ProlificNeeds
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Joined: 5/19/2007 Status: offline
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There's definitely a difference between someone who just wants to be pampered, and a Dominant figure in a relationship. How can you tell the difference? It's not really got anything to do with kink. I've seen some very lovely couples, who, almost unknowingly have settled into a D/s dynamic in their marriages, and their kinkiest moment probably involved ice or whip cream, maybe a blind fold or candles, but it certainly wasn't bondage and pain. I've met a couple of very kinky people, who, keep it in the bedroom, and have 0 interest in power exchange of any kind. Which of those is a life-styler? Neither, both? I think, trying to draw a line, and make people stand on one side or the other, to determine if they qualify or not, is the wrong way to go about it. If someone wants to be included in the community because they share interest in one or more of the aspects, then consider them part of the community. If they practice fetishes or life style behaviors, but do not want to be part of the BDSM community... then leave them alone. Really, a person should choose what they want to be, how they want to live, not those around them.
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