My daddy just gets so irritated n angry with me, often punishing me out of anger for things that aren’t even rules and it makes me feel terrible. I don’t anger him on purpose, it just seems to happen. I don’t know what to do.

seethesubsideofme:

daddyandhislittleprincess11102:

instructor144:

What you need to do is RUN. This is not a daddy, this is a dangerous abuser and you are an abuse victim. Get out. NOW.

The first time he punished you out of anger for a rule that didn’t exist, you should have run. Any person that would do that is domineering, not a Dominant. They are an abuser, not a lover. You need to pack up your shit and run before he does something really bad to you, because he will! He doesn’t care about you and you feel it. He makes you feel bad about yourself. You feel like you have to walk on eggshells around him because he might yell (abuse you) at you. This is not D/s. This is not DD/lg. This is not CG/lg.

This is abuse, straight up abuse. You deserve so much more!

Now, RUN and go find it!

Good luck! We are pulling for you!

Please be safe @instructor144 anon! You definitely need to get away from him. It will only get worse and this will only traumatize you more. Make a plan and go. You ARE worth it!

This!  D/S is a kink!  It’s a way to be together that makes us both happy, horny, and healthy! 

To use a very pointed analogy, if two people are in a boxing ring and one punches the other that’s part of the agreement and rules and framework of boxing.  If they see each other walking down the street and one of them delivers the exact same punch it’s criminal assault and battery because that’s totally outside of any agreement at all!

Same with any of the power-exchange kinks, even so-called “24/7″ Master/Slave ones.  I don’t know if the anon’s guy is a bona fide abuser or if he just has zero sense of boundaries, but he’s way outside of the anon’s agreements with him.

Also, not to put too fine a point on it, but every Dom, Daddy, Master, or even Sadist should know that the hallmark of power-exchange is that tops stay under control of themselves!  And therefore should never do any kind of D/S out of genuine anger.

You know what you do when your partner (Sub or Dom, or vanilla as a pudding pop for that matter) has made you angry?  You use your safeword (yeah, Doms need safewords too) and call a timeout, and you sit down and talk it out.  Why, it’s almost as if a kink relationship was an actual goddamn relationship!

Dominance ≠ domestic violence; Submission ≠ codependence.  

The key words here are “makes me feel terrible.”  D/S is supposed to make you feel good!  If it makes you feel terrible it’s not kink, its just really shitty vanilla with unprovoked hitting.

If he doesn’t listen then, yeah, withdraw consent for all D/S.  If he balks at that then definitely withdraw from the relationship!  Find your support network.  Tell who you need to tell to be safe, yeah, but also not to feel terrible!

While men and women can both be Doms and Subs in no particular order, don’t assume that it will be expressed identically regardless of sex or gender.

Some Doms get achy backs and tailbones a dozen times a year.  It makes sense that they’d have their Subs serve those needs too.  And for a good Sub that service can be its own reward too.

Let’s put it this way: numerically speaking there are approximately as many authentically Submissive men in the world as there are women Subs.  But can you even imagine an actual, authentically Submissive man sending a Dominant woman an unsolicited picture of his dick?

Although, hmmm, if you consider that approximately 99% of men who send dick picks are actually cripplingly insecure about their dicks and pathetically, anxiously desperate for approval maybe they’re all sending unsolicted dick pics!  Hmm… I suspect most of them have no idea they’re Subs, but the more I think about it…  I dunno.  Something to think about.

I will say that as tough a time as women Subs have finding good Doms, men Subs have an even tougher time finding good Doms.

pheebs-journey:

🐉.

“Fuck that shit” is the universal safeword.

That and “what the fuck, asshole?”

Been really enjoying reading other Dom bloggers who are women lately.  You can probably guess some of the reasons (challenging stereotypes and gender assumptions, for instance) but there are a couple others that seem worth bringing up.

Women Doms are, um, less likely to be deferential about what they enjoy or don’t enjoy.  After all, Subs benefit from clear rules, boundaries, and instructions, and Doms benefit from detailing their specific preferences.  Otherwise how can rewards and consequences be fairly received or given?

I like this little photoset as well since it the Sub’s service of his Dom seems more characteristic of real-life 24/7 D/S than you see in a lot of traditional D/S porn.

Just so you know.  (But he wouldn’t be much of a Daddy if he didn’t know you like them too, would he, snipperdoodle?)

hey i’m a lesbian and my girlfriend and i are interested in the dom/sub community. i know this may be a tricky question for you but do you have any tips or tricks on how to handle punishment or how to assert dominance and authority for me. thank you and have a good one.

Hi, welcome to kink!  If you’ve read me for very long you’ve probably noticed two things.  First that I discovered I’m actually a Daddy after decades of thinking I was a terribly unconvincing Dom.  So you may want to consult with other Doms for nuts and bolts of D/S.  

But second and more importantly, you probably already expect me to say what I’m about to say: Dominance and Submission are kinks, not genders or sexes or orientations.  So my tips about punishments and asserting dominance and authority will be to work together to figure out what’s right for the two of you!

Cause there are a bajillion ways to do it.  From old-school, high-church “Full Protocol” D/S to pressing your finger to your partner’s lips and whispering “on your knees, hon, here’s what’s going to happen next.”  Punishment possibilities are all over the map as well.  Anything from a quiet “I’m so disappointed” to brutal caning while bent double over a bondage horse.  If the three of us met in person (with our pants on!) I could probably give you some awesome suggestions after a conversation and watching how you already interact.  But my “secret” would involve mostly asking you questions and watching how your eyes flash or fume while you share the answers with each other.  And now that you know my secret you can probably have those conversations just as easily without me!

The third thing you might have noticed me saying repeatedly is that it’s important to have those conversations with each other because no matter how mild or harsh, casual or formal, you both need to feel satisfied with your domination and submission.  You get to define “satisfied” how each of you wishes (even if a Dom determines everything else she can’t define satisfaction for her Sub or vice versa.)  But since kink relationships are still relationships, the outcome of kinky sex needs to meet the same standards as vanilla sex: you should both be happy enough that you want to do it again.  Or more.  And of course with each other.

Good fences make good neighbors, and good boundaries make good kink partners.  If neither of you are sure of the particulars then 

  • Check out some of the awesome, excellent mentoring blogs by experienced, ethical Doms and Subs on Tumblr and elsewhere.  (It’s ok to mix and match, by the way – many Subs have excellent advice about domination and vice versa.)
  • Don’t assume what you see in porn or read in lit are realistic or practical… which leads us to…
  • Starting small and working your way up works better than starting big and apologizing your way down
  • Remember the Dom has authority vested in them by the Sub, not irrevocable power over them.
  • Check in often
  • Don’t assume the Dom can dish out more than the Sub can handle, and therefore…
  • Don’t assume it’s only the Sub who needs “aftercare.”  (The Dom still should take responsibility for aftercare same as they took responsibility for the activities leading up to it.  But don’t imagine it’s not for the Dom’s benefit as well… in part because
  • Sometimes a “greedy” Sub can get their Dom to cross their own boundaries, which can be a rattling experience for the Dom and/or both of you.  Which leads to the most important thing ever…
  • Never, ever, ever forget that you’re equal partners with your own agency!  Submission is as much of an autonomous kink as Domination.  You’re in a dance together and you each add your own energy and enthusiasm and needs.  For this reason, as designated leader, a Dom needs to be just as responsible for her own boundaries as she is for her partner’s.

Super interesting question.  I hope my very general answers have been helpful.  Best of luck to both of you!

Doh!  I forgot the most important part: While I always assume my followers are more into D/Lg than D/S that’s only because there’s an ASS and it’s ME!  So please let me invite my followers to add their practical, nuts-and-bolts suggestions either in their own posts or in comments to this one.

And to get the ball rolling let me promote @moonchild8914′s first comment

May I please recommend Taken in Hand by Jolynn Raymond? It is a wonderful book for anyone starting out in D/s, & she is a Domme with a wife who are living a D/s lifestyle.

Suggestions like this are always welcome.  Thanks for reminding me, MC!

hey i’m a lesbian and my girlfriend and i are interested in the dom/sub community. i know this may be a tricky question for you but do you have any tips or tricks on how to handle punishment or how to assert dominance and authority for me. thank you and have a good one.

Hi, welcome to kink!  If you’ve read me for very long you’ve probably noticed two things.  First that I discovered I’m actually a Daddy after decades of thinking I was a terribly unconvincing Dom.  So you may want to consult with other Doms for nuts and bolts of D/S.  

But second and more importantly, you probably already expect me to say what I’m about to say: Dominance and Submission are kinks, not genders or sexes or orientations.  So my tips about punishments and asserting dominance and authority will be to work together to figure out what’s right for the two of you!

Cause there are a bajillion ways to do it.  From old-school, high-church “Full Protocol” D/S to pressing your finger to your partner’s lips and whispering “on your knees, hon, here’s what’s going to happen next.”  Punishment possibilities are all over the map as well.  Anything from a quiet “I’m so disappointed” to brutal caning while bent double over a bondage horse.  If the three of us met in person (with our pants on!) I could probably give you some awesome suggestions after a conversation and watching how you already interact.  But my “secret” would involve mostly asking you questions and watching how your eyes flash or fume while you share the answers with each other.  And now that you know my secret you can probably have those conversations just as easily without me!

The third thing you might have noticed me saying repeatedly is that it’s important to have those conversations with each other because no matter how mild or harsh, casual or formal, you both need to feel satisfied with your domination and submission.  You get to define “satisfied” how each of you wishes (even if a Dom determines everything else she can’t define satisfaction for her Sub or vice versa.)  But since kink relationships are still relationships, the outcome of kinky sex needs to meet the same standards as vanilla sex: you should both be happy enough that you want to do it again.  Or more.  And of course with each other.

Good fences make good neighbors, and good boundaries make good kink partners.  If neither of you are sure of the particulars then 

  • Check out some of the awesome, excellent mentoring blogs by experienced, ethical Doms and Subs on Tumblr and elsewhere.  (It’s ok to mix and match, by the way – many Subs have excellent advice about domination and vice versa.)
  • Don’t assume what you see in porn or read in lit are realistic or practical… which leads us to…
  • Starting small and working your way up works better than starting big and apologizing your way down
  • Remember the Dom has authority vested in them by the Sub, not irrevocable power over them.
  • Check in often
  • Don’t assume the Dom can dish out more than the Sub can handle, and therefore…
  • Don’t assume it’s only the Sub who needs “aftercare.”  (The Dom still should take responsibility for aftercare same as they took responsibility for the activities leading up to it.  But don’t imagine it’s not for the Dom’s benefit as well… in part because
  • Sometimes a “greedy” Sub can get their Dom to cross their own boundaries, which can be a rattling experience for the Dom and/or both of you.  Which leads to the most important thing ever…
  • Never, ever, ever forget that you’re equal partners with your own agency!  Submission is as much of an autonomous kink as Domination.  You’re in a dance together and you each add your own energy and enthusiasm and needs.  For this reason, as designated leader, a Dom needs to be just as responsible for her own boundaries as she is for her partner’s.

Super interesting question.  I hope my very general answers have been helpful.  Best of luck to both of you!

Doh!  I forgot the most important part: While I always assume my followers are more into D/Lg than D/S that’s only because there’s an ASS and it’s ME!  So please let me invite my followers to add their practical, nuts-and-bolts suggestions either in their own posts or in comments to this one.

And to get the ball rolling let me promote @moonchild8914′s first comment

May I please recommend Taken in Hand by Jolynn Raymond? It is a wonderful book for anyone starting out in D/s, & she is a Domme with a wife who are living a D/s lifestyle.

Suggestions like this are always welcome.  Thanks for reminding me, MC!

What I’m Saying

sadgirl-trashx:

onedom:

When I say “I want to be tied up”
what I’m really saying is
“I want to trust you enough to let go.”

When I say “I want to be slapped”
what I’m really saying is
“That sting makes me feel real.”

When I say “I want be spanked”
what I’m really saying is
“I want to feel accountable to you.”

When I say “I want be gagged”
what I’m really saying is
“Help me silence the thoughts in my brain.”

When I say “I want to be used”
what I’m really saying is
“I need to feel small and insignificant.”

When I say “I want to be defiled”
what I’m really saying is
“I feel dirty. Make it go away.”

When I say “I want be forced ”
what I’m really saying is
“Help me not feel guilty about my desires.”

“When I say “I want to be marked”
what I’m really saying is
“I need to feel you here even when you’re not.”

When I say “I’m yours”
what I’m really saying is
“I love the way you love me.”

When I say “I love you”
I mean just that.

Source compliKated – Fetlife

this is cute.

This is also awesome!

I get that it’s not always obvious that there’s such a huge gap between kink and abuse.  But that’s why it’s important to come up for air long enough, and go meta enough, to make the differences crystal clear.

For the record, if I didn’t understand how you felt, and if I didn’t reciprocate those feelings, I couldn’t lift a finger or say a word.  

Chances are surprisingly good that if we didn’t have all the social pressure, guilt trips, need for vigilance and self-protection, perpetual deluges of oppression, and the aftermath of both petty and deep real abuse, most of us would be perfectly happy being blandly vanilla.  Although “vanilla” activities might be considerably more, um, robust and less deferential and tentative.  But we do have all that bullshit, and so we wind up with kinks.  That’s why we call them kinks!  

But hells yes:

  • I wouldn’t bind you if I didn’t know you trusted me
  • I wouldn’t spank you if you didn’t want to be spanked.
  • I wouldn’t slap or gag or force you unless I know that’s what you need to let go
  • I wouldn’t “use” you if I didn’t think it fed your fires too.
  • And if I said “I love you” I’d mean it from the bottom of my heart.

Do you like being dominated and objectified?

bralettesandkisses:

yes but obvi only in a kink scene or something, i’ve been sent messages where someone was trying to dom me and called me “slut” when i tried to say that i would rather talk first and i don’t care for that shit /at all/

This!  The biggest goddamn mistake people make is imagining that something you enjoy during sex with a partner would be just as enjoyable without.  Or that something that turns you on when your partner does it turns you when random strangers do.  Or that something that excites you when you’re horny turns you on when you’re just trying to get to work, or drop the kids off, or finish your report, or order a goddamn cup of coffee.

Consider that a lot of guys get off extra hard when their lover presses a fingertip against their asshole when they’re coming.  And yet pretty much no guy is likely to appreciate someone touching their asshole while they’re making a presentation at work.

Sexual Domination and Submission is… um… sexual.  One of the things that makes it a kink as opposed to, oh, say, “how everyday life works” is that it’s shit you actively don’t want to happen in regular life!

D/S happens between equal partners.  If you’re not equal partners it’s not kink it’s abuse and/or codependence, criminal behavior or criminal victimization.

Being treated with animal lust by your lover is hot, being treated like an animal, um, isn’t.