The Dom/sub relationship is a complex one requiring a serious commitment to honest and open communication, and the practice of learned responsibilities for the care and protection of each person’s well being, psychological, physical, sexual, social, and emotional health. You can protect both you and your Dom’s participation through the use of selected safe words (like ‘yellow’) and gestures (such as tight hand holds, wiggling of a limb, or opening of a hand). Don’t ever be afraid to use them or think that you are not supposed to - especially if you are in your first experience. Expect to be tested by your Dom so that you are made aware of your limitations for your sake and his.
There is allot to learn, to develop and to discover in this type of lifestyle: its traditions, customs, fashion, speech, etiquette, play, and practices which may include bondage, discipline, punishment, guidance, surrender, control, pain, aftercare, sensation, sensuality, sexuality, spiritualism, respect, warmth, passion and love. It is recommended that each person learns as much as they can throughout whatever avenues are available (never being afraid to ask about anything you are even the slightest bit curious or concerned about): similarly interested friends, presenters and experts you get a chance to meet, books and magazines on related subjects including those who are against the lifestyle, groups in your area who offer educational classes, play parties, and conferences, any related fictional books of erotica and fantasy, academic books on theatre, scene play and props, Internet websites and FAQ’s (frequently asked questions), first-aid classes, fetish fashion outlets and those who carry leather, BDSM toys and tools of the lifestyle. Failure to learn the proper use of the toys and tools of the lifestyle can result in serious injury - so be careful.
Each rule involves a multitude of meanings and different styles for unique and personal application. Work with them. Read each one, ponder the possibilities, look seriously at the images they create inside you and allow what you feel from each one to come into full bloom, get away from them, and then come back and work on them again until you have put together the ones that will become your mindset from which to live by, to seek out the Dom you crave to serve and to please and to love, or to become stronger and more committed to the one that you have and with whom to share of yourself through your creative application of them.
Consider these rules a part of, what will become your crash course about the Dom/sub relationship and lifestyle, but realize they are not conclusive, nor the only way to enter and to experience it, for there is more to learn then from the rules that are listed here.
Begin slowly and trust of each other’s responsibilities, knowledge and skills towards the level of control and the ensubment you crave. Spend time communicating and negotiating your first few sessions with your Dom and especially before you commit yourself to a shared lifestyle. Take the time to experience trial periods of commitment to a Dom: a weekend, a week, a month, and a few months. Always have time periods where you can drop out of submission, as if a third person, to discuss what is occurring between you and your Dom and how to move forward in meeting each other’s needs. Know that you can always leave - for no sub should live in a lifestyle out of fear for one’s life. The best of Dom’s will have an open door, unless you, by Him, is seen as one who is no longer wanted as his sub
Consider tests for blood and sexually transmitted diseases should you engage in usage where blood, urine and semen will be sexually or orally exchanged.
Engage in your role-play or lifestyle safely. Your life may depend on these tests and practices. Don’t be afraid to speak to your doctor, clinic or hospital about your need for these tests or about the results of your play from which you may suffer - they’ve seen and heard more than you might imagine. Keep in mind that what you communicate with your doctor is confidential (unless you live in those states where marks on your body may be mistaken for the results of acts of Domestic violence), and that the more you can communicate about what you have received - the better of care they will be able to provide you. You do not have to explain exactly why the tests are necessary - just that you and a partner will be engaging in sex where you feel such tests are necessary for your safety.
It is highly recommended that the use of drugs including alcohol not be used during any part of a Dom/sub relationship or at play parties where activity requires careful and well thought out planning and execution such as in bondage, being pierced, punished, disciplined,
Keep a journal for yourself to work through what you are feeling as you progress towards and through the relationship you want and are in. Don’t be afraid to hear yourself through your writing. Let it flow like the freedom you feel when you are in your sub space. Share only what you wish or what you are allowed. Expect to receive assignments on what you experience so that you both learn what to work on and how to progress. Don’t be afraid to share your journal with your Dom, but do ask if you can have a private one should you want it.
Select a place in a household where you feel comfortable in a kneeling position while nude. The kneeling position should be performed as follows:
Kneel attentively, toes curled forward, ankles touching or at least as close together as possible, thighs touching, hands placed on top of the thighs with palms down and fingers spread apart, the inside of your arms pushing your breasts towards the middle of the chest with breasts in front of the arms, the back arched to push the breasts forward and to give the torso good curvature. If this position is difficult for you to achieve, then select a nude position of your choosing whereby you feel a sense of submission as if honorable to be in such a position whereby your form, as if secretly displayed, could induce the touch of a Dom’s eyes upon you and gain the envy of those females who may be present.
Place the rules at a level where you can read them without having to change your position.
Remain in your position for a few minutes and then begin reading the rules out loud in a kind of held back tone as if to do so quietly in a confessional manner. Try not to resist what you are feeling and let your thoughts run wild.
Spend several weeks reading the rules, at least once a day, in this manner.
Read each rule out loud, in whole or in part. Work with it until you find you can identify with
Keep in the mind the rules are not in any particular order. This is done on purpose since a sub must be able to adapt her behavior and creative spirit to fit the surprises, changes, and challenges that will occur in the lifestyle she has with her Dom.
Remember: you are not required to memorize them word for word, but you will be expected to know of their context when questioned by your Dom. A hesitant response or an incorrect one could get you disciplined in part for not remembering, but more for not staying focused on how you are to behave. After you have been disciplined the correct and acceptable response in reference to the rule should be told to you so that you will remember it the next time.
It is strongly suggested that you, with his permission, read the rules in an acceptable position, nude, at least once a day. Failure to do so without an acceptable cause or reason and you are likely to get punished upon your next meeting with your Dom.
You may record the rules for playback for use any place where you need to hear them.
Basic sub Rules
1. I will serve, worship. obey and please my Dom in any way he requests it.
2. Above all else my primary focus shall be to please my Dom, hoping that he finds me pleasing in all that I do, whether I am in his presence or not. My Dom knows of my potential, learning more about me in each day I am with Him. He trusts that I will act in accordance with what he perceives of my potential - he knows what is best for me and how important it is that I set a good example for other females who may be present around me.
3. To receive pleasure I must earn it.
4. I trust my Dom: his responsibilities, his skills, his hunger and needs, and his concern for my safety, my emotional, psychological, social, sexual, and physical health.
5. I will ask my Dom for permission to satisfy whatever sexual need I have before acting on it.
6. My body and mind belong to my Dom.
7. I must always give thanks to my Dom for all I am given immediately after receiving what he has given me, for such things are gifts or privileges granted to me by Him.
8. I must be both specific and explicit in my speech.
9. I will not say I am sorry for mistakes I make instead I will correct them to the best of my ability and make sure they do not happen again.
10. I will not hesitate when responding to my Dom. my focus is important to my growth.
11. I will thank my Dom for the discipline and punishments I receive, specifying what I received and expressing the reason as to why I was given them.
12. I am always in submission to my Dom whether he is present or not, ready to please Him at anytime, in any place, under any circumstances, regardless of who may be present. For the opportunity to submit and to please is by far more important and satisfying than any other pursuit. I trust my Dom will keep me safe, protecting his reputation and mine in the presence of others, as he examines my ability to present myself to Him and to others in a subtle manner when required to protect our lifestyle from those who may not understand, nor support, as long as our behavior is not in anyway misrepresented nor misinterpreted by those who may be afar. I am to set, once again, a good example, ready to explain my position to others when required to do so. My lifestyle is a part of a growing culture for which I must never forget that I am an integral part.
13. All my choices shall be based upon whether or not they will please my Dom.
14. When I am not in the presence of my Dom and I have choices to make - I will perform them to the best of my abilities and within the boundaries and guidance he has allowed me.
15. I shall wear the Jewelry my Dom gives me with pride for it signifies my devotion to Him.
16. When the cock of my Dom is put into my cunt and I am directed to suck it - I will do so vigorously as long as I am required to do so. My hands shall be placed on the tops of my thighs, behind my neck or held at the base of my back so that during the sucking I can use my whole body to display my hunger to my Dom.
17. My Dom’s cum must never go to waste. In rare and privileged cases I may wear my Dom’s cum on my body, sometimes after massaging it into my skin. Cum is a gift from my Dom and it is an honor to receive it. The eating of my Dom’s cum will sometimes be counted as one of my meals for that day.
18. My head will be bowed and I will not look into my Dom’s eyes unless requested to do so.
19. I must wear clothing that is pleasing to my Dom based on the activity in which we are engaging.
20. When I remove clothing from my body it must be folded neatly and placed where my Dom requests it.
21. I shall be naked in front of my Dom unless he requests otherwise.
22. My entire body except for the hair on my head must be kept completely shaved or waxed smooth and clean so that nothing of me is hidden from view. Unless my Dom chooses for me to have hair in certain places.
23. I must never cut the hair on my head without my Dom’s permission.
24. My pussy and ass must be thoroughly washed and of a good aroma at all times, but especially before serving my Dom.
25. When in the presence of my Dom, and not doing a task he has requested, pleasuring him or on free time I will go to the place he has selected until he needs me. I will remain in the position he has chosen for me.
26. There can be no greater suffering I can feel then when my Dom is not pleased with me.
27. Whenever Dom speaks, even when I am speaking, I am to immediately become silent so I may be able to listen intensely to what he has to say. I must never interrupt Him unless he has shown me how to communicate with Him, if I need to. I must ask first for his permission to speak.
28. The opportunity to please my Dom is very important to me and I will take every chance to seek out such opportunities to do so to the best of my abilities and in accordance to how I have been taught or allowed to do so.
29. I choose willingly to be with my Dom.
30. I am my Dom’s greatest treasure
31. I will learn all the positions my Dom wants to teach me to the best of my abilities and will be prepared to take such positions when required and to display myself in a manner through them that he, and others who may be present, will find most pleasing.
32. I must never reach orgasm without explicit permission from my Dom. Such pleasure must be seen as a privilege so that I do not take advantage of it.
33. The safe word chosen by me can be spoken at any time. . If I am not able to verbalize it - I trust my Dom will show me how I can express it. Safe words are for my protection as well as his.
34. I must confess to my Dom when I have been naughty so that he may decide if such violations require me to be disciplined.
35. I must tell my Dom if I have had an orgasm without his permission.
36. My Dom cares for me and will respect my limits until we have both chosen to move beyond them.
37. I will endure whatever discipline my Dom gives me so I can become a better sub for Him.
38. I will never touch my breasts, nipples, pussy or clit with my hands or sex toys in any manner where I could experience sexual or sensual pleasure without permission.
39. I must never show disrespect towards my Dom in any way – no matter where I am - in his presence or not.
40. The needs of my Dom must always come first before my own.
41. I am allowed to suggest ways to further my training.
42. I must always respond fully both physically and verbally to whatever my Dom does with me, unless restricted to do so.
43. The only clothing I will buy and wear will be those items, which are befitting of my place. I will never wear clothing that would embarrass my Dom or myself.
44. I may, at times, offer various parts of my body to my Dom in hopes he will take pleasure in using them in whatever ways he wishes.
45. It is important for me to eat plenty of carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins in the foods and fluids I am permitted to choose to nourish my body and mind, and to exercise my body regularly, as permitted by my Dom, to increase my physical strength, to keep my limbs as flexible as possible, and to maintain or improve my figure so I may be able to endure my Dom’s use of me however intense and for however long a period is required by Him. I want to be of a healthy and sound mind and body, free as possible of any personal limitations, when pleasing my Dom.
46. I will remove my clothing immediately after entering the household.
47. I will always sleep nude - kneeling first before I enter my bed and kneeling first as soon as I get out of my bed - for it is a great privilege to have a bed to sleep on.
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I must never tighten my body when being punished or receiving pain.
49. I will always listen with a strong interest in whatever my Dom has to say during my training.
50. When I take a shower I can do so the way I like to, but when I have finished washing I must rinse my entire body with only cold water for not less than 1 full minute. I am not to try to cover my body with my arms and hands thereafter. I may use a towel to dry off, but in my Dom’s house - only he shall be allowed to dry me unless he allows otherwise.
51. When I walk, run, sit, stand, kneel, reach out, speak, or listen - I will do so in an attentive manner, and with confidence and pride hoping other females around me will feel my projection upon them, that my performance is found admirable, that they would seek to emulate me without any of their insecurities or self-conscious thoughts holding them back. I want to set the best example of proper female behavior.
52. When standing still I shall do so with my feet and legs together, my hands held behind my back and my head bowed down. I will remain silent in the way Dom has taught me.
53. I shall proudly wear his mark of ownership upon me wherever he chooses to place it.
54. When sitting I shall sit up straight with my legs together and my palms down on the top of my thighs.
55. I will not speak to others without my Dom’s permission except to say to them that they will have to speak to my Dom first. This is especially important at play parties.
56. I shall when being punished count off the strikes against my flesh.
57. Privacy is a privilege - even to have it when I need to use the bathroom. I must ask for it and accept my Dom’s decision even when I am denied of it.
58. As a sub I shall assist my Dom in the setting of a scene.
59. As a sub I shall offer parts of my body to those elected by my Dom for their pleasure. I will also offer myself to those who wish to use me for a demonstration or to experiment on.
60. As a sub I shall perform chores about my Dom’s house as requested asking for details on how he would specifically like it done.
61. When I have been given permission to play with myself I shall do so however my Dom instructs me. I will play with myself in this manner even not in his presence.
62. I will periodically examine my whole life and look for how it has changed as a result of my relationship to my Dom. I will speak to my Dom about those areas where there have been improvements and those areas where I feel uncomfortable, insecure, or unsure of what direction I should take, how I should behave, or how I can behave in a manner that is different than how I have been behaving in the past.
63. I will not be passive in serving my Dom. I will aggressively participate in my exchange with Him.
64. I will not date others, form a relationship with others or engage in sexual activities with others without my Dom’s permission.
65. The money I earn, should I be allowed a career, or put to work, where I am paid for my responsibilities, is mine to keep. However, I can and will ask my Dom how I should spend or save it first. I may present ways to Him for his approval. I will accept the responsibilities he gives me in the handling of my finances. It is important to my Dom that I learn to handle money wisely so, if needed; I can reach my goals or be ready for any emergency where finances may be required for resolution.
66. I will wash and take care of any sex toys my Dom uses.
67. I will never wear thongs as I know my Dom hates them.
68. I shall make sure I am always on some kind of birth control.
69. I understand my Dom has the final say.