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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 2:28:45 PM   
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I'm not sure I was clear, in fact I know I wasn't.

Like Luci I'm happy knowing what to expect. Which doesn't mean things never change. But I see people here who focus on doing new things, planning them, seeking out something different just for the sake of change. As opposed to those of us who are perfectly happy doing what contents us repeatedly and don' t go looking for something new. If we read something, or see something that sparks our interest then we try it. But it isn't a focus to find something new. If it happens, great. If it doesn't, also great.

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 2:57:42 PM   
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At this moment, I'm not sure what I feel.  As a lot of you know, my Sir passed away a week ago.  But when He was alive, I was ecstatically incredibly happy, more than I've ever been in my entire life.  Now, however, I'm not sure what I feel, as I'm still dealing with loose ends.

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 3:51:53 PM   
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Well of course it's my opinion. Everything I write here is my opinion.
I didn't mean to imply that it was the only way. What works for me is unique to me.

Yeah, I thought about that after I'd already posted. You are never one who implies your way is the "right" way. It's interesting how what works so well for one works so poorly for another. Point taken, Aileen

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 3:57:03 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DesFIP
Like Luci I'm happy knowing what to expect. Which doesn't mean things never change. But I see people here who focus on doing new things, planning them, seeking out something different just for the sake of change. As opposed to those of us who are perfectly happy doing what contents us repeatedly and don' t go looking for something new. If we read something, or see something that sparks our interest then we try it. But it isn't a focus to find something new. If it happens, great. If it doesn't, also great.

Yes, you summed it up so well. It's not that nothing ever changes or we never do anything different or new, it's just that we're not on some determined mission to make sure we do something new daily or weekly or we feel stagnant. And that includes BDSM and every other activity in our lives. We are both laid-back, take things as they come people and if something is worth doing, we do it. We just don't go seeking something new just for the sake of doing it and being able to say we did. We just kind of go with the flow as things can work...........luci

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 4:45:10 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: slaveluci

quote:

ORIGINAL: DesFIP
Like Luci I'm happy knowing what to expect. Which doesn't mean things never change. But I see people here who focus on doing new things, planning them, seeking out something different just for the sake of change. As opposed to those of us who are perfectly happy doing what contents us repeatedly and don' t go looking for something new. If we read something, or see something that sparks our interest then we try it. But it isn't a focus to find something new. If it happens, great. If it doesn't, also great.

Yes, you summed it up so well. It's not that nothing ever changes or we never do anything different or new, it's just that we're not on some determined mission to make sure we do something new daily or weekly or we feel stagnant. And that includes BDSM and every other activity in our lives. We are both laid-back, take things as they come people and if something is worth doing, we do it. We just don't go seeking something new just for the sake of doing it and being able to say we did. We just kind of go with the flow as things can work...........luci


This is us too. We have a lot of ground that will be new to me or to us as a couple, but it all just comes along in the course of things. We are far more interested in us and we are in what it is that we do. As an example, I am sending him a present for the very first time this weekend and he also will be tasting my cooking for the very first time (cookies after a rough week or so ). It isn't really about doing those things though. It is about the desires that underpin the actions in the first place. That is where the meaning comes from.

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 4:49:07 PM   
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I find that I have enough interesting things happening without seeking them out. I just need to be open to what the gods may send my way.



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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 5:08:49 PM   
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I'm a person who likes stability. I don't like a lot of change. I don't need for things to constantly be changing. I don't like for things to be always new and exciting. I"m more than content with "sameness". I like knowing what to expect and how something needs to be done. I hate always having to second guess or wonder what's around the corner.

When things start to dramatically change in my life I admit I get extremely stressed out.

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 5:31:06 PM   
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I am happy where I am and I also enjoy challenges and exploring things in my relationship. I do best when I have a good balance between the two. I enjoy being pushed by him and I also enjoy the status quo. When things stay the same for too long, I start feeling the push mentally to challenge myself. If things are too challenging, I like to go back to routine.

Life would not be fulfilling and satisfying if I didn't have both.

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 6:21:41 PM   
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I am happy in terms of being very grateful, but I'm not complacent. Change is good- but so is the comfort of simplicity, and ritual. I'm very goal-oriented and ambitious, but also keenly aware of the brevity of life.

Life is not a game of four-sqare. There aren't a lot of chances for do-overs. When its done, its done, and you'll never get the time back.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Putting things in perspective: Its not that life is so short- its that you're dead for so damn long.


That's all for now, thanks!

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 6:23:56 PM   
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I'm positively ORGASMIC... guess that means I'm happy, huh?!!

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/16/2009 7:10:22 PM   
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Or do you always have to be going farther? Do you get lazy if you don't have a new rule to learn or enforce?

What with life getting in the way of fun, offspring, jobs, honey do lists etc we aren't the types to be pushing to do new stuff. We're lucky if we have time to play once a month lately. And when we do, we're sticking with the stuff we know we'll enjoy instead of risking a bad outcome with no chance of replacing it with a good experience shortly.

He doesn't feel a need to push me to do something that it's doubtful I'll be able to accomplish well if at all just for the sake of pushing me.

But I know a lot of people see it differently, they always need to be striving for something new and harder. Where does everyone line up, and why?


What are you asking?

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/17/2009 12:36:30 PM   
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Or do you always have to be going farther? Do you get lazy if you don't have a new rule to learn or enforce?

What with life getting in the way of fun, offspring, jobs, honey do lists etc we aren't the types to be pushing to do new stuff. We're lucky if we have time to play once a month lately. And when we do, we're sticking with the stuff we know we'll enjoy instead of risking a bad outcome with no chance of replacing it with a good experience shortly.

He doesn't feel a need to push me to do something that it's doubtful I'll be able to accomplish well if at all just for the sake of pushing me.

But I know a lot of people see it differently, they always need to be striving for something new and harder. Where does everyone line up, and why?
I think a balance can be achieved which includes both "sameness"---as long as it is happiness---and change. 

As I stated in another thread, change does not have to be 180 degrees or 90 degrees or even 45 degrees from where things are now.  Nor does there have to be a constant search for challenges for my submissive or for myself as a dominant.  But, as kyra noted for herself, I too enjoy challenges even within the steadiness of my dynamic/relation.  I enjoy them within my professional life...if I had to face the same 10 patients, day after day...week after week...month after month, with the same problems, responding in the same way to treatment thus making it unnecessary to change my treatment...I'd be looking for a change of profession.  I know that for me, stasis for too long can result in boredom just as constant and/or large challenges can result in too much stress and a yearning for sameness.


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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/17/2009 1:12:50 PM   
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No....not really. Not in an everyday sense. We don't need to create them  ('though we do, now and then).....They arrive, *ready-wrapped* on our plates the whole time.

Both of us tend to go at life *full tilt* and it's bloody exhausting at times. I crave a bit'o' boredom now and then , to be honest!

Our life itself is a playground, we exploit everything there's to be gained from even the most mundane situation JUST because of the way we are.

When it comes to pushing.... Yes, he does and yes, sometimes just for the sake of pushing........but for the FUN it creates....actions , reactions....He's fascinating, I'm always on the edge of my seat ....NOT because he TRIES to be , but just because he is.

I don't know if I*need* it ......I've just not known life with him, without it. Life with him is *full of crazy shit* as one of my sons put it this evening.

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/17/2009 6:41:13 PM   
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I wrote this some time ago and posted it in my journal. It originated with me thinking on the OP. I had been feeling unsettled and malcontent for a time and missing the NRE Of our power exchange. Master had a new slave at the time and watching he and her with the NRE made me begin to ponder and hunger for that newness again. I thought these thoughts to be pertinent to the OP and decided to share:

I do not wish to write this and leave and implication that it is a new revealation for me. The knowledge of this fact, has always been within myself. The strength to act upon the knowledge and stand strong in my faith, of the flow, so to speak, has at times been weak.





Anne Lindgerbh once said,"We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of time and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom."





I suppose my true post is that about faith, and belief, even in the midst of  the ebb, the ebb that may seem a drought. You know that one day that " waters" are bound to return. However, the one day return doesn't quench the thirst of the moment, or the day for that matter.I have often looked at the " ebb and flow" of our power exchange dynamic as a cup. When the presence of his Dominance and my submission flow through out our life, and we can thrive upon those feelings... I have said that my cup runneth over. When he challenges me, and I strive to pleae him, even making sacrifices of myself, I am offering up my cup, to his lips of Dominance. When he challenges me greatly, I may often feel that my cup is beginning to run dry. If life gets in the way of our dynamic, I may feel the same way. This is but the ebb of our love.The greater ebb, the more wonderous the flow must be... such momementum it can gain as it returns to us and fills not only our cup, but our life.The flow is upon us once again, as our cups are at the brim... and filling more each day and spilling over into our fulfillment and our happiness together. The waters of completion, the fluid of unity.... the rain  is our devotion and a symbol of our exchange.I cannot help but think of the rainbow, and the promise it brings with its presence. It is said that a rainbow is the creators symbol of a promise to never again flood the entire earth.... Yet, I think of it in somewhat different terms. In the story of Noah, the waters were a bad thing, yet in my comparison the flow is ever needed. When we first meet the waters flow was tremendous, as we had so much to discover together and learn of one another. We embarked upon a journey into one another hearts.We found our eternal home with the other soul. The Flow of the waters was beautiful and amazing...When I see a rainbow, it reminds me that we shall never again experience those same rough waters, yet they will always be a part of who we are and we have together. The waters, which we now sail, are calm and peaceful. We have found the lake of serenity in the maturity of our love. I was searching for the choppy waters, the current, and the excitement that it brings rather than the depth we have achieved. I now long to explore the depths of the waters we share.I have spent so many days, years looking and searching for those old feelings of excitement and thrill and newness....calling our life and relationship.. empty, dry, and ebb.... Today I realize that I was so busy watching for the rough waters that I was missing the peaceful sail we have together each and everyday. We float together in the knowledge of who we are and how we have become one.You are the Master, and I am the slave. You are the husband, and I am your wife. You are the Man, and I am your woman. We complete each other and that is the key to these waters of peace. I realize now the maturity of our love and our power exchange. I see the intensity in depth, rather than current.Even now, there will ebb and there will be flow.... but it not be so extreme, as we reached a place of depth and truth. As Lindgberg said, it is this fluidity that has breathed life into the freedom, liberty we have achieved within the chains I wear, and you hold.Hold me.... until the end of time, and call me your own.You are my world, and I love you...MasterThank you for continuing to sail with me. I am eager to spend my life upon these waters with you, and enjoy the peaceful flow and serenity, as together we continue to explore the depths of what we have become.~ your slavegirl forevermore~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"For relationships, too, must be like islands. One must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits - islands surrounded and interrupted by the sea, continuously visited and abandoned by the tides. One must accept the serenity of the winged life, of ebb and flow, of intermittency. "



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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/17/2009 8:13:14 PM   
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I'm pretty much happy where I am. There's always the ups and downs of %(#^( life, but that's to be expected. It's like the background noise of a big city. You put up with it because well, it's The City (or life). Where I am is extremely uncertain most of the time. Some of that's due to my circumstances, some of it's just due to my head. But I like that. I have a high tolerance for ambiguity, find "not knowing" or "being unsure" a rather thrilling adventure, in fact. So yeah...things are quite good in c.a.r.-land. :)

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RE: Are you happy where you are? - 10/18/2009 8:08:47 AM   
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There is a very nice balance that I enjoy with both R. and S.  There are some things which are the same every time I meet with one of them, and then there are the things they decide to do that ‘mix it up’ a bit to make things interesting.  The important constant is that both of them want to keep me in their lives and I feel the same.  I have a tendency to become easily bored, but that has never happened when I am with either of them.  Because there are 2 primary men in my life I suppose there is a built-in factor that keeps us from getting too much in a rut.
Last night I went to dinner with S. and a woman he plays with who happens to be a switch.  I have no idea why he wanted me to meet her other than the fact that he thought we would enjoy each others company; and we did!  We sat and talked until the restaurant closed.  I felt comfortable and was fascinated by some of the differences in the way she and I interact with him. It was indeed very different for me and I was glad that he guessed correctly that it would turn out well,

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