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I think that we have a couple of different things which happen frequently in this community. 1) Misunderstandings about polyamory/polyfuckery. There are poly people everywhere, and that includes here. Just like in the vanilla world, this frequently causes confusion, both because people are not used to it, and also because poly relationships may have a lot of rules and boundaries that have been agreed to by the participants, but which are not readily apparent to a casual observer. If someone is pursuing a poly person who has existing relationships, they may have no idea when they are suggesting something which would be considered total betrayal and when their suggestions would be fine with all concerned. They may assume things like that the poly person is not terribly interested in their existing partners, that they want to find a more suitable partner and become monogamous, etc. The number of ways to get confused around issues like this are practically infinite. 2) Cheating. As others have pointed out, it's common here just like it is everywhere else. There are also situations which are not exactly either one, like subs who say they want a romantic, exclusive relationship, but who also seem interested in being shared, which strikes me as complete hypocracy. Dom/mes may pull the same sort of thing, and, while it may be more consistent with their role to assert such a right, it's still likely to make some subs unhappy. There is such a wide range of relationship rules and expectations in BDSM... we dump the vanilla rules, which we all knew well, and from that point on, nobody can safely assume what any of our rules are. If you know that I am, in fact, a Dom, what do you know? That could mean that I'm in what's almost a conventional marriage with a collar, some kneeling and a little grabbing by the hair, and that it *is* a vanilla relationship until bedtime. It could mean that I have half a dozen casual play partners. Or both, or anything in between. If I have more than one sub, I might well have totally different agreements with each. In my case, for example, things aren't too complex because I only own one slave. I select play partners for myself and/or my slave. I can take on other full-time subs, but if they were to live with us they should expect to take some orders from my slave, since she speaks and acts for me in my absence. I would not accept a live-in sub who couldn't be happy with both of us (and vice versa), because I value domestic peace and harmony. I have enough stress at work without coming home to catfights and drama every night. But in some households things are FAR more complex. I'm really sorry to hear that your Dom seems to be violating a fundamental agreement that you believed yourself to have. Violating agreements is no more acceptable in a Dom than it is in anyone else, and he shouldn't expect any different treatment than a vanilla boyfriend or husband would under similar circumstances.
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