RACK (Risk Aware Consensual Kink) and SSC (Safe Sane and Consensual) are important to this life. RACK says you are aware of the risks you will accept from the kink that you will undertake as will your partner. While SSC says you are sane, acknowledge that in your opinion what you will do is safe and both you and your partner want to proceed. It can be as simple as where the two of you are going to have dinner or as complex as you want to make it.
This lifestyle is about a life together with your partner, not just to find a play partner. If you only want someone to play with, start your profile accordingly. You and your potential partner will have to discuss what you both want from a relationship together. That is one of the reasons there should be an initial meeting where you both just talk. It is better to walk away from a potential relationship in the beginning, if you think it is not what you want than to wait months or years. If you are not sure, say so and you both may want to spend more time together before committing to a relationship. Ground rules can and should be set for both of you so you both can be happy.
Dominant/submissive are 2 people trying to exist together. The dominant is the one who normally gets their way while the sub normally does what the other person wants. While this is normal in the bdsm worled it is also normal in the vanilla world. Some examples are supervisor and employe, teacher and student, doctor and patient, police officer and people being stopped to name a few. Can also throw in waitress and customer. In all these circumstance, one person has some control over the other.
It is the level of control that differentiates how people see themselves and sometimes you can be the opposite of what you normally are.
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