, clean, control, Dom, dominant, fetlife, information, journey, lifestyle, love, novice, novices, owned, partners, play, power exchange, preference, relationship, role play, roles, rt, sex, sexual pleasure, share, slave, spanking, submission, submissive, surrender, surrendering, trust | 4 Responses

Submissive Guide On Twitter

Submissive Guide On Twitter

By lunaKM on July 3, 2009

If you haven’t joined the craze in new information delivery that is twitter, you are missing out. Thought to be the internet’s next big social media outlet, Submissive Guide decided to join from the onset. It’s been an amazing few months so far, and I’m still trying to figure out what my followers want as [...]

Posted in Webmaster Notes | Tagged BDSM, book, contest, discussion, essays, fetlife, giveaway, household tips and tricks, information, information delivery, internet, links, m/s, questions, quotes, rt, short, slave, submission, submissive, tips, tricks, tweets, twitter | Leave a response

Daddy/Little Girl Relationships: A Personal Look

Daddy/Little Girl Relationships: A Personal Look

By Guest Author on May 8, 2009

This is a guest post by ~melly. She’s in a Daddy/little girl dynamic and volunteered to write this post for Submissive Guide. i’ve slept with a teddy bear all my life. this may seem insignificant, but it’s really not,. i had my teddy bear with me when i moved in with Master. i held him [...]

Posted in Relationships | Tagged BDSM, clean, cleaning, comfort, communication, connection, D/g, daddy, dress, dynamic, family, fear, fetlife, guest post, learning, little girl, love, melly, natural, play, relationship, Relationships, rt, sadness, scene, shift, single, slave, stress, submissive, tall, trust | 4 Responses

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