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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/8/2009 6:56:38 PM   
hermione83


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BondageBarbie - you're right he is so cute but he's a sub.. ;)

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/8/2009 7:13:40 PM   
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BondageBarbie - you're right he is so cute but he's a sub.. ;)


Read his profile carefully, hermione.  He's flexible and could be a Dom.  He's also moldable so the two of you may be able to "build a Dom from the ground up".


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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/8/2009 7:19:46 PM   
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lol what ,,he says he wants a mature woman and he likes being punished, is passive, does not like pursuing anyone, and desires greatly to please. Plus, I did actually build a dom from the bottom up and it didn't work out too well and I don't want to do that again, plus that makes me have to be.. errr, way more dominant than I want to be .. lol, yeah. I wouldn't want anyone with even slight submissive characteristics, especially not a sweet little 100% sub person. He might as well be a a girl to me, and I'm sure he thinks I might as well be a guy or whatnot :P.

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/8/2009 7:22:37 PM   
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try FetLife.com


Is it my imagination, or was there a Fetlife thread earlier that now appears to be gone?

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 12:14:24 AM   
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This site had 189,000 unique visitors last month. Bondage.com had about half that number and BDSM.com had only about 5,000. On the other hand Alt.com had over a million.

The big vanilla sites are more popular. eHarmony, Match and Yahoo personals had 4, 5, and 6 million respectively last month.

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 6:51:46 AM   
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there was a Fetlife thread titled "how many of you on Fetlife?" i had started that thread, and now i cant find it either!

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 11:46:35 AM   
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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 12:09:45 PM   
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I appreciate what you're saying about actively looking, but I just don't think I can manage to do that. I think you are probably totally right, but I'm very submissive, old fashioned and super shy. I'm not not meeting people out of pride alone, I hope (not expect) someone to find me because it would be a MIRACLE for me to muster any amount of courage in this life time for that sort of thing.


Hon, I've read through quite a few of your posts/responses in this section, and I have a suggestion that may be helpful, but one which you may not like much. My suggestion is that you find a counselor/therapist to assist you with your fear of interacting with people and your inability to communicate face-to-face. It concerns me that you won't even share with family or close friends that you're dating until you're -engaged-, due to apparent 'fear of failure' issues,  and there were a number of other red flags that came up in your responses that led me to think that the best "next step" for you this year might be in getting some guidance in resolving your fear of people and common social encounters.

Successful relationships begin with people who are self-secure... even D/s relationships where one is the submissive party require that one be capable of communicating effectively and be secure in one's identity. Seriously consider finding someone to help you develop healthy interaction skills (Your minister may be able to recommend someone, and clergy/supplicant privilege will keep the request private.) This will go a long way to making it possible for you to find a compatible life-mate.


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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 6:11:16 PM   
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Yeah...people have suggested that to her and she, of course, shot it down saying she already did it and took meds and it never worked and blah blah blah. Therapy won't help because she has such a negative attitude as it is. I feel sorry for the guys people are trying to hook her up with though...

I agree with the fact that this thread needs to die.

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 6:20:57 PM   
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Then why are you continuing to post to it?
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I agree with the fact that this thread needs to die.


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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 6:26:56 PM   
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I haven't had any luck on CM. I know that alt isn't for me judging by the pics, and I got about 2 emails ever on bondage. Well not no luck on CM , but just not enough. Any better or similar luck in finding a permanent D/s partner on any other sites, and which ones please? My new years resolution is to try really hard to find someone and find them or move on with wanting a Dom/man and accept being single for the rest of my life. Thanks for the help.


Nope, here is the best site so far, and I have tried many. Oh, Informed Consent also to a certain extent, good for local people, but what I do find interesting, is that in my locale, there is more listed on Fetlife than both IC and CM put together. But I am not looking for a partner, well, not a permanent partner at this point in time, which does not mean I am looking for one night stands either, but as here, friendship with people of similar interests. Friends is the way to go, no pressure either way, but a place where one can learn more about a person one may meet.


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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 6:35:56 PM   
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LOL RS - you read my mind.

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/9/2009 10:58:27 PM   
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Hermione

Please don't worry you have your whole life a head of you. Where as I am at the other end of the scale 66 male slave looking for a Mistress in a small country of New Zealand. I have lost track of the number of sites I have visited.
Good luck with your shearch and may your God go with you.

P

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The ZOMBIE THREAD - 1/9/2009 11:06:00 PM   
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lmao....this thread will probably never die.....
Can you say....Zombie Thread?


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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/10/2009 7:04:07 AM   
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Someone can know ones sexual preferences without having sex.. I don't understand why that's so hard to get.. 1. I think it makes them stronger and from within. I started reading about BDSM in junior high.. But anyway... 2. my profile talks about what I want, not who I am, my interests said what I am. 3. I expect if I find someone who describes wanting someone who is like me I would email them and tell them how I'm like that... and if someone found mine and was exactly what I wanted, I'd expect they'd be curious enough to ask who I was. I don't like talking about myself directly, and I hate complimenting myself, 4. and I prefer someone else to figure me out. 5. The fact that I didn't make an advertisement doesn't mean I don't have a personality, sigh. I am pretty certain that I'm a very good compliment for the kind of man I desire. I realize most people don't have orgasms through sex, I'm not a moron. I said in my original post here that I probably *couldn't* have them at all but I'm hoping I'll be able to through sex eventually maybe. You never know. I have had friends tell me also that they did eventually have orgasms with sex when they didn't have them alone - it's just more rare. I want to be somewhat positive sometimes. Anyway, you all didn't read what I said. I may want to work forever, I'm well educated - what I want to do is do something I want to do with a protector behind me. Like be a missionary, and not have to spend my life worried about doing something out of survival. I've always been a straight A student but I would never dream of gambling on myself with student loans.. I used to want to be a doctor, but I just would never do that. I would need the support of a Dom. 6. Oh, and if I get married, I won't be getting divorced... I don't believe in it. If he tries to leave me I'll just get out a weapon until he changes his mind (kidding). This is not a list of demands.. it's me looking for someone who is just like this, darnit. Sigh. If I'm so weird, and considering all the freaks I know, there has to be a few freaks around. I pay the bills - but I won't put on a coat when its 0 outside and I risk frostbite.. I don't care about myself.. I need a man to care about me. And I'll care for him even more than he cares for me in all likelihood.. I'm a ridiculously sweet person to everyone in my life, though there aren't a lot of 'em. 7. I torture myself - I can't help it, I'm a masochist... til a good sadist comes along and orders me not to do it myself anymore. It's my life.


1. Ah, but that's curious. You, yourself, have stated repeatedly you don't WANT to be strong...
2. And why doesn't it talk about who you are? I can think of a few reasons...
    A:  you know that your negativity and self-imposed helplessness will chase away any prospects that may stumble across your profile.
    B: As you've stated, you don't care about yourself, so YOU don't matter, which is a terrible place to be, IME. You get yourself into all kinds of abusive, horrible situations, let people use you because of your desire for submission and intimacy, however much of a delusion it may be, etc. Not. Good. A con man doesn't have to go after money, honey. He (or she) can go after emotions, a desired reaction, whatever agenda they may have. A predator is a predator and can be oh, so charming -- you'd never see it coming.
3. But in your profile and posts it states so clearly that you're basically not willing to lift a finger. Tad confused here.
4. Yeah, that's what talk therapy is for.
5. How do you know what kind of man you desire if you haven't been with men similar to that or tried other things out? Kinda like saying, "Hamburgers aren't for me! They're gross, disgusting, I'd never, ever, ever eat one!" if you've never had one... And you can have a veggie burger, turkey burger, etc. Make sense?
6. My mother didn't believe in it, either, but my dad still left. In the end it was for the best and I wouldn't have had it any other way. And if you truly cared for him, you would want his happiness above all. You label yourself as a slave, which intimates to me you have this desire. So, if his true, burning wish is to no longer be in that situation, wouldn't you want to honor that? That's not to say it wouldn't hurt like hell -- Oh, it would. But that's how it goes sometimes.
7. What makes a better story -- everything going along just ducky or some pain, struggles, set-backs, tears, etc? The second, obviously. And it's also painfully obvious you're attempting to make your life into a fairy tale. Cool, if that's your shtick, go for it. But, as others have said, be prepared to wait a while. I am afraid you may be suffering from something more serious than merely depression and, as many others have suggested, find a kink-friendly therapist. There's nothing wrong with it and what works for one person won't work for another. Sometimes it takes a while to find a therapist you click with. Although, in your case, I would make sure it was a woman so these feelings of wanting to be saved wouldn't be transferred to a male therapist.
I am merely speculating here, but I feel you may be attempting to make your life as shit as possible to create this sense of drama and "adventure" that you seek. Let me tell you, staring into the abyss is no adventure. Feeling things no human being should EVER feel is no adventure. It's terrifying and requires therapy to get over in a healthy manner -- that or lots of "self medicating".


That all being said, I would be interested to hear your responses to everything people are saying to you. You seem to have hit the road about the time it came for you to be accountable, for lack of a better term. So, this will be the one thing I am openly and explicitly saying to you -- the rest are merely questions regarding your postings -- A relationship based on trying to "fix" someone will never, EVER work. And here's why: First case, the basis of your relationship is to fix. The basis is not love nor trust nor anything else. Therefore, if the individuals DO get fixed, there is no longer a need for the relationship.
Second case scenario: You DON'T get fixed and view the Dom as a failure, not true / who he said he was / etc. You become disenchanted with the fact that he is only human and you're not willing to make an effort. Thus, you're back in the same situation you started in. Can't fix something that doesn't wanna be fixed, darlin, and to echo everyone's comments: You need to be secure in yourself. I personally can think of nothing so distasteful as some whiny little sycophant.


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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/10/2009 7:11:06 AM   
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dont give up Hermione. God loves you. all you have to do is pray from the bottom of your heart instead of wasting time on the internet. if your soul is pure, your knight is on his way, bearing gods message.

i noticed you cite Mother Teresa as a role model. have you considered being like her? She's a virgin too, like you. and in all probablity, started her journey just like you.
i will pray for you sweet sister. your knight is on his way, riding down your moonlight mile.

So if God doesn't love her (which, by virtue of basic Christian theology, is impossible... but God is the impossible, so perhaps that makes sense... hmm...), then she won't marry someone?

Praying from the bottom of her heart "instead of wasting time on the internet" won't get her very far, either. Kind of like the joke about the blonde praying to win the lottery and God says, "Hey, you could help Me out by buying a ticket!" sitting at home isn't going to get anyone very far. I don't care what she says, it takes EFFORT on both parts, even if her effort is just saying, "Hello, how are you today?"

as far as a knight being on his way... I know many people who never married and are steadfast Christians. Marriage isn't for everyone, no matter how they may desire it. Could be because God has other plans in store that would be compromised by a husband and / or home obligations; could be because the person in question doesn't have their eyes open enough to see what's staring them plainly in the face.

But I disagree whole-heartedly with this post and find it distasteful and misleading. If a poverty-stricken family has children and those kids don't receive anything from "Santa", does that mean they were bad? No.
Not attempting to equate God with Santa, but you see the parallel. Just because she doesn't find some man who meets a very stringent set of guidelines doesn't mean God loves her any less.


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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/10/2009 8:23:28 AM   
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This is late to the party but I can't help myself so I apoligize in advance for not doing my part in letting it die.

When I'm dealing with a client who has a terrible case--bad facts, no real defense, facing significant time, will be a bad witness on the stand, etc-- but they don't want to take their very decent offer because the good Lord is on their side I tell them the story of the man on the roof.

It was flooding terribly and the man climbed onto the roof waiting to be saved.  A man on a boat comes by and says "Come on...I'll take you to safety."  The man on the roof says "No, I'm waiting for God to save me."  So he stays and waits.  Later a helicopter comes by and they drop him a rope.  The man on the roof waves it away because he's waiting for God to save him.  The man on the roof eventually drowns.  When the man gets to heaven he asks God why God didn't save him...he had faith, he waited on Him.  God replies, "I sent a warning that the floods were coming, I sent a man in a boat, and I sent a helicoptor.  What more could I have done to save you?"

And to borrow another line from another good book "Faith without works is dead."

Lots of people have offered lots of suggestions--theraphy, medication, singles groups, volunteer work, a few specific profiles--and each one has been shot down as unacceptable.  It's been suggested that you enjoy the misery of being you.  I hope that's not the case but if it is then you've set yourself up perfectly.  If you don't then it's time to make a decision to change the situation. 

Finding the right counselor can take time...ask for a "friend" for recommendations or follow the provided link for kink-friendly ones (if one is not in your area you can always contact the closest and ask if they can recommend someone to you).  If you want to find that other half of you then do something.  You have to do your part and if that means dealing with social anxiety and crippling shyness then you'll need to take steps to help overcome it.  If, on the other hand, you enjoy the misery of your life (your description, not mine) then keep doing what you're doing and revel in it.

**edited for spelling**

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/10/2009 6:00:35 PM   
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i guess everyone is different. Like with me i was on ALT for a while, but it seemed like no one joined and it was the same people everytime i logged on. i've had a lot better luck, well with talking in here only, with this site. i keep trying to find ways on my own and with help of others, to revamp my profile (adding/deleting) and hoping that i do find someone long term. Best of luck and continue being patience as it will eventually pay off.

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/11/2009 10:32:14 AM   
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@ hermione83 - there's a great Christian "Taken In Hand" site that might just be perfect for you.  I can't remember the exact name right now, but just look up Christian Domestic Discipline online, and you should ge the website come up.    You might even want to look at the taken in hand website to see what that's like.  (www.takeninhand.com)

BTW, I'm on FetLife as well, and there's a gorup on there called Taken In Hand that you might enjoy reading about and making connections on.

I'm really curious about your state of mind tho.  How is it that you're not trusting God to give you what you need, when He sees fit to bring it to you?  And have you never heard the saying, "God helps those who help themsleves"?  If you're unwilling to take new steps on your path, how can you possibly hope to attain your goal?  And this last bit of info is just a saying I've picked up in my life - "The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results."  Please forgive me as I'm NOT saying you're stupid at all!!  I'm just saying that if you want something different than what you've been getting, you might want to try doing something different. 

I hope this gets you to rethink how you're approaching things.  The main goal of life is to be happy.  BUT - until we're happy within ourselves, we'll never be happy with another person.  We can't look to another for our happness, but have to find a way to be happy and healthy within ourselves.  That way, we put out positive healthy vibes and find the best possible partner for ourselves.  I know that I constantly strive to be the best me for today, as I want to attract the kind of man who is happy within himself, and can be his own personal best each day.  Just some thoughts for you.

Best of luck.

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RE: Has anyone had better luck with sites other than CM? - 1/11/2009 5:43:10 PM   
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The OP has received a ton of good advice here...but so far she seems to be shooting it all down and whining about how she "can't". If she doesn't really want to do what she has to do to improve her life and her chances of meeting the white knight, she won't do it no matter what advice we offer.

Is this enough of a thread-killer?

Die Thread Die! 

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