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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

Novice Q&A June Edition

By lunaKM on June 23, 2010

Each month I answer questions asked by readers like you. Come see what I’ve answered this month. Q: I’m quite new to the idea of being a submissive, but after a lot of research and buying a lot of books, I feel that I am ready to explore a bit more. I met an online [...]

Posted in Novice Q & A | Tagged amazon.com, commitment, D/s relationship, Dominance, information, needs, novice, questions, submission, understanding, wants | Leave a response

When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide

By mrsK on May 28, 2010

Okay, so our worlds didn’t really collide, they just tapped each other a little bit. This is what happened: Mr. K, my Master, and I went out to lunch a few weeks ago. One of our protocols is that I prepare his beverages. For iced tea, for instance, he likes one “blue” and one “pink.” [...]

Posted in Relationships | Tagged first time, information, kink, lifestyle, lifestyles, m/s, private life, protocol, ritual, secret identity, two worlds | 10 Responses

Novice Q&A – May Edition

By lunaKM on May 26, 2010

Every month I ask for your anonymous questions and pleas for advice. Here are the few I got this month. First one is about introducing D/s into an existing relationship. I also cover 2 dominant relationship, just starting out and writing a letter of intent. How do I introduce my husband to the D/s or [...]

Posted in Novice Q & A | Tagged advice, expectations, experience, information, marriage, needs, negotiation, negotiations, novice, poly, questions, serving, training, Training Resume, two dominants, understanding | 1 Response

Review: The Compleat Slave

Review: The Compleat Slave

By lunaKM on May 24, 2010

Being that I’m a reader of Jack Rinella via his weekly column that he sent out via a mailing list and I enjoy his essays on his website I was looking forward to reading one of his books. The book I chose to start with is The Compleat Slave – Creating and Living an Erotic [...]

Posted in Reviews | Tagged amazon.com, book, D/s, D/s relationship, information, jack rinella, novice, personal perspective, personal reflection, review, slavery, weekly column | 2 Responses

Run Don’t Walk: Warning Signs of A Predator Dom/me Part 1

By nan {SL} on May 7, 2010

Part 1: Information Please! If you’re a new submissive this lifestyle may seem overwhelming at first. A submissive I know terms it ‘the new submissive smell’. Dom/mes sense ‘new blood’, and swarm like piranhas to interact with, play with or train the new submissive in the group. Dom/mes may contact you online or meet you [...]

Posted in Safety | Tagged asking questions, be cautious, information, new relationships, predators, protect yourself, references, SSC, warning signs | 4 Responses

Preach What You Practice

By lunaKM on April 2, 2010

Not long ago I had someone ask me privately why I feel the need to help submissives with this website, and what qualifications I have to tell people how to improve themselves. And it’s true that I don’t have any life coaching training or experience with counseling, but for what I do here only one [...]

Posted in Service | Tagged experience, information, novice, perfection, understanding | 2 Responses

What I Think about Underage Experimentation and Submission

By lunaKM on March 15, 2010

Another question from March Question Month comes from Coco: I am curious about what your thoughts on those who admit to participating underage is? I have been referred to as “vanilla” for being uncomfortable with those who identify/have identified as submissives and slaves at/from a very young age. I can understand experimenting at a young [...]

Posted in Social Norms, Submission | Tagged childhood, experimentation, information, novice, question month, teenagers in BDSM, underage | 10 Responses

Novice Q&A – February Edition

By lunaKM on February 24, 2010

Novice Q & A is for you to ask questions about things you’d like more information on, advice you are looking for or anything else. You can even ask me personal questions! My inbox is always open so you can send me questions whenever they occur. Last month I answered questions about appropriate greetings and topping [...]

Posted in Novice Q & A | Tagged advice, answers, ask me, emotions, information, novices, questions, series, understanding | Leave a response

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

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

Chat Night Transcript for Speaking Submissively

Chat Night Transcript for Speaking Submissively

By lunaKM on December 8, 2009

This chat was held on December 2nd, 2009. ~lunaKM> So tonight I wanted to talk about speech and how the way we communicate can impact our submission. Nia> tonight’s topic really struck a chord with me angel> same here ~lunaKM> I’ve been doing a bit of non-scientific research of my own when I am out [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged advice, chat, chat night, community, control, D/s, decisions, discussion, Dom, dominant, Dominant bashing, Domme, experience, family, fear, friends, gossip, grace, help, Impact, information, learned, natural, needs, online, opinion, play, questions, recovery, relationship, requests, risk, rt, safe, serving, sex, share, sharing, size, sorry, speaking submissively, speech, submission, submissive, suggestions, support, switch, switching, tall, transcript, trust, wants | 3 Responses

What are Dress Protocols?

What are Dress Protocols?

By lunaKM on December 4, 2009

I had a question sent to me via YouTube asking me about for information about dress protocols. I can only tell you what I am familiar with, so be aware that there are many many other forms of dress protocols and just as many (if not more) reasons behind them. I’m going to assume that [...]

Posted in Rituals and Routines | Tagged ask me, BDSM, clothing, Dom, dominant, dominants, dress, event, grooming, information, makeup, play, poses, preference, preferences, protocol, purpose, relationship, rt, rules, safe, sex, share, shaving, short, submissive, symbols, wants, what to wear | 6 Responses

Why You Should Sign Up for the Submissive Guide Newsletter

Why You Should Sign Up for the Submissive Guide Newsletter

By lunaKM on November 27, 2009

The Submissive Guide Newsletter is your personal direct channel to what’s on my mind. It’s delivered every 2 weeks right to your inbox for you to read at your own leisure. You are missing out if you haven’t signed up. I’ve got so much more to tell you; and I’m doing it with the newsletter. [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged bdsm newsletter, bottom, contest, dates, desires, email, essays, giveaway, information, needs, newsletter, novice, rt, sign up, submissive, submissive guide newsletter, suggestions, tips, wants | 2 Responses

Review: Erotic Slavehood

Review: Erotic Slavehood

By lunaKM on November 23, 2009

One of the cornerstone books recommended for submissives and Dominants alike has always been Erotic Slavehood by Christina Abernathy. Once two individual books; Miss Abernathy’s Concise Slave Training Manual and Training with Miss Abernathy, this omnibus has everything you could want in a manual about training submissives. When I first read this book I was [...]

Posted in Reviews | Tagged amazon.com, book, books, Dom, dominant, dominant partner, dominants, Impact, information, m/s, Miss Abernathy, relationship, review, rt, Service, single, slave, slave training, standing, submissive, training, understanding | 2 Responses

The Many Layers of Sub Space

By lunaKM on October 17, 2009

This week’s video post is about sub space. When you first heard about sub space it was probably something that you either thought you’d never experience or something that seemed so strange and foreign that you believed it to be a myth. Then you heard the stories and could swear that people were on drugs [...]

Posted in Playtime, Video Posts | Tagged connection, Dom, dominant, emotions, endorphins, experience, focus, happiness, information, love, masochist, play, prayer, rt, Service, slave, spirit, sub space, submission, subspace, trust, value | 3 Responses

Submissive Journey Weekend 2010 Registration Now Open

Submissive Journey Weekend 2010 Registration Now Open

By lunaKM on October 6, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Please cross-post Welcome to the 3rd Annual Submissive Journey Weekend… I am proud to announce that registration for the next Submissive Journey Weekend is now open. We cordially invite those who identify as submissive, slave, girl, boi /boy, bottom, pup, etc. to a weekend of learning, growth and support. All genders, [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged BDSM event, bottom, classes, discussion, educational opportunities, event, experience, focus, gender, growth, information, journey, learning, love, questions, relationship, rt, Service, sex, sexual orientation, share, SJW, skills, slave, submissive, submissive event, submissive journey weekend, support, training | 1 Response

Help Submissive Guide Raise $1000 for NLA-I DVP for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Help Submissive Guide Raise $1000 for NLA-I DVP for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By lunaKM on October 2, 2009

It’s important to have a cause you believe in, for me it’s the National Leather Association-International Domestic Violence Project. Their cause to bring awareness of the differences in BDSM and abuse as well to help victims of domestic violence in BDSM-related relationships find assistance and get help really provide a service that you can’t get [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics | Tagged abuse, amazon.com, assistance, BDSM, charity fundraiser, community, cons, dates, Dom, domestic violence awareness, domestic violence awareness month, domestic violence information, domestic violence project, donations, drawing, email, event, giveaway, help, information, kink community, leather, leather communities, national domestic violence awareness month, national leather association, newsletter, NLA-I DVP, RACK, relationship, Relationships, Resources, rt, safe, Service, size, spread the word, submissive, support, training, twitter, value | 5 Responses

ATTENTION Graphic Web Designers

By lunaKM on September 24, 2009

I am in need of someone to make 2 banners for Submissive Guide. Now before you go running off to make them, please contact me. They aren’t specifically for the website but something I have coming up in the next few days. This is a paying job! Contact me for more information please. –lunaKM

Posted in Webmaster Notes | Tagged information, submissive | Leave a response

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