BotanicalMiss -> RE: A few switch questions... (10/24/2010 2:41:34 PM)
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*Why do you choose to identify as a switch instead of dominant or submissive? Because I freely accept that I have both very strong dominant and submissive aspects and both need to be acknowledged. *Do you identify as switch in conjunction with dominant/submissive/slave Yes. Even though my dominant side is more prevalent, there is one who I submit to in small ways every day which gives me a lot of pleasure. We do not see him as being my dom, nor me as his sub, we just naturally work out with those roles subtly there. With those who submit to me, I am all dominant. *Do you see switching as top/bottom or dominant/submissive in nature? Depending on the personalities involved, it can be either. I have a play partner who I bottom to, and our scenes are typically for my pleasure as a bottom (not that he doesn't get a lot of fun out of it too! lol) The one time that bottoming truly turned into submission to him, it totally freaked me out and after discussing it with him, I think that going that deep is really more than either of us wants out of the relationship we have so we keep it more on a top/bottom level. *Did you choose switch because you're still undecided? I only chose switch after realizing and becoming comfortable with both sides of myself. I used to focus only on one and shut the other out completely, thinking that I had to be one or the other. It has only been after several years that I am really getting comfortable with all of me and letting people know that I may be more complex than they may think at first glance. *What has been your impression of switches and their acceptance in the offline bdsm community? One local community I ventured into didn't seem to care for the idea of a switch; they wanted me to be one or the other. However, the group of folks I have gotten involved with in the last year are very accepting of switches and there are many of us who are active in the group. Most of them focus on who you are as a person, not what designation you carry in your relationships.
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