I know, I know. It's been too long since I posted anything. I have a LOT to catch up on.
But First...
I don't contribute to the community nearly as much as I would like. Being a switch with a live in submissive, and being with my own dominant three nights a week, working more than full time and tryingt o help care for an ailing family member leaves me very little time to breathe much less be social, but I have been keeping up carefully with the postings, comments, and discussions going on at
The Evil One's site and just wanted to stick my beak in the ideas around non sexual dominance and submission going on.
I want to attempt to capture my ideas on this matter from both sides of the coin if I may since I am an active switch. I'll start with the dominant side:
First of all, I am a person, not just a mindless dominating machine. I get things out of the relationship just like Anna does. While the focus of the matter centers around her needs, like to submit, and to feel the nurturing that comes from being submissive i.e. feeling loved, wanted, cared for, ect. And the need to have new experiences with sex, with pain, and so on, I do have certain desires of my own that I like to see fulfilled in this sexual arena. Don't let anyone fool you. Being a Dom is hard work. We don't call it work, we call it a joy to do of course, and that is absolutely true. I can never recall having the kinds of pleasures I have had since beginning to Dom Anna. Still, there is considerable effort put out by all your Dom's out there whether they will admit it or not. Obviously there is the physical labor, planning and setting up scenes, being able to change those plans 'on the fly' when things go wrong (like a leaking enema bag) and the plain physical effort that it is to do what needs doing in real life and still be able to spank your submissive beautiful bottom long after your arms ache because they just entered the magic space inside themselves. Now, before any submissive gets the wrong idea, and any Dom's get mad at me, let me make it clear. If you find yourself thinking "Oh GOD! I'm making my Dominant have to work on something they don't want to do! I have to quit, I'm a failure, (Insert pity-party mantra of your choice here) Just QUIT! Quit thinking that right now!
Bad Submissive! Your Dom loves you and does what they do because it makes you BOTH happy. Period, paragraph, end of notes. Got it?
There is also the mental discipline involved in being a Dominant. Especially a male dominant if you get my drift, and that's all I'll say on that. But other disciplines include trying to get inside the submissive head and find what little fires of passion are burning in there at the particular moment (they can change instantly it seems) There is the discipline of focus and attention. Watching for the tale tell signs of too much or too little stimulation. For example, when I use a hairbrush to spank Anna, I watch her very closely. I want to just lay into her and watch her bottom wiggle and turn red. I want to make her writhe while I hold her down and force her to take more. I want to hear her cry out, and cry tears. Oh God, I want that. Instead, I focus, and watch her. I try very hard to spank her hard enough that she gets right on the razors' edge of stimulation. It hurts, almost too much, but not quite. So she moans and wiggles just a little and most importantly, she feels alive! I want her in my lap thinking how good it feels, yet how she almost can't take it. I want her to feel that moment of truth when she wants it to stop, but she doesn't. Where she's thinking her safeword really loud, but isn't saying it.I well imagine for the experienced Dom, it's easier They have the skills. For me, it takes all my focus and mental discipline, and a bit of luck. But when I get her there, it's so moving, I sometimes would like to cry with her. Now don't get lost in the shuffle, we are still talking about non sexual acts and submissives so don't get worked up. Breathe....That's it. Relax.
Ok, so being a dominant is a lot of effort. But when it works it is more than well worth it. Hence, a dominant wants a good return on their efforts. No one invests a heap of anything hoping to get a stingy return. That is the beginning of where non sexual acts come into play.While it is a lot of fun to beat and sexually service Anna, at the same time I am a very visual and tactile person. (I like to look at her, I like to touch her) I get a lot out of seeing her dressed for me in a certain way. I get a lot out of certain body motions that she makes, that cannot be consciously duplicated. (I wonder how many people realize this about themselves.) I like to touch her in certain places and ways. And, I like to have her touch me, look at me, and express certain body language at me. All of these things that I dearly enjoy are not afforded merely within the confines of a sexual encounter whether it's vanilla sex or kinky.
My desire to see and touch her in these ways I find so attractive are a part of getting a holistic, sum total experience of Anna's body. Her beauty, her grace. None of us look or move the same. We all have bodies, we all move, we all have body language. But no two people use the same combination of these things. That is a large part of what makes us exactly who we are. (How many people realize that?) This is why you can just "feel" it when you hit it off with someone.
Your reading every combination motion that they are making. The interface of body and soul, and you are able to perceive that you like what you see of them.I would suspect that a submissive (especially in a relationship) that finds themselves asked or required to do things that make no sense, while they are scrutinized by their Doms very carefully, are in a situation where they are very attractive to their partner. These favors that I get from her have nothing to do with what is going on. I'm not trying to change her thinking all that much when I have her write sentences, I'm not looking for a sexy maid if I have her pick up around the house in the nude (I have not asked this of her but it is an example) I am not trying to humiliate her when I have her assume positions and pose, or tell her I want her to workout, or play Dance Dance Revolution for me wearing nothing but socks and my collar. These are all excuses. And poor ones I might add, for the truth. And the truth is... (Big breath before sticking my head in the noose)Being able to relax and not have to worry about what I'm doing, or saying, while she does those things, and just watch her move, feel her skin on mine, and enjoy her body and her fluid movements is an incredible turn on for me. And If I can get her to do it long enough, I begin to feel an incredible warmth of love and passion inside of me. Kin to subspace itself . I begin to feel like I must be a pretty special person myself to be treated and given to in such a way. It is inspiring. Awe inspiring. And it gives me strength, confidence, and will. Yes it is a power thing. But not the kind of power thing most submissives assume it is. It is an EMpowering thing. I don't know why this is so obscure. Maybe Dom's are unwilling or unable to admit this. Maybe they don't realize it themselves, or maybe I have just given away a secret that is not supposed to be revealed under pain of death and leather clad executioners are on their way to my house to kill me as you read this.
Huff Huff huff....long winded thing ain't I? Actually most of that is a copy/paste from an older posting I made on another blog. But the essence of it applies to this question so well, I decided to steal it from myself (Is that plagiarism?)
Now, if I can start thinking like a submissive without stripping my mental transmission, I'll try to
address the
question from a more submissive p.o.v.
Really, the best place to start is to tell you about my visit to Mistresses' house (That can't be correct tenseing of a word but shoot me) last night.
Last night was my short night. The evening I come to serve, but don't spend the night.
On the outside what transpired is I arrived straight from work and showered as I always do. By the time I got out, dinner had been delivered and I served it right away. We sat down in the living room to eat, and we watched a movie. Her on the couch and I on the love seat.
When the movie was over we took a short break and went upstairs....to watch another movie, only this time stretched out on the bed. And that is exactly what we did. We watched the film with her piled up on pillows laying on her side and me curled up behind her propped up same same. Yes, we were fully dressed in our clothes. No, we did not "neck" (isn't that a funny word and term *eg*) And no, the subject of sex was never broached. At one point she turns her head back to me and says "You know I'm really enjoying this don't you?" to which I replied "So am I".
Unfortunately due to technical difficulties, we had to finish the movie back in the living room, but after the movie I made a quick soda run for her and hot-footed it home.
Now, does this sound like a hot d/s evening to you? Well...maybe not if your just in it for the sex, or the pain, or the .....(fill in your particular unipolar vice here) But for yours truely, it was a night of submission. Just as significant in it's own way as nights we play.
I've said it before, but it bears repeating. All the cyber subs, and "in it for the sex only crowd" really have made life tough for those of us who's goal it is in this lifestyle to be genuinely submissive. ONE: A good Domme who can find? For all the "play at it's" and "wanns be's"?
Besides me of course. I consider myself super EXTEMELY fortunate to have found my place at the feet of my Mistress in my first real search for a dominant.
but that brings me to TWO: With all the idiots out there just playing at being submissive to get laid and all that crap, a mistress can't be too careful in meeting and choosing a submissive to take on. One has to prove one's self quite genuine and worthy. I'm not saying this is wrong or even a bad thing. I completely believe that a submissive regardless of sex, should show their salt and mettle by investing in their dominant. But the thought has occured to me more than once that this process is much harder than it has to be thanks to so many less than genuine doms and subs alike out there.
So a joker like this might think of the evening I just described I had last night as a complete loss.
But not I. I came away very relaxed, accepted and validated as HER submissive. Let me try to explain by breaking down the events in terms of the emotional elements behind them:
As a submissive, I love to serve. I want to make her happy, comfortable, and content. In addition, I feel I am making one of the most genuine and sincere gestures of submission, and showing her that I am hers by doing things that do not directly result in sensual stimulation.
I am taking care of my dominant in a manner that is appropriate and useful. And that is the head of the nail. I am useful and not just a black hole of need and want. So serving her dinner, fetching her drinks, lighting her cigarettes is not a chore, or a play to get something else. It is an act of true submission and a reward to itself.
Watching the movies was what SHE wanted to do.
That should be 'nuff said... BUT I'm sure somewhere in the world some other dominant at some time wanted to just simply enjoy the company of their submissive over dinner and a movie at home, to relax and be comfortable basking in the company (Remember where I said as a dom that being a dom was hard work?) of each other without "performance" concerns, and to show their submissive that they were more than just a toy. And the sub got mad, or felt rejected due to poor understanding and self esteem, or just out of plain selfishness had a temper tantrum to be spanked or screwed.
It's pitiful, but I bet it's true.
What's wrong with some people? Dominance and Submission is a LIFESTYLE - a way of living day to day - Not some amusement park where you pick the thrill ride you want, ride it and walk away. Well I guess it's that way in BDSM clubs. But if you want to live the life, I got news for you. NOBODY is on, full tilt flinging floggers 24/7. That's just plain stupid and unreasonable. If you can't be comfortable in the life, and who your with, and with your role in the still, quiet moments. Your in the wrong part of town. You need to find a hobby.
What a pleasure it is to be able to curl up to my domme and simply be near her. Enjoy her presence. Now I admit I just had to find a patch of bare skin to keep my hand on. But I'm a skin slut. I love the feel of being connected to her. But I was not touching her in a sexual or seductive way. I was merely enjoying the bonding between us.
And how it melted me to gelatenous ooze for her to tell me how much she enjoyed my company. How she liked me being with her. How validating it is to know I am accepted for who I am and nothing more sometimes.
It is in these moments you find that you aren't being used to get housework done, you aren't being beat on just to vent some secret frustration, or that in her mind you are the effigy of someone or something else she is pounding on. (No, I have never thought that myself but I have heard of this being done)
It is in these moments as a submissive you truely feel owned, and not only owned but cherished. Just for being who you are deep deep down inside. Your not a sissy, your not a wimp. Your being yourself and accepted for it on all levels.
Pity the souls out there to shallow to explore d/s to these depths. They have missed it all.
(Editor's note: Because of my copy/paste my spell checker is having a siezure and my eyes are too blurry to do it myself. Forgive the blatent errors and look at the intent if you would.)