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Out of the Office and Into the Home: Making the change from working to stay-at-home submissive

By lunaKM on July 21, 2010

Last February was a difficult month for me. Like many in this failing economy I found myself without a job. I was stressed and frustrated and knew that it would be very difficult to find another job when the competition was over 7% of the state’s workforce. Master wasn’t going to let me stay frustrated [...]

Posted in Service | Tagged dreams, fulfillment, home management, housework, lifestyle, personal fulfillment, personal life, satisfaction, Service, skills, stay at home, Staying-at-home | 3 Responses

Why Safety is Preached to Novices and Why It’s Important to Know Anyway

By lunaKM on June 4, 2010

From the Submissive Guide Newsletter 3/3/10 Being in the BDSM community for any length of time you are likely to come across the common sermons of SSC, Safe Calls and First Meeting Safety. When you are novice in BDSM I’d encourage you to listen to these sermons and listen hard; they could protect you as [...]

Posted in Newsletter Archive, Safety | Tagged advice, basics, community, lifestyle, mantra, newsletter, novices, red flags, rules, safe call, Safety, SSC, submissive guide newsletter | 1 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

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

The Top 30 Posts of 2009

By lunaKM on January 5, 2010

A year ago I started a small blog project called Submissive Guide. I wanted it to be an organized place where I could voice my opinions about submission, help novices discover who they are and explore BDSM through the written word. Since that time it has grown to so much more, including an e-book, a [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged 2WBSP, 7 things, aftercare, Aria, bath, bathing, BDSM, bdsm checklist, bdsm lifestyle, best of 2009, best of submissiveguide, Best Submissive Blogs, blogs, book, bottom, checklist, choice, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dominants, e-book, guest post, help, how-to, human pet, journaling, kajira, learned, learning, lifestyle, masochist, newsletter, novice, novices, online, Online Submission, opinion, owned, pet play, pets, play, positions, resume, ritual, rituals, rosary, rt, rules, scene, Service, skylerpet, slave, slave training, sub drop, submission, submissive, submissive blogs, Submissive Positions, top posts, topping from the bottom, training, Training Resume, two dominants, websites, writing | Leave a response

SkylerPet’s Helpful Holiday Hints

SkylerPet’s Helpful Holiday Hints

By Guest Author on December 9, 2009

This post is another guest post by Skylerpet. You can read her other posts here. She’s wants to help us all get through the holidays with less stress. Here’s some tips to help you. If you have other tips for holiday stress, please leave them in the comments! With the holiday season in full swing, [...]

Posted in Service | Tagged 24/7, bath, book, chat, christmas, Christmas tips, clean, D/s, dates, disposable, email, family, family visits, guest post, hands, health, help, holiday, holiday hints, holiday stress, learned, lifestyle, pet play, play, rt, safe, Safety, share, skylerpet, stress, submissive, tips, wants | 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

Submissive and Slave: A Personal View

Submissive and Slave: A Personal View

By Rayne on November 11, 2009

This post was written by Rayne. You can follow her twitter for active and interesting conversation. I’m pretty big on book definitions. So for me, the word “submissive” has always been an adjective describing a personality trait. When I got involved in BDSM, it became, for me, a heading, of sorts, describing a group of [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged 24/7, BDSM, blogs, book, bottom, choice, communication, community, cons, control, definitions, desires, Dom, dominant, dominants, guest post, IRC, labels, lifestyle, limits, m/s, masochist, needs, owned, perfect world, play, play parties, power exchange, progress, protocol, Rayne, relationship, Relationships, review, rt, rules, safe, safe words, scene, series, Service, sex, short, slave, submission, submissive, toy, transparency, twitter | 1 Response

Using Contracts to Negotiate a Relationship

Using Contracts to Negotiate a Relationship

By lunaKM on November 6, 2009

When you get married, you have to legally sign a document attesting to your decision to be married. The legal document can come in many forms but most have a brief section about what each party declares for the union, how they will treat each other and how commitment will be displayed (change of names [...]

Posted in Relationships, Rituals and Routines | Tagged Aria, BDSM, book, commitment, connection, cons, consensual, contracts, control, D/s, D/s contracts, Dom, Domme, dress, experience, IRC, learning, lifestyle, links, m/s, play, protocol, purpose, relationship, renewable contracts, ritual, rt, rules, short, slave, slavery, spirit, spiritual, structure, submission, switch | Leave a response

When Protocol Becomes Boring

When Protocol Becomes Boring

By lunaKM on October 21, 2009

Protocol. It can be a scary word if you are new to submission. In a relationship, it is likely that you will have some protocol established to control your behavior. So, what is protocol? Simply defined, protocol is the set of special rules that you follow for defined situations that remind you of your place [...]

Posted in Rituals and Routines | Tagged BDSM, bdsm fiction, book, books, communication, cons, control, Dom, dominant, essays, etiquette, event, experience, fantasy, focus, happiness, help, learned, leather, lifestyle, m/s, meditation, Mindset, normal, online, play, progress, protocol, RACK, relationship, review, ritual, routine, rt, rules, scene, sensuous, sex, stress, submission | 2 Responses

Chat Night Transcript From What is Service Talk

By lunaKM on October 15, 2009

lunaKM> So, first I’d like to get some impression about how new you are to submission. Could you please tell me how long you have been exploring submission and if you are in a relationship right now? lunaKM> hello aquamuse aquamuse> Hello, I’m new of course. eagerslut> I am in a relationship and just recently [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged 24/7, activities, BDSM, book, bottom, calendar, chat, chat night, choice, choices, classes, clean, connection, cons, control, D/s, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dominants, Domme, dress, event, events, experience, focus, grace, growth, health, help, IRC, kneeling, learned, learning, lifestyle, love, m/s, marriage, mentor, natural, needs, newsletter, online, perfection, pride, purpose, relationship, requests, Resources, routine, rt, rules, separation, Service, serving, sex, sharing, shaving, shower, size, slave, stress, submission, submissive, submissive chat, surrender, tall, tasks, tips, training, transcript, writing | Leave a response

Should There Be Clear Definitions to Label Yourself In This Lifestyle?

By lunaKM on September 25, 2009

So, you’ve met submissives and slaves online, their Dominant and Master counterparts but as you get to know them and how they interact you start to see the things they do blurring the lines of what you had believed a submissive was, or that a slave wasn’t supposed to act this way, etc. It brings [...]

Posted in Social Norms, Submission | Tagged comfort, definitions, Dom, dominant, help, labels, learning, lifestyle, munch, novice, novices, online, rt, slave, submission, submissive | 11 Responses

The Challenges of Being Kajira in Today’s Society

The Challenges of Being Kajira in Today’s Society

By Guest Author on September 18, 2009

Today’s guest post is by dina from Kajiradreams. You can also read her post on what it’s like to be an owned kajira and a kajira’s strengths and misconceptions. There is so many stereotypes, misconceptions of what a kajira is; what gor is; what the gorean lifestyle is; what a bdsm lifestyler looks like; what [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged abuse, Aria, BDSM, bdsm lifestyle, challenges, chat, choice, choices, Christian, clean, cons, dreams, dress, dynamic, family, friends, Gor, Gorean Lifestyle, guest post, kajira, lifestyle, lifestyler, norms, opinion, owned, preference, preferences, questions, relationship, rt, rules, sex, share, single, slave, speech, stereotype, submissive, wants | 8 Responses

Strengths and Misconceptions of Kajira

Strengths and Misconceptions of Kajira

By Guest Author on September 16, 2009

This is another guest post by dina of kajiradreams. She continues her thoughts on Gor and the life of a kajira. You can also read her thoughts on what it’s like to be an owned kajira. The strengths of a kajira and the misconceptions of what a kajira is and does. And what strengths better [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged book, books, comfort, commitment, cons, control, decisions, desires, Dom, dominant, dreams, emotions, fantasy, fear, female, Gor, Gorean Lifestyle, guest post, hands, help, honesty, ideals, journey, kajira, lifestyle, love, misconceptions of Gor, needs, obedience, owned, play, player, purpose, rt, safe, series, sex, slave, sorry, spirit, standing, strengths of kajira, submission, submissive, switch, tall, trust, understanding, value, wants | 6 Responses

The Roundtable: Gorean Lifestyle

By lunaKM on September 11, 2009

Gather around the table everyone, I’d like to learn about something I don’t know a lot about. I welcome you to add your thoughts and comments to this post and if you feel an inclination, send me a guest post letting me know what you think. This month we are talking the Gorean Lifestyle. I’d [...]

Posted in Roundtable Discussions | Tagged chat, chat room, choice, choices, D/s, Free Woman, Gor, Gorean Lifestyle, guest post, inclination, kajira, lifestyle, love, m/s, online, phenomenon, questions, real life, relationship, rt, share, submissive, value | 2 Responses

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

Now Available: The Spanking Series in E-Book!

Now Available: The Spanking Series in E-Book!

By lunaKM on September 1, 2009

If you have ever wondered how you can get the spanking you’ve always wanted but wasn’t sure how to ask for it, there is a book for you. I was just offered the chance to review a copy of How to Get the Spanking You Want: The Complete Guide to Asking for It, Getting It [...]

Posted in BDSM Basics, Views & More... | Tagged abuse, advice, Aria, blogs, book, books, bottom, caning, choice, clean, desires, discipline, Disciplined Feminist, Dom, e-book, emotions, experience, fear, focus, gender, gender roles, grace, help, history, learning, lifestyle, little girl, love, marks, real life, relationship, Resources, review, roles, rt, safe, series, share, size, spanking, spanking series, standing, tips, training, understanding, Variant Books, Vivian | Leave a response

Chat Night Transcript From BDSM and Sex Talk – 8/25/09

Chat Night Transcript From BDSM and Sex Talk – 8/25/09

By lunaKM on August 27, 2009

Our first chat was a great success. Everyone gave permission to post the transcript and continue the conversation here. I loved every minute of interesting conversation. Read and enjoy! <~luna[KM]> Alright, let’s get started. If you haven’t figured out, I’m luna. I started the site in January after I got tired of not finding what [...]

Posted in Views & More... | Tagged abuse, acceptance, BDSM, BDSM and sex, Bondage, book, chat, chat night, community, connection, cons, control, D/s, Dom, Dominance, email, experience, fantasy, fear, focus, Impact, impact play, information, IRC, kink acceptance, kinky, lifestyle, love, masochist, online, opinion, owned, play, play parties, relationship, Relationships, ritual, rt, scene, scening, separation, Service, sex, sexual encounters, share, sharing, spirit, spiritual, standing, stereotype, submission, submissive chat, support, transcript, understanding, wants | 3 Responses

A Switch of the D/s Lifestyle

A Switch of the D/s Lifestyle

By Guest Author on August 18, 2009

This is another guest post by Christian, a switch male in a D/s relationship. (If you would like to submit a guest post to Submissive Guide, please read the guidelines before contacting me, thanks!) It seems there is a lot of interest in switches on the Internet, and being a switch myself I can speak [...]

Posted in Submission | Tagged attitude, BDSM, Christian, community, D/s, Dom, Dominance, dominant, dominants, experience, female, guest post, help, internet, interview, learned, lifestyle, Mindset, online, questions, relationship, rt, Service, sex, sorry, submissive, switch, switching | 1 Response

Living with Kids While in the D/s Lifestyle

Living with Kids While in the D/s Lifestyle

By Guest Author on August 4, 2009

This is a guest post by Christian. He  is a switch male of the D/s lifestyle for the past 14 years. For my first post here I am going to write about something I get asked a fair bit. How does one raise kids in a D/s household? As one with several kids I thought [...]

Posted in Relationships, Social Norms | Tagged activities, BDSM, bdsm play, Bondage, Christian, community, D/s, decisions, dress, email, family, female, guest post, help, history, implement, internet, lifestyle, opinion, play, rt, safe, Service, sex, shopping, spanking, stress, submission, submissive, switch, tasks, trust | Leave a response

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