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ORIGINAL: lateralist1

I don't feel any less safe meeting someone from our 'lifestyle' than meeting anyone else.
I have managed to extract myself from a potential rape situation twice in my life and they were long term friends.
Of course we Dom/mes get it wrong sometimes.
That's the risk we all take.
I believe I have to take risks in life to find what I am seeking.
But the emotional risk is far more of concern  to me than the physical one.
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ORIGINAL: SimplyMichael

The day I start worrying about my physical safety is the day I hang up my spurs.  I have met naked women in hotel rooms, I have met them at their house, I have met them AND their husbands in my house, I have given out my address, my phone number and whatever else.

For some, it is something to be concerned about and goody for them but for me, I am too busy enjoying myself and them to worry about it.