Break-up in BDSM Relationships

********** 11/15/98  4:56 PM Begin logging Silken Ties.
               spazz | hi night
      *Night Spirit* | hello spazz
       MoL's Katie J | huggggs, Sis!
       MoL's Katie J | hello, spazz
      *Night Spirit* | hugs little sis :)
               spazz | hi  katie
       MoL's Katie J | welcome, Lynn
      *Night Spirit* | hiya Lynn
         Lynn <busy> | thanks Katie <s> hugggs sis
         Lynn <busy> | huggs NS <s>
               spazz | ok whats all the fuss. hi lynn
       MoL's Katie J | <arguing with a 6 yo about bedtime>
         Lynn <busy> | lol
       MoL's Katie J | <smacking myself>
      *Night Spirit* | ah the joys of motherhood
         Lynn <busy> | hi spazz
       MoL's Katie J | OOOOO, I like that!
         Lynn <busy> | LOL Katie
       MoL's Katie J | <teehee>
         Lynn <busy> | huggs Spartan <kiss>
       MoL's Katie J | *kotc* Spartan, Sir
      *Night Spirit* | hello sexy Spartan
           *Spartan* | kisses dear kj, NS, lynn..................
               spazz | hi kara
       MoL's Katie J | Welcome, Lady A
       MoL's Katie J | good to see you again.
           *Spartan* | <s>...NS.........u tease u...<wink>....
            kara (C) | hello everybody <s>
         Lynn <busy> | hi Lady A <s>
       Lady Aireanna | thank you Katie...and you as well
       MoL's Katie J | huggs, kara
           Lori-busy | Hi.....just wanted to ask...is there a CO tonight?
       Lady Aireanna | hello Lynn
         Lynn <busy> | huggs kara <s> ltns
       MoL's Katie J | sure is, Lori
      *Night Spirit* | Spartan if you had stayed longer when at my house I 
                     | would have shown you the
      *Night Spirit* | type of tease I am
            kara (C) | hello Katie.....huggggs <s>
           Lori-busy | oh  I did not know Katie<s>
            kara (C) | huggggs Lynn :-)
       MoL's Katie J | <waving to Big Bob in the corner>
           Lori-busy | when does it start?
      *Night Spirit* | yep there is a CO tonight
             BIG BOB | hi
      *Night Spirit* | in about 5 minutes Lori
           Lori-busy | thanks NS
               spazz | time to run kind of lost here ladies
           Lori-busy | ok...brb
               spazz | bye
           *Spartan* | <heart piter n pattering>........sweet woman, and u 
                     | perhaps to see just how
           *Spartan* | much *I* could be as well.....<g>.......
           *Spartan* | NS
            kara (C) | i have been i NYC for the past month Lynn, just got 
                     | home <s>
             BIG BOB | halleo
         Lynn <busy> | ohh..well wb honey
           *Spartan* | u have kara......and u didnt let tina and I 
                     | know........
      *Night Spirit* | Spartan--promises promises
            kara (C) | i would have loved that Spartan.......sorry
            kara (C) | i was with my Master <s>
           *Spartan* | so
           *Spartan* | <shakin head>....
      *Night Spirit* | in that case kara was TOO busy to visit <s>
       MoL's Katie J | She may have been tied up, Spartan
           *Spartan* | for a month hu....some scene.....<g>
            kara (C) | yes........thank you Night Spirit <s>
      *Night Spirit* | lol little sis
            kara (C) | i was Katie......lol
           Lori-busy | Welll back for a minute just to say goodnight....( 
                     | sorry I can;t stay) and
           Lori-busy | hello and goodnight to all <s>
      *Night Spirit* | Spartan well some Masters have and some---don't
            kara (C) | had a wonderful time......
      *Night Spirit* | Night Lori
           *Spartan* | night hugs lori , didnt even see u come in
         Lynn <busy> | Night Lori
            kara (C) | bye Lori
           Lori-busy | Night NS...Spartan hugs.hope tina is back?.....bye 
                     | kara....Katie....and all
           Lori-busy | night Lynn
      *Night Spirit* | Tonight's discussion is not an easy one but one 
                     | that some of us have faces and
      *Night Spirit* | others may face
           *Spartan* | no lori, she returns on tues night....<sigh>...
           Lori-busy | oh ok  Spartan  ...hope grandpa is better?
           *Spartan* | a bit...<s>..thnx, will let her know u asked.....
       GrandPaDeSade | Hello all
       MoL's Katie J | Good evening, GrandPa
       Lady Aireanna | good evening Sir.
           *Spartan* | <s>....GPDS....
           Lori-busy | ~~~ waves...hello and nite GpaDS
         Lynn <busy> | huggs GrandPa
      *Night Spirit* | In our lifestyles we have already discussed how a 
                     | bdsm or D/s relationship is
      *Night Spirit* | closer then vanilla, and deeper in trust and in 
                     | communication
      *Night Spirit* | so what happens when that relationship ends
      *Night Spirit* | all relationships ending are hard, but is a BDSM 
                     | D/s relationship harder to let
      *Night Spirit* | go? or different in any way?
       GrandPaDeSade | Huggsd Lori, Lynn, Katie
       GrandPaDeSade | Huggs even
      *Night Spirit* | I relate to this topic because of my past
         Lynn <busy> | I think so, yes.
         Lynn <busy> | I think it's harder
       GrandPaDeSade | Good evening Lady A
            kara (C) | it's harder to recover, i think
            kara (C) | very painful....
      *Night Spirit* | as many of you may know shadow Lord used to be my 
                     | Master and lived with me, I
      *Night Spirit* | trusted him heart and soul and thought it was 
                     | forever---when he left me it was
      *Night Spirit* | worse then my marriage breaking up
       MoL's Katie J | The deeper the bond, the more difficult the 
                     | severing of it.
      *Night Spirit* | my marriage was 17 yrs, with SL was only a few 
                     | brief months
            kara (C) | so true Katie.....
      *Night Spirit* | Katie I agree
      *Night Spirit* | so what advice could we give those who may face 
                     | that very difficult time?
      *Night Spirit* | how do you trust again?
               sarah | <quietly sneaking ing>
     *The Inspector* | hello everyone
         Lynn <busy> | <hugs TI>
     *The Inspector* | huggs Lynn
           *Spartan* | NS, I have found that as in any relationship, it 
                     | depends on the two, how and
           *Spartan* | why, the reasons themselves govern the relationship 
                     | either continuing on
           *Spartan* | another level, or depending on the hurt involved<of 
                     | the heart i speak>....to be
           *Spartan* | apart for awhile.....no difference between vanilla 
                     | or D/s....they all
           *Spartan* | hurt............
         Lynn <busy> | I thought I would never find another that could make
         Lynn <busy> | me feel the way he did...
         Lynn <busy> | I was wrong
      *Night Spirit* | Spartan so what happens when it ends--what advice 
                     | would you give
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | I will say, it will not be better, will not
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | be good if you love someone it will
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | not end.. it will evolve,,, very slowly...
      *Night Spirit* | Lynn how did you find another?
               sarah | <- never sure that I know *when* to get out
         Lynn <busy> | I haven't found another.... but I have experienced
         Lynn <busy> | what he made me feel..
           *Spartan* | hoping that the line here forms behind the 
                     | sign..'it just wasnt right'...if so,
           *Spartan* | i do not see why a maintained friendship could not 
                     | continue, after all, look at
           *Spartan* | what has been shared......
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | by the way, finding another doesn't
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | mean the end of the former..
       MoL's Katie J | For me, I think the most important thing is to keep 
                     | yourself from attacking the
       MoL's Katie J | other ... the mere fact of a relationship not 
                     | working out doesn't make either
       MoL's Katie J | person bad .. sometimes the mix just isn't right.
      *Night Spirit* | but sometimes relationships end--what then?
       MoL's Katie J | And what Spartan said.
       GrandPaDeSade | In a vanilla relationship, one is not as likely to 
                     | be dependent on the other as
       GrandPaDeSade | wit a dom/sub relationship
               sarah | <nod nod>
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | vanilla/Domme. sub is totally
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | irrelevant--this is love!!
       MoL's Katie J | co dependent, GrandPa?
           *Spartan* | <s>....TI...
      *Night Spirit* | see SL tried to leave while I was at work, no real 
                     | good bye he just wanted to
      *Night Spirit* | vanish---I had no idea things were not working he 
                     | said he was happy--when he
      *Night Spirit* | left I thought the world actually ended----I no 
                     | longer felt powerful I felt
      *Night Spirit* | tiny and very alone
               sarah | i dont think the dynamics of D/s are irrelevant at 
                     | all
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | Love is love...
       GrandPaDeSade | co dependent, yes. But the more control the sub has 
                     | turned over to the dom, the
       GrandPaDeSade | harder it is likely to be for both, and especially 
                     | the sub.
      *Night Spirit* | but sarah we as D/s beleive in TRUST major 
                     | major----we trust the Dom and if
      *Night Spirit* | they walk out---I think it is more of a blow to a 
                     | sub
               sarah | i agree NS
         Lynn <busy> | not just anyone is taking you for a dive....and the
         Lynn <busy> | trust element is greater
               sarah | that is why i am saying that D/s DOES indeed matter
      *Night Spirit* | I cared alot for my ex we are friends but our 
                     | breakup is not nearly as awful to
      *Night Spirit* | me as when my Master left
               sarah | this is so much harder than the break up of any 
                     | vanilla relatinship i have ever
               sarah | had
            kara (C) | i have never handled rejection well, it hurts no 
                     | matter what the relationship
      *Night Spirit* | sarah I agree, is it the same for Dom's?
         Lynn <busy> | sarah ..are you afraid you'll never reach subspace
         Lynn <busy> | again? I was
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | pain of separation from a lover has
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | nothing to do with lifestyle!
               sarah | and i am friendly with the man i lived with, even 
                     | tho we are apart now, but i ca
               sarah | nnot seem to make myself be friendly with the Dom
     *The Inspector* | I have only had one experience there...........
      *Night Spirit* | GrPa you had a long relationship with a submissive 
                     | and broke up
     *The Inspector* | and yes it hurt
               sarah | and i do think it is harder for the Dom, NS
     *The Inspector* | it was so short  thank goq
     *The Inspector* | god
      *Night Spirit* | TI what then--what do you do to go on?
       GrandPaDeSade | I was married to my ex-wife for 32 years. I have 
                     | been with NS for three. I
       GrandPaDeSade | trust NS much more, and would be hurt much more if 
                     | she left. (And I'm the dom.)
       GrandPaDeSade | Btw, it was a vanilla marriage
               sarah | i dont think i am afraid i wil never get there 
                     | again.. i am afraid i can never t
               sarah | rust that much again
       GrandPaDeSade | Yes NS, I did
        Black Knight | <wanders in quietly and sits down listening>
     *The Inspector* | I just came back ...........here........to be with 
                     | friends
            kara (C) | thats what scares me sarah.....
          Mis-guided | hi room
               sarah | i have given him SOOOO much.. I fear i cannot do 
                     | that again
      *Night Spirit* | TI that is very good idea----be with friends is a 
                     | good way to cope, to talk it
      *Night Spirit* | out
        Black Knight | the human sprit is undeifinable  it will return in 
                     | time i think sarah
      *Night Spirit* | sarah also has a point in D/s do we give SO MUCH 
                     | MORE then we do in vanilla
      *Night Spirit* | relationships?
     *The Inspector* | I have had 2 IRL marriages go sour 
                     | though............and there is a lot of
     *The Inspector* | comparison
    Countess de Sade | I<sneaked in as well.....
           *Spartan* | i believe that depending on ur past breakups and 
                     | life situations, some of which
           *Spartan* | are more heart wrenching than a relationship 
                     | breakup, u could come off<even if
           *Spartan* | it hurts> seeming numb.....<has been 
                     | accused>...........
       GrandPaDeSade | sara, that is a self-fulfilling prophacy. You must 
                     | be willing to trust, or plan
       GrandPaDeSade | on being alone a lot.
           *Spartan* | hence seeming detached and not as emotional
               sarah | I try G'pa<S>
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | I been here week after week and
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | people joke how my comments go
               sarah | or should i say, am trying
      *Night Spirit* | ok GrPa how do you trust again?
               sarah | i feel very betrayed
    Countess de Sade | Life is full of risks......
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | this one time, I would like to say
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | something
               sarah | i cannot seem to get past it
      *Night Spirit* | sarah sweety I know that one
    Countess de Sade | we risk even getting out of bed in the morning. but 
                     | would you stay there all
    Countess de Sade | day?
           *Spartan* | u dont NS..not if it might hurt, u hold back........
               sarah | what do i do now, NS?
     *The Inspector* | yes Ebe?
       MoL's Katie J | yes, Ebe?
      *Night Spirit* | yes EBE
         Lynn <busy> | Ebe..no one is joking about your comments
         Lynn <busy> | huggs
       GrandPaDeSade | Be open and willing to give the other person a 
                     | chance. You answer NS, how did
       GrandPaDeSade | you learn to trust me? (Or do you?)
    Countess de Sade | no. you get up and go about the day again......
      *Night Spirit* | good point Countess
        Black Knight | well it hurt me real back and thought i have only 
                     | had cyber relationships so
        Black Knight | far when paige left me and did not say why did not 
                     | leave any reason just got up
        Black Knight | and left the whole thing went right off line and so 
                     | i sat a wondered for a
        Black Knight | month what happend to her. before i found out 
                     | finally. those breakups are the
        Black Knight | worst to me
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | I am with a Mistress who i think has
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | some rwspect amopng you
               sarah | goign about my day, and letting some whip me are 2 
                     | different things
               sarah | someone even
    Countess de Sade | BK. the not knowing is the worst,.
        Black Knight | yes that is what hurt me the most Countess
    Countess de Sade | If you know what is happening, it makes it much 
                     | easier to handle.. anyhing
       GrandPaDeSade | MST, I tend to respect everyone, untill they prove 
                     | they don't deserve it.
        Black Knight | i didn't know if it was me if she got hurt or what
      *Night Spirit* | well so we all feel you can't hide, and should be 
                     | with friends, but can you
      *Night Spirit* | trust again--is it easy or hard?
        Black Knight | she was the first i wanted to meet and make 
                     | something grow from it and then bam
        Black Knight | nothing . But you know how i got through it?
       GrandPaDeSade | That gets me hurt at times. But you need to be 
                     | willing to take a chance, else
       GrandPaDeSade | you never find what you want
          Mis-guided | when all is said and done.............you've got to 
                     | laugh!!!!
     *The Inspector* | it's damn hard NS
      *Night Spirit* | tell us BK
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | this topic is important becaues it
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | may be I have something to say onn
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | this subject, if anyone would give
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | me a chance..
        Black Knight | i thought long and hard about her
    Countess de Sade | <listening. BK
        Black Knight | how much i loved her and being with her
      *Night Spirit* | EBE I am waiting please continue
        Black Knight | and shead a few tears now and then
               sarah | it is very hard NS,,, almost too hard
       GrandPaDeSade | Mis-guided, I AGREE. Laughter is Very Important.
        Black Knight | then i went to bed
        Black Knight | and i woke up the next morning
        Black Knight | looked at the sun
        Black Knight | and wispered
        Black Knight | the world didn't end
    Countess de Sade | <s> Works for me too, BK
        Black Knight | and i got back up my horse
           *Spartan* | ebe, the room stops for no one, have something to 
                     | say, say it, keep asking for
           *Spartan* | those to listen and u r waisting ur chance to say 
                     | what we could read and
           *Spartan* | comment on...........................
       GrandPaDeSade | EBE, you need to jump in and say it.
        Black Knight | and rode back into what i love my friends and 
                     | everything else i loved before her
           *Spartan* | <s>
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | If yout Mistress.Master takes another
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | ...then what??
         Lynn <busy> | <kotc BK>
          Mis-guided | thats so beautiful
      *Night Spirit* | BK that may be it right there---the world didn't 
                     | end, ourselves didn't end--we
      *Night Spirit* | must go on
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | Have they left you??
        Black Knight | Oh and NightSprit i would have to say that for some 
                     | Trust is all  we have
        Black Knight | <S>
    Countess de Sade | Ot's really hell to care sometimes, eh?? BK???  <s>
        Black Knight | <kotc Lynn>
       GrandPaDeSade | EBE, Do they give you up, or share?
     *The Inspector* | and at times we have to face the ones that hurt 
                     | us........or the ones we have
     *The Inspector* | hurt
        Black Knight | <S>maybe countess
               sarah | share<sigh>
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | share but, the new toy is so shiney
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | and new!!
          Mis-guided | and punch their lights out
      *Night Spirit* | EBE I love GrPa but he is DOM I am a switch and 
                     | bi--I yearn to have another
      *Night Spirit* | person in our lives doesn't change the fact I love 
                     | GrPa
          Mis-guided | i'll get my coat
               sarah | but NS, i cannot seem to accept her
        Black Knight | besides as human beings is it not true that all our 
                     | lives there comes a time
        Black Knight | when we have to trust someone for better or worse 
                     | we just have to
      *Night Spirit* | EBE new toys may be shiny and new but old toys are 
                     | held on to longest
       GrandPaDeSade | I love NS. But I play with others. It does not mean 
                     | I love NS any less.
       GrandPaDeSade | Although I know she has trouble with it at times.
        Black Knight | Hell yes Night Sprit!!!
               sarah | how do you cope with that?
        Black Knight | <you should see my room <LMAO <,,,meteforically 
                     | speaking i still have
        Black Knight | tranformers
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | I did not cope!
    Countess de Sade | Choosing someone is a very complicated process as 
                     | well I am finding
    Countess de Sade | out....<sigh>
         Lynn <busy> | sarah,, did he not share you also?
        Black Knight | sometimes Countess they choose you don't forget 
                     | that either<S>
          Mis-guided | sad isn't it?
       GrandPaDeSade | It is difficult to cope with. It's much easier if 
                     | the "sharing" is understood
       GrandPaDeSade | at the start.
    Countess de Sade | yeah <g>  I know that.....
      *Night Spirit* | EBE how I did it was look into my life and what I 
                     | want--I had it with a man who
      *Night Spirit* | ignored me and working 14 hours a day for nothing 
                     | and sleeping in my store
      *Night Spirit* | instead of going home
               sarah | i have tried very hard to find a new ground for 
                     | us.. to make this work.. to reme
               sarah | mber that he loves me and i love him... but GOD 
                     | almighty.. i cannot do it
       GrandPaDeSade | Don't leavve mis-guided
      *Night Spirit* | I looked into my self and asked what I wanted in 
                     | life
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | the new sub is gone...I feel awful!!  I
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | hate this!!
               sarah | But Lynn.. he knew of Dave from minute one
               brian | HI room
        Black Knight | <<<nee nee choose me<proud smile> and i am damn 
                     | lucky to have the little darlin
               sarah | she is new to the equation
          Mis-guided | your gonna love this brian
         Lynn <busy> | and you did not know of raph?
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | And this crap about the subbie
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | being powerless is not true
               sarah | their new found intimacy is new to our situation
       GrandPaDeSade | Hi there Countess
      *Night Spirit* | be true to who you are- be honest with who you are 
                     | with don't hide things or
      *Night Spirit* | feelings
         Lynn <busy> | i see
        Black Knight | oh lord sarah <hugggss> <didn't reqinize you darlin>
           *Spartan* | NS/GPDS...the trust in ur relationship needed to be 
                     | well founded b 4 any casual
           *Spartan* | play with others could sit well, i know it took 
                     | time for me n tina to be able
           *Spartan* | to be comfortable with that as well...trust and the 
                     | loss of jealousy...big
           *Spartan* | steps in our relationship......
               sarah | and to be honest, i did not know what was happening
          Mis-guided | and remember to click your heels together
       MoL's Katie J | Ebe, I think the power is shared ... between the D 
                     | and the s
    Countess de Sade | Ho GP
      *Night Spirit* | EBE I am not powerless in my relationship with GrPa 
                     | I am 50% of that
      *Night Spirit* | relationship
           *Spartan* | many might not understand that in a relationship
       GrandPaDeSade | The sub is not powerless, but many do feel that 
                     | way./
          Mis-guided | wish on every star
    Countess de Sade | <,hasn't been in Kansas in much too long. and still 
                     | looking for the ruby
    Countess de Sade | slippers  <s>
               sarah | <thinking about what Spartan said>
          Mis-guided | follow every rainbow
         Lynn <busy> | sarah...many get along just fine in a polyA 
                     | situation
         Lynn <busy> | after a few rough spots
               sarah | <thinking we had issues before the casual play with 
                     | others>
               sarah | but Lyn... i told him i did not want this
           *Spartan* | lynn, tina and i do not have a poll-a, but a 
                     | polly-p...relationship.....
               sarah | i told him i wasnt ready
       GrandPaDeSade | How long were we together befor we started playing 
                     | with others NS?
      *Night Spirit* | well I used to date couples, time to time--so have 
                     | 2 folks is not unusual what
      *Night Spirit* | was was how GrPa plays he is casual with his 
                     | others, where I perfer a bond---a
      *Night Spirit* | love with them
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | If your domme loves you... she will
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | eventually bow to your wishes.. and
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | then I feel terrible cause it wasn't
   MST.Sally's <EBE> | what I wanted...
               sarah | we are PolyA... but PolyP is another story
      *Night Spirit* | GrPa about 6 months
           *Spartan* | sarah, are u talking sex or s&m ?
       GrandPaDeSade | How well did you trust me then NS?
         Lynn <busy> | polyP is play...no bond, am i correct?
              BARMAN | Interesting.......
               sarah | BDSM, Spartan
           *Spartan* | not true lynn
         Lynn <busy> | what is it then, Sir?
      *Night Spirit* | GrPa some but I was the one who brought in the 
                     | partner
         Lynn <busy> | <duh>
           *Spartan* | <confused look at sarah>
               sarah | why confused?
      *Night Spirit* | see to me playing with someone if just fun---a 
                     | relationship with someone is
      *Night Spirit* | different
       GrandPaDeSade | True NS. But would you have if I didn't want it?
               sarah | <thinking we are sooo screwed up it is hard NOT to 
                     | be confused><S>
      *Night Spirit* | no dear
           *Spartan* | lynn, tina and i have a magnificent bond, however, 
                     | we do not have mulitple
           *Spartan* | loves..as in a polly a relationship, however we do 
                     | have casual play partners
           *Spartan* | for our s&m.......
      *Night Spirit* | sarah hon how are we screwed up?
           *Spartan* | <----is in no way screwed up.....very clear 
                     | thinker.....
               sarah | i meant Exile and Dave and I and prolly the other 
                     | sub too<ggl>
        Black Knight | weep not for the dead their pain is gone. weep for 
                     | the living whose heart has a
        Black Knight | hole that the lost once filled
         Lynn <busy> | that's what I thought I said, Sir.. .polyP is for 
                     | play
         Lynn <busy> | only...no bond with the 3rd party, right?
    Countess de Sade | <used to be screwed up when denying my natural state
    Countess de Sade | <now very clear thinker  <s>
               sarah | no bond.. not bondage<light bulb>
               sarah | we thought u meant bondage Lynn<S>
         Lynn <busy> | lol
      *Night Spirit* | see I lived with my ex 17 years, only fun was 
                     | doning plays, I slept on the
      *Night Spirit* | floor or closet of my store--I was miserible, now 
                     | my choice was stay or fuck it
      *Night Spirit* | leave and have fun
               sarah | told ya i was a mess<wink>
           *Spartan* | missed ur point lynn on the third 
                     | party.......<s>..sorry hon, but usually we do
           *Spartan* | have feelings as we know those we paly with..er i 
                     | play with...er  tina...oh
           *Spartan* | forget it....<s>
         Lynn <busy> | hugs sarah
       GrandPaDeSade | NS and I have been looking for a third live-in, 
                     | loving, partner for awhile now.
       GrandPaDeSade | So poly is OK for some
      *Night Spirit* | we want a 3rd member to love
               sarah | what typeof feelings, Spartan?
      *Night Spirit* | hard to find
    Countess de Sade | I don't know about the Pily thing. would have to 
                     | think that one through
        steve/alison | hi
        steve/alison | whers brian
        Black Knight | <<<<used to think i was so weird cause i thought  . 
                     | what i was thinking at the
        Black Knight | time was so nasty was so wrong. Then i came here an 
                     | meet you all a relized i am
        Black Knight | not wrong just on a different path. i stopped 
                     | walking in the dark and in the
        Black Knight | woods and came to the path i now travel. and i 
                     | THANK YOU all For letting me
        Black Knight | know that i am not alone
      *Night Spirit* | ok to back on topic
      *Night Spirit* | we suddenly find ourselves alone----
               sarah | yeah, how do we fix me now that I am not sure I can 
                     | make it work at all with Exi
               sarah | le?<sigh>
      *Night Spirit* | we can talk with friends and cry
       GrandPaDeSade | BK, I think we all feel that way when we find the 
                     | others
      *Night Spirit* | we can go out again but is it easy to trust again
      *Night Spirit* | sarah as in all things one day at a time
        Black Knight | true GrandPa
           *Spartan* | sarah, my play can get intense at times, i find, 
                     | without a bond of in most
           *Spartan* | cases friendship, and an awareness of the sub to 
                     | trust me , i will not just
           *Spartan* | play casually with unknowns............as they may 
                     | , if not witnessing  my play
           *Spartan* | with tina, get more than they ask for....might not 
                     | be a good
           *Spartan* | thing....<s>...this is my level of 
                     | responsibility......
             Xena wp | hello all
    Countess de Sade | <s> at BK. <<<pssst. me too.. <g>
       GrandPaDeSade | And should we try to trust again, easy or not?
              BARMAN | How is it that we never recognise the moment when
              BARMAN | love begins, but we always know when it ends?
      *Night Spirit* | Barman good point
        steve/alison | so
    Countess de Sade | Because it slodes happily in and
       MoL's Katie J | very good point, Barman
               sarah | that Bond is what makes me nervous, Spartan
    Countess de Sade | GOES OUT wuth a BANG.
              BARMAN | If I am interupting, let me know....
      *Night Spirit* | I met GrPa about 6 months after SL left, at first 
                     | we played, and saw each other
      *Night Spirit* | casually--but took a long time to trust again
        Black Knight | trust is never an easy thing to aquire NS i think 
                     | so of course it is not easy .
       GrandPaDeSade | BARMAN, this is an open discussion, but we do have 
                     | a subject
    Countess de Sade | It isn't easy to acquure un "normal" circumstances 
                     | either
       GrandPaDeSade | How did you learn to trust again NS?
              BARMAN | I gathered, that's why I'm still here.
        Black Knight | it takes time always the  ever presence of time to 
                     | heal wounds to find your
        Black Knight | smile to love again and to trust
      *Night Spirit* | it is funny I began to trust GrPa when we went for 
                     | a walk 2 months after
      *Night Spirit* | meeting and he quit being a Dom he became a man to 
                     | me--he seemed real suddenly
           macgiver5 | had a heck of time figuring out how to get here
           *Spartan* | sarah, i have played casually with many of our very 
                     | close friends.....they
           *Spartan* | trust me, are aware of who and what i am, and of my 
                     | play b 4 they enter into
           *Spartan* | discussion with me regarding the possibilities of 
                     | playing with me..........a
           *Spartan* | must for our initial conversations to 
                     | begin.......else it does not
           *Spartan* | happen....without a clear understanding on my part 
                     | of what they wish, i cannot
           *Spartan* | enter into the temporary contract<usually 
                     | verbal>......
               sarah | thats funny, NS.. i can remember seeing that with 
                     | Exile too
    Countess de Sade | NS.. that has to be the same for all in 
                     | relationships. the reality???
           macgiver5 | does everyone run 9600this is slow
      *Night Spirit* | no Countess wasn't the same with my ex----sometimes 
                     | I am not sure I ever found
      *Night Spirit* | his reality
    Countess de Sade | hmmmmm.. I couldn't enter ino anything without the 
                     | reality
       GrandPaDeSade | No, macgiver, we run faster modems. 28,800 to 56K 
                     | for most I think. But the
       GrandPaDeSade | system is slow anyway.
      *Night Spirit* | GrPa was talking about his kids, with pride, love 
                     | and fustrations parents
      *Night Spirit* | show--he changed on that second to a man I knew I 
                     | could love and trust--I felt
      *Night Spirit* | alive again
              BARMAN | Life is like a never ending game of footbal, but in 
                     | this
              BARMAN | game the goalposts move, not the players. On that
              BARMAN | point, I wish you all well and goodnight
      *Night Spirit* | Night Barman be well
        Black Knight | when the relationship goes from a <<for example:: a 
                     | call into  private and the
        Black Knight | first thing out of someones mouth is '' how may i 
                     | serve you ''  or " on your
        Black Knight | knees" changes into hello darlin how was you day 
                     | and such . A converstaion than
        Black Knight | play. Is when it has become something real to me . 
                     | i suppose
       GrandPaDeSade | Night BARMAN
        Black Knight | night Barman
      *Night Spirit* | BK--interesting
        Black Knight | i fell when that happend a little trust has been 
                     | aquired
        Black Knight | a little trust
        Black Knight | of i can be your freind now
        Black Knight | not just a playtoy
    Countess de Sade | <agrees with BK
        Black Knight | <<,is hard to explain hope you get what i am trying 
                     | to say
        Black Knight | but then again trust and human nature is one of the 
                     | great mysteries of life
       GrandPaDeSade | "On your knees" was a command NS obeyed in the 
                     | first 20 min we were together.
       GrandPaDeSade | Trus took much longer.
      *Night Spirit* | so if we break up we should not go hide, we need to 
                     | try to slowly get back into
      *Night Spirit* | the swing of things, see friends again and if 
                     | someone comes along--try again
       GrandPaDeSade | So I agree
        Black Knight | thanks Grand pa that means alot to me<s>
        Black Knight | never surrender NightSprit
        Black Knight | <S>
      *Night Spirit* | good point BK
    Countess de Sade | <s>
     *The Inspector* | yes BK   try again..........
        Black Knight | in the words or Al pacino in " Senct of a Woman " 
                     | there is no prostetic for an
        Black Knight | aputated sprit"
       GrandPaDeSade | We live the lifestyle on a 24/7 basis. But reality 
                     | dictates there is much more
       GrandPaDeSade | to life  than simply "me dom, you sub"
        Black Knight | yes i agree fully GrandPa
           *Spartan* | yea, and did u clean up after the dog in the yard 
                     | yet too..................lol
            raphaela | <grins at GrandPa> Yes, we need a *boy* and 
                     | *cheetah* too
      *Night Spirit* | so we all know if the worse happens we can overcome 
                     | it, will take time, need to
      *Night Spirit* | not shut ourselves in, communicate with others, one 
                     | day at a time and give
      *Night Spirit* | ourselves time
    Countess de Sade | Healing us a process..
         Lynn <busy> | hugs raph <s>
        Black Knight | yup yup yup NS
            raphaela | hugs Lynn <g>  If I could tell time, I'd actually 
                     | make it to conferences when I
            raphaela | was supposed to
                 JOY | is it over?
         Lynn <busy> | <G>
    Countess de Sade | <s> at Raph
      *Night Spirit* | ok so is it or isn't it different, harder or same 
                     | as breaking up a vanilla
      *Night Spirit* | relationship--to me harder because of the trust
    Countess de Sade | I vote MUCH harder
    MR's ~littlepet~ | <peeking in>
        Black Knight | hmmmm harder
      *Night Spirit* | no Joy not for a bit
            raphaela | I'm not sure that it is harder, having done both
                 JOY | <S> thanks NS
            kara (C) | harder........
            raphaela | love is love, and trust is trust
            raphaela | you can't put degrees on it
       GrandPaDeSade | I love sex. I could stay in bed having sex all day. 
                     | But the world demands other
       GrandPaDeSade | things from us, and many must be faced as partners.
         Baby~Wings~ | <joins carrie at the door>
    Countess de Sade | <has done both also  .sgh HARDER
       MoL's Katie J | Ah, but I've never let anyone in this deeply before.
       MoL's Katie J | Never.
            thrasher | little in da house yall    jk
       MoL's Katie J | therefore, the pain of a breakup would be that much 
                     | worse.
                 JOY | Wings ,hug>
         Baby~Wings~ | hugggs JOY <s>
    MR's ~littlepet~ | Yes I think it is harder
            raphaela | I actually let my vanilla fiance in more deeply 
                     | than my former Dom...maybe that
            raphaela | is the issue...who gets in more deeply
      *Night Spirit* | raph good point
       GrandPaDeSade | I understand Katie. But it's a risk we take for 
                     | happiness.
            raphaela | but in a D/s relationship, you have more ammunition 
                     | in a nasty breakup
      *Night Spirit* | maybe it is who we let in deeper
        Black Knight | <but i have been lucky i suppose when i have had 
                     | break ups i work wih who i
        Black Knight | have broken up with and we kinda have guided each 
                     | other back into the world to
        Black Knight | find love and trust again. I so far have not had 
                     | those i have just left behind
        Black Knight | but taken together into something new just with 
                     | someone else
      *Night Spirit* | raphaela that is true that is why the trust issue 
                     | is hard to lose
               sarah | <sigh>
            raphaela | I think it is easier to delve more deeply in a D/s 
                     | relationship, because trust
            raphaela | is the MAIN issue
       GrandPaDeSade | That works both ways raphaela
            raphaela | so breaking up takes on a new dimension
    Countess de Sade | <agrees
       GrandPaDeSade | Agree
            raphaela | that vanilla break ups don't have to face
        Black Knight | but if you use ammunition in a break up you dissole 
                     | a realtionship in a very
        Black Knight | terrible way
      *Night Spirit* | so no easy solutions huh?
            raphaela | <nod @ BK>
        Black Knight | a very very horrible way i think
        Black Knight | it is a break up it should not be a war
       MoL's Katie J | absolutely, BK
    Countess de Sade | sigh........there is never any easy solitions when 
                     | dealing woth human emotions
    Countess de Sade | anyway. on that note. I talke my leave...good 
                     | evening <s>
            raphaela | exactly BK
       GrandPaDeSade | All but one of my breakups have been friendly. And 
                     | that one was one-sidedly
       GrandPaDeSade | unpleasant
      *Night Spirit* | ok BK if a BDSM D/s relationship breaks up is it 
                     | war? or can it end friendly?
       MoL's Katie J | too many people use a break up as an excuse to 
                     | attack.
               sarah | it has been war, and i do not want that
        Black Knight | i have had all mine end freindly after a time of 
                     | turmol
         Baby~Wings~ | <waves to CdS>
            raphaela | NS, I think it can end friendly
      *Night Spirit* | Good Night countess and thank you for comming
            raphaela | my former Dom and I ended friendly
       GrandPaDeSade | Night CDS
            raphaela | ...after a serious of small skirmishes <g>
            thrasher | im a 27 year old looking 4 a god women      i just 
                     | had a divorce 3 months ago
            thrasher | if interested press 789 or page me
    MR's ~littlepet~ | I feel is beniftion to both parties when a break up 
                     | occurs to talk about it
       MoL's Katie J | Everyone, friendly ... except my ex ..... and I 
                     | always broke the relationship.
        Black Knight | i fell that if there was love there and trust in a 
                     | realtion ship. use what love
        Black Knight | you have to not hurt the other anymore for the loss 
                     | will be great enough to get
        Black Knight | over
            thrasher | make em say uhhh da dan da da
    MR's ~littlepet~ | Break-ups can be learniing experanices also
            thrasher | polly wants a cracker
      *Night Spirit* | ok so we feel it may be good to talk things over 
                     | and try not to be enimies,
      *Night Spirit* | even though it is over, and try talking to firneds 
                     | and getting out--anything
      *Night Spirit* | else?
            thrasher | mmmmmeeeeeeeeeooooooowwwww
        Black Knight | ummmm cookies help NS<S>
      *Night Spirit* | friends
       GrandPaDeSade | My ex still thinks I'm hers. I haven't lived with 
                     | her for 4 years or so, and
       GrandPaDeSade | have been divorced for awhile. She won't accept the 
                     | fact.
    MR's ~littlepet~ | dont hold grugdes !!!
             DRAGLID | No rebound marriage BK.  Take your time!
               sarah | g'nite to all<S>
      *Night Spirit* | littlepet that is a good one
    MR's ~littlepet~ | <cant spell tonight>
     *The Inspector* | nite sarah
        Black Knight | night sarah darlin
            raphaela | goodnight sarah
    MR's ~littlepet~ | <S> thanks
        Black Knight | yes no chips on your shoulders
         Baby~Wings~ | bye sarah <s>
      *Night Spirit* | take your time also a good point
    MR's ~littlepet~ | nite sara
                 JOY | nite sara
      *Night Spirit* | Night sara
        Black Knight | man i have seen beautiful women turn digustingly 
                     | ugly walking around with a
        Black Knight | chip on their shoulder
            raphaela | NS, we have to accept what our partners want, 
                     | too...to take the time to learn
            raphaela | what their new roles are
            raphaela | just because someone isn't a lover/Dom/sub/spouse 
                     | anymore doesn't mean we can't
            raphaela | have them in our lives
       GrandPaDeSade | That's what is happening to my ex BK
            raphaela | ...just have to find out which corner they occuppy
      *Night Spirit* | raph good point
        Black Knight | be who you are be honest be yourself
      *Night Spirit* | ok any last words?
    MR's ~littlepet~ | Yes I do
        Black Knight | four score and seven years ago
        Black Knight | <shaking head> umm nevermind<S>
      *Night Spirit* | yes littlepet?
       GrandPaDeSade | Nite sara
    MR's ~littlepet~ | Dont judge people if you think they get a new 
                     | partner in a timeframe you may
    MR's ~littlepet~ | think is too soon
      *Night Spirit* | ah another good point
    MR's ~littlepet~ | because you may not know the circumstances
       MoL's Katie J | I think the "don't judge people" is perfect just 
                     | there <S>
    MR's ~littlepet~ | <is done
     *The Inspector* | but carrie.........what if you truly feel they may 
                     | not know what they are getting
     *The Inspector* | into
    MR's ~littlepet~ | Well be a freind to them
      *Night Spirit* | ok all I would esp like to thank Katie J as always 
                     | she is the reason we are all
      *Night Spirit* | here and we all adore her (hugs)
     *The Inspector* | I dont judge.............but I sit back and 
                     | wait...........
       GrandPaDeSade | I always try to not judge anyone. Of course that is 
                     | impossible, being human. So
       GrandPaDeSade | I leave the judgement open for revisions.
       MoL's Katie J | thanks, NS, but we come for each other, I think <s>
         Lynn <busy> | huggs Katie, NS and GrandPa
      *Night Spirit* | I also wish to thank you all for comming and giving 
                     | us all pointers
        Black Knight | nee nee and me now it will not last she loves her 
                     | husband emmensly and i will
        Black Knight | not get between that. so i will have a hard time 
                     | when it comes to leave her .
        Black Knight | for i do love her. but we both know we cannot stay 
                     | together. that just somthing
        Black Knight | i wanted to say
                 JOY | <<<katie....>>>>
       MoL's Katie J | huggggs, NS and Grandpa
        Black Knight | <hugggss thanks katie>
             DRAGLID | You must relearn to love yourself and relearn to 
                     | trust yourself, then try
            raphaela | hugss NS and Katie...thanks for the conference!
      *Night Spirit* | excellant point DRAGLID
        Black Knight | <shakes Grandpa> you don't know how much a young 
                     | pup like me is honored for
        Black Knight | someon like yourself to aggree with me
       GrandPaDeSade | DRAGUD. Perfect last words!
        Black Knight | <kisses Nightsprits hand> lovly as ever darlin<w>
      *Night Spirit* | I will be making a new list of topics this week if 
                     | you want to host or have any
      *Night Spirit* | ideas email me 102404,2505
      *Night Spirit* | Night BK, was wonderful having you here
       MoL's Katie J | I'll start a Thread on the board for it, NS
    MR's ~littlepet~ | nite all
       MoL's Katie J | about what topics we might include.
     *The Inspector* | nite carrie
      *Night Spirit* | thanks Katie :)
       GrandPaDeSade | Thank you BK. But I'm just a nother human trying to 
                     | get along in the world.
            kara (C) | thank you everybody, very interesting evening......
        Black Knight | night every body <waving>
      *Night Spirit* | <group hugs> because if you were here in my house I 
                     | would hug ya'll
        Black Knight | <huuggggsss>
         Baby~Wings~ | <blows a kiss to BK>
       GrandPaDeSade | Night all
                 JOY | nie <<<all...>>>>>>>
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