Jealousy

********** 4/26/98  7:58 PM Begin logging Sub Pub - D/s.
      Lord Excalibur | hi Katie J
*Night Spirit [HOST] | a wee bit aways, it is typical spring there was 
                     | very warm days and some just
*Night Spirit [HOST] | warm..a cooling trend is beginning soon, so 
                     | basically pack for it all
      Lord Excalibur | evening GPDS ............ ok will do
*Night Spirit [HOST] | hugs to you little sis---
          *Katie J*  | hiya Lord Ex
      Lord Excalibur | hi nite owl
          *Katie J*  | hugggggggggs, NS Big Sis :)
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Good evening Lord excalibur
          *Katie J*  | Good to see you again, GrandPa <S>
*Night Spirit [HOST] | also hello nite owl and hiya initials
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Opps, sorry about the small E
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Hi there katie
*Night Spirit [HOST] | we just spent the afternoon at a lovely SM flea 
                     | market
      Lord Excalibur | nice to see you again GPDS, thats ok I will let you 
                     | off <s>
          nite owl f | hi all
     Lady WolfSpirit | <walks in and finds a table in the corner>
          *Katie J*  | hiya nite owl
*Night Spirit [HOST] | anyone annouce to 10?
      Lord Excalibur | really, in SF
     Lady WolfSpirit | <nods and smiles at GPDS>...hello
          *Katie J*  | I was just there, NS
*Night Spirit [HOST] | good evening Lady WS
     Lady WolfSpirit | hugggs NS...Katie
      Lord Excalibur | hi Lady Wolf
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Miss Katie you are so good to me <s>
     Lady WolfSpirit | hello Lord Ex
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Hi Lady WolfSpirit
     Lady WolfSpirit | <smiles>
       MoL's Katie J | it's easy, you are wonderful <s>
                Erek | Greetings to all
       MoL's Katie J | <taking Lady WS a cool beverage>
     Lady WolfSpirit | tsk Katie...you say that to all the girls..<BG>
*Night Spirit [HOST] | <--getting out the boots and handing them out> <ggl>
       MoL's Katie J | Good evening, Erek.
     Lady WolfSpirit | lol NS
              spicee | hello all....
     Lady WolfSpirit | hugggs spicee
*Night Spirit [HOST] | good evening Erek, hope all is well with you and 
                     | Kisa
              spicee | huggs LWS
       MoL's Katie J | oh, if I dont' mean it, I dont' say it <weg>
*Night Spirit [HOST] | hiya spicee
     Lady WolfSpirit | lol Katie
              spicee | hiya NS!!
              spicee | oohmy
       MoL's Katie J | huggggggs, spicee
              spicee | hang on a sec
                Erek | NS - Yes thanks, we've even been gardening this 
                     | afternoon <s>
       MoL's Katie J | huggggggs
     Lady WolfSpirit | <--wonders what we should hang on to
  Victoria A Rancont | huggs all
             wry§ilk | hi :-)
       MoL's Katie J | hugggggs to toy
      lost toy robot | <--boy that feels better
      lost toy robot | ROFL
     Lady WolfSpirit | hugggs silk
             wry§ilk | hugggs LWS :-)
*Night Spirit [HOST] | hugs robot and Victoria your name dear  <wink>
             †@££¥*$ | <walks in and sits on stool in corner>
           wondering | hello all
*Night Spirit [HOST] | hugs Miss wry the best name in cyberdom
      Lord Excalibur | evenig all that have entered
           lostsutra | sorry, never been in conference before
             †@££¥*$ | Thanx LE
     Lady WolfSpirit | hugggs sutra...<S>
                Erek | <<Settles into comfy chair, pours an Irish Scream 
                     | Coffee for self
      lost toy robot | i drug her with me, NS.....made her come <giggling>
       MoL's Katie J | welcome sutra <huggggs.
*Night Spirit [HOST] | <ggl> hugs sutra--why I warned you sweety
              Filkus | <Sits quietly and lstens for a change......>
     Lady WolfSpirit | lol toy
      lost toy robot | hugs sis...
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- here! <breathing hard>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Hello sutra, toy robot
           lostsutra | hugs all
       MoL's Katie J | hugggs, Filkus
     Lady WolfSpirit | Filkus...a moment in private please
      Lord Excalibur | hi L:ady R
      lost toy robot | hello GrPa, Sir....
     Lady WolfSpirit | hugggs Lady Rap
       Lady Rapunzel | Did I beat her?
*Night Spirit [HOST] | toy I can see you on a chain, I am 
                     | holding--er..sorry where were we?
       Lady Rapunzel | <- hugs everyone
           lostsutra | <curtsy> GrPa, sir
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Where is lost today?
      lost toy robot | ROFL NS......
*Night Spirit [HOST] | evening Lady R--let's get the last grope 
                     | grouping...today because this should
*Night Spirit [HOST] | be a really good if short CO
           lostsutra | lost, sir
                Leda | Good evening, all. <s>
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- pokes tongue out at Leda
      lost toy robot | <shrugging> lost i guess <sigh>
       Lady Rapunzel | <mutters> I won, I won
       MoL's Katie J | hugs to Leda and Gypsy
       Lady Rapunzel | <laffin>
                Leda | <laffin>  No fair!  I had to stop to read msgs.
       Lady Rapunzel | Ha HA!
        Monk's Gypsy | hello everyone <s>
       Lady Rapunzel | <giggle>
                Leda | Hugs, Katie, NS, everyone. <s>
           wondering | hugs Leda & Gypsy
          lost sutra | we seem to have misplaced him, sir
     Lady WolfSpirit | hugggs Gypsy
        Monk's Gypsy | huggs
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Tonight's CO is---Jealousy in D/s relationship, and 
                     | how to avoide them
*Night Spirit [HOST] | hiya Gypsy
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | How could anyone misplace loston earth?
              Dakini | evening all
*Night Spirit [HOST] | he's lost GrPa
      lost toy robot | <giggling> actually...it wasn't hard, Sir....
       MoL's Katie J | he's lost, I guess.
                Leda | Hi Dakini :-)
          lost sutra | you simply put him in a safe place, sir
      lost toy robot | he is lost after all <giggling>
     Lady WolfSpirit | lol toy
       Lady Rapunzel | <flexing fingers> What subject that I know nothing 
                     | about am I going to blag tonight, Katie? <laughs>
     Lady WolfSpirit | huggggs Leda
                Leda | <laffin> toy
       MoL's Katie J | great minds, NS
      lost toy robot | ROFLMAO sutra...
                Leda | Hugs, LWS :-)
       MoL's Katie J | Jealousy, Lady Rap <grin>
*Night Spirit [HOST] | sutra since you live in a relationship with more 
                     | then one sub, how do you
*Night Spirit [HOST] | handle not being jealous?
       Lady Rapunzel | Ooohhh... that one I *know* <grins>
      lost toy robot | ca ching....
          lost sutra | depends upon your definition of jealousy
       MoL's Katie J | somehow, I'm not suprised.
      lost toy robot | she started it off right, eh?!
       Lady Rapunzel | <smile>
             wry§ilk | <listening closely>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | But you two are lost too.
      lost toy robot | sis?
       MoL's Katie J | NS .... are we going to focus online, or RL?
              Filkus | <nods to all but not trying to draw attention to 
                     | oneself tonight>
*Night Spirit [HOST] | ok sutra enlighten me :)
       Lady Rapunzel | Would like to say that last week I talked *far* too 
                     | much, and this week I'm going to try not talking so 
                     | damn much <sigh>
     Lady WolfSpirit | <smiles at Filkus>
                Leda | Can we do both, Katie?
        Monk's Gypsy | <smiles> Hi Filkus
                Erek | <<Sips the Irish Scream and waits to hear answers 
                     | to this one <g>
             Spartan | A good evening to 
                     | all....................................
             Spartan | .
     Lady WolfSpirit | <getting boots out cause its really getting deep in 
                     | here..looking at LR>
              Filkus | <Nods to Gypsy>
      lost toy robot | hello SPartan, Sir...
           wondering | <grabbing fit and pulling her over to a couch... 
                     | smiling>
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Lady R you did great :)
                Leda | Hugs, Spartan. :-)
       MoL's Katie J | sure .. but the elements of the two might be a 
                     | shade different
      fit to be tied | <slips in the back...>
       Lady Rapunzel | <laughing> LWS
     Lady WolfSpirit | hugs and smooches Spartan
       Will (aussie) | <slips in>
       Lady Rapunzel | Thanks, NS <smile>
              Filkus | <Nods to LP>
          lost sutra | well, i don't hold anyone to ties pshysically
          lost sutra | & emitionally i hold a place that noone else
          lost sutra | seems to really want.......my role is pain slut
             Spartan | huggs and shakes around....<s>..
          lost sutra | & slave...not sub.....that is the difference for
          lost sutra | me
      fit to be tied | <cuddling with wondering>
        Monk's Gypsy | <-sits down with her coffee, listening
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- hugs the lovely Spartan
                  mc | <peeks in> hello everyone
       MoL's Katie J | To the latecomers .. Jealousy is our topic tonight 
                     | <s>
          lost sutra | <curtsey> Spartan
     Lady WolfSpirit | <leans back in chair...sipping coffee>
             Spartan | <wondering is a refresh of what the topic 
                     | is>...please....
       Lady Rapunzel | May we do online first, then?
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Then you can tell us, NS, how you handle it when I 
                     | play with others.
       MoL's Katie J | To the latecomers .. Jealousy is our topic tonight 
                     | <s>
              Dakini | jealousy can be wonderfuly erotic
             Spartan | thnx.............<s>
                Leda | I dunno that there would be that much difference in 
                     | reaction, Katie. <s>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Since you are right there too.
          lost sutra | also.....lost is not the kind of Dom that
          lost sutra | would ever be happy with just one, no
          lost sutra | matter the role...i understood that and
          lost sutra | voiced it to him, prior to our d/s days
*Night Spirit [HOST] | GrPa I don't mind you playing with others, but I 
                     | would like the others to be
*Night Spirit [HOST] | special to me--I envy the lost family because they 
                     | are family
      lost toy robot | <nodding>
              Dakini | the very thought of your partner with someone else 
                     | imo can send you into ecstacy
                  mc | <sitting back...listening/learning>
       MoL's Katie J | It doesn't bother you at all, NS? lost?
          lost sutra | if everyone has their own roles & all
          lost sutra | understand and agree upon those roles..
          lost sutra | there is no reason for jealously
*Night Spirit [HOST] | but also I notice on line alot of jealous subs if 
                     | the dom shows affection for
*Night Spirit [HOST] | another
                Leda | <G> I wouldn't define my reaction to that thought 
                     | as "ecstacy," Dakini.
              Dakini | lo leda no im sure lots would not
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Katie no, because he loves me--period nothing 
                     | changes it--when he plays I do
*Night Spirit [HOST] | too...and make them crazy
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I fully understand that NS, and would like to have 
                     | the same arrangement. But in
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | the meantime, how do you handle it?
          lost sutra | lack of jealousy in a relationship requires a
          lost sutra | lot of mutual respect, understanding and
          lost sutra | communication
       MoL's Katie J | I lived in an open D/s  relationship in my youth, 
                     | and I was eaten up by
       MoL's Katie J | jealousy.
              Dakini | how erotic
      fit to be tied | jealousy for me comes from my deep emotional 
                     | attachement to someone when i am
      fit to be tied | not sure the other feels the same
     Lady WolfSpirit | exactly fit...well said
*Night Spirit [HOST] | sutra please tell us more...how do you do it 
                     | <watching sutra>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I always try to make sure that, no matter what, NS 
                     | knows she is loved.
              Filkus | Yes. fit that seems to be the exact way I would 
                     | have said it.
          lost sutra | how do i do what, dear
       MoL's Katie J | I like that fit.
                Erek | <==Has heard a lot before about lack of jealousy, 
                     | but experience has taught me to put a grain of salt 
                     | on that --- a grain roughly
*Night Spirit [HOST] | fit if attached you should trust them not to stray 
                     | even if they play around
                Erek | the siz of a deer lick>
                Leda | I think for most people, fit, that is true. <s>  
                     | The tough thing is that most
                Leda | people always have that little edge of self-doubt 
                     | that makes them doubt others.
   Electricblueyes>M | <sneaks in--please--ssshhhh!>
       MoL's Katie J | Leda, you stop reading my mind.
              Dakini | i agree erck, its unrealistic to think one will not 
                     | experience jealosy
              Filkus | Psst..EBE..quiet bench over here.
                Leda | <S> But there's so much good stuff in there to 
                     | steal, Katie. ;-)
      fit to be tied | ahhh... the attached is the key there.... once 
                     | there is that attachment or
      fit to be tied | commitment.,.... there is rarely jealousy
   Electricblueyes>M | <s>
       Lady Rapunzel | Like wit, Leda?
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Jealousy is more about sense of loss for ourselves 
                     | isn't it?
     Lady WolfSpirit | in a way GPDS.....yes
                Leda | I think it's more about feelings of inadequacy on 
                     | the part of the person
                Leda | experiencing jealousy, GPDS, in many cases.
        Monk's Gypsy | i think jealousy is more because of a sense of 
                     | insecurity about ourselves
            *~tina~* | ditto Leda!
              Dakini | whats wrong with feeling jealouse, i enjoy it, 
                     | surely the only problem arises
              Dakini | when one acts on it
          lost sutra | if you are secure with where you are in a
          lost sutra | relationship and who you are with, i
          lost sutra | honestly do not see how you can be
          lost sutra | jealous if they occasionally find pleasure
          lost sutra | elsewhere, as long as they come back &
          lost sutra | don't do it behind your back.....
      fit to be tied | but not always Leda.... sometimes it is wanting 
                     | what you just can't have
                Erek | <++hauling out a coupla more block sized salt grains
          lost sutra | & if you are involved on some level with
          lost sutra | both parties its all shared, not one or the
          lost sutra | other
   Electricblueyes>M | Why do Doms/Dommes feel it is fine
   Electricblueyes>M | for them to have many, but not for
   Electricblueyes>M | subs??
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Yes, it's also that we feel we are losing something 
                     | valuable to us. It's about
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | our loss.
           wondering | i think there's a fine line between being envious 
                     | and jealous... and it's
           wondering | jealousy that is destructive...i don't think envy 
                     | needs to be
     *The Inspector* | <--agrees w/Gypsy
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | OK
     Lady WolfSpirit | because most is done behind the back sutra..that is 
                     | where most of the problems
     Lady WolfSpirit | online in the room have been lately
              Filkus | <---knows about people wanting what they can't have 
                     | and the emotions that ensue
              Filkus | from that.....UGH
              Dakini | well they dont but thats just what they want blue
*Night Spirit [HOST] | brb
                Leda | Envy is wanting what something else 
                     | has--covetousness.  Jealousy is not wanting
                Leda | anyone else to have what you have, or wish to have, 
                     | I think. <s>
   Electricblueyes>M | well, that is not rational, we are all
   Electricblueyes>M | human
                Leda | something=someone.
                Leda | <sigh>
        Monk's Gypsy | if your partner plays with others, you ask yourself 
                     | what is it you are lacking,
        Monk's Gypsy | why is he looking elsewhere
          lost sutra | then we (as subs) need to make sure our
          lost sutra | Dom/Dommes know that it is ok, provided it
          lost sutra | is all out in the open
     Lady WolfSpirit | exactly sutra
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I think jealosy can be delt with if everyone is 
                     | aboveboard. the problems ensue
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | when they are not, or when one ignores them.
              Filkus | Total honesty. No fears.
   Electricblueyes>M | but what if it is NOT okay???
       MoL's Katie J | When the cloak and closet is a part of the 
                     | equation, it makes it really hurt.
       MoL's Katie J | and it hurts all of us ... in our community.
            *~tina~* | if one in the relationship is seeking enjoyment 
                     | elsewhere when the other does
            *~tina~* | not desire it , then IMHO there is something wrong 
                     | there
     Lady WolfSpirit | Elder does not have a problem when i am with Wolf's 
                     | blaze because he knows up
     Lady WolfSpirit | front she is there to please me
              Dakini | i dont see why gypsy, surley it is unrealistic to 
                     | expect that one person can
              Dakini | satisfy all ones needs all of the time, no matter 
                     | how much they love you
                Leda | Can it *always* be dealt with, though, GPDS?
       MoL's Katie J | Your head can say it is OK ... what if you can't 
                     | make your heart say the same?
                Erek | If I can ask a few questions here, we may get one 
                     | handle on what causes jealousy
                Leda | I'm not sure that it can be.
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Gypsy, NS and I have had that conversation.
       MoL's Katie J | Please do, Erek
              Dakini | is love something to be hoarded and kept for one 
                     | person alone .......... why ?
          lost sutra | then tell them that, dear......any true d/s
          lost sutra | relationship rather it involves other partners
          lost sutra | or not requires total honesty & trust
      lost toy robot | <hugging sis tightly>
             Spartan | i believe that trust, must be locked within 
                     | security for this
             Spartan | topic......security of the relationship between the 
                     | members, and ones security
             Spartan | with themselves to do the correct thing for the 
                     | ones who have entrusted you to
             Spartan | be there for them, and to provide a nurturing 
                     | environment... flirting, and
             Spartan | shows of an inner affection for others should not 
                     | foster itself within the
             Spartan | relationship and be a fuse towards 
                     | jealosy........................
                  mc | <smiles at sutra and toy>
       Lady Rapunzel | Oh, *here* we go <scrolling and laughing>
                Erek | How many people can honestly say that they are 
                     | polyamorous?  That is that you can LOVE morethan 1 
                     | at a time?
       Will (aussie) | imho there are two clear scenarios,
       Will (aussie) | 1) The dom expressly desires that the sub be with 
                     | someone else, for the the
       Will (aussie) | dom's pleasure
            *~tina~* | not me erek
       Will (aussie) | 2) The dom discovers the sub with someone else, 
                     | unbeknownst to him or her
       Will (aussie) | No 1 is (surprise, surprise,) easy for me to take, 
                     | no 2 is not !
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I think it can if both parties are willing. 
                     | Otherwise, no. Showing someone they
              Dakini | define the "correct thing" spartan
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | are loved will work if that person can believe it.
     Lady WolfSpirit | I am Erek
      fit to be tied | <rasing her hand at Erek's question>
   Electricblueyes>M | My problem comes, perhaps, with
   Electricblueyes>M | the response of Dom/ Domme--to
   Electricblueyes>M | sub--""you don't own me."  Yet they
   Electricblueyes>M | think they own you!
             Spartan | again...............this was from a my point of
             Spartan | view.......................................
              Dakini | they do dont they blue ?
                Erek | I am and kisa is and I know a few others, but most 
                     | people who are honest about this discover that they 
                     | cannot be ---
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | NS says I own her, yet in all practicallity, there 
                     | are limits.
                Erek | and that can lead to a great deal of jealousy
              Filkus | We walk such emotional fine lines that sometimes 
                     | trust is all we have......In
              Filkus | knowing this it all can come apart if that is 
                     | violated.
     Lady WolfSpirit | i didnt think i could be Erek...until recently
             Spartan | the 'correct thing' dak is anything which affects 
                     | the relationship within the
             Spartan | bounds the members have set for 
                     | themselves...............................
              mickey | hi everyone
   Electricblueyes>M | No, Dak--they don't!
           wondering | you can love more than one person at one time... 
                     | they each add something to you
           wondering | that you don't get from the other
              Filkus | Hee here Spartan.
                Erek | If one enters into a relationship looking for 
                     | exclusivity and does not find it - well, let's just 
                     | hope the re;ationship ends well.
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | <runs in
       MoL's Katie J | Depends on the level of commitment, Ebe
              Dakini | i would expect my subs to be totaly faithful to me 
                     | unless i gave them
              Dakini | permission to do otherwise but i do not expect to 
                     | be myself ....... they know
              Dakini | that from the start and i find it works ok
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I agree wondering, but some don't believe that or 
                     | don't understand it.
          lost sutra | if you truly love........and that person desires
          lost sutra | another, for whatever reason, but it does
          lost sutra | not effect the love felt towards you.....(in
          lost sutra | some cases it even adds to it)  why be
          lost sutra | jealous??
            *~tina~* | I can only commit my soul to one....although I can 
                     | love others for what they
            *~tina~* | are ....and love them differently than Spartan
                Leda | That's a good point, Erek--and I think that that 
                     | should be laid out at the
                Leda | get-go.  I told Mentor from the very start that the 
                     | thought of sharing him with
                Leda | anyone or being shared was not something I thought 
                     | I could deal with. That it
                Leda | would be harmful to be, emotionally and 
                     | psychologically.
              Filkus | They still are faithful if you have given them 
                     | permission to do otherwise
              Filkus | though, yes Dak?
   Electricblueyes>M | Why should that be the case, Dak??
       Lady Rapunzel | What we are talking about here is the feeling you 
                     | get that you are not receiving everything you think 
                     | you are entitled to from the
       Lady Rapunzel | "agreement" upon which you entered into whatever 
                     | relationship it may be. Right?
                Leda | And knowing that, he agreed that it would not be a 
                     | part of our relationship.
     Lady WolfSpirit | because jealousy is ingrained in this monogamous 
                     | society  sutra
                Leda | So, in a way, it was a limit.
   Electricblueyes>M | Hell, if you're fooling around, why not
   Electricblueyes>M | your sub??
             Spartan | well dak, i think if that works for u , so be 
                     | it....for myself, i do not find
             Spartan | that attitude to be fostering trust from someone to 
                     | me nor for myself to
             Spartan | another or others...........again, only what works 
                     | for me.....
                Erek | Also - I find that a great many people, vanilla or 
                     | kinky, profess to be open towards all varieties of 
                     | relationships, but in ---
          lost sutra | i love lost dearly & have grown to love toy as
          lost sutra | well....being jealous would detract from the
          lost sutra | love i feel for each of them....i would never
          lost sutra | do anything to jeporidize that.
              Dakini | its not a matter of should or right or wrong its 
                     | just what you will put up with
              Dakini | and what you dont
                Erek | in fact NEED one on one
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | If NS loved another, and wanted to leave me for 
                     | them. And said she would be
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | happy with them, I would let her go. That is ture 
                     | love to me. However, I would
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | also be jealous.
                Erek | For which there is nothing wrong, except that you 
                     | may be fooling yourself, your partner or both if 
                     | you can't see that before
                Erek | getting into multistrnded relationships.
              Filkus | Yes, Erek there is adifference between my fantasies 
                     | of having many subs and the
              Filkus | reality of my ability to emotionally commit.
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | ture=true
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | <listening
       Lady Rapunzel | We're not discussing whether or not you can love 
                     | more than one person and make that work for all of 
                     | those within the relationship.
       Lady Rapunzel | I think we are all intelligent enough to know that 
                     | everyone makes their own choices about that.
        Monk's Gypsy | i can only handle one on one
              Filkus | <---- Doesn't want to be a half-assed Dom to 2 subs.
   Electricblueyes>M | Good for you, /Filkus <s>
                Erek | I've had more than one sub at a time and just one 
                     | at a time - I've discovered that if the sub wants 
                     | exclusivity, I'd better ..
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | But not everyone feels that is the enivitable 
                     | result Filkus
     Lady WolfSpirit | <---Enjoys the love she receives from Elder and the 
                     | love she receives from her
     Lady WolfSpirit | sub....
              Dakini | i had a partener once who had an affair outside the 
                     | relationship and because he
              Dakini | told me about it beforehand and i agreed to it i 
                     | was fine with it i really felt
              Dakini | no jealousy, another one time did the same but 
                     | behind my back and i was
              Dakini | furious, i think the most important thing is 
                     | honesty and willingness to discuss
       Lady Rapunzel | Jealousy comes when you feel that someone, or 
                     | some*thing* else is getting what you feel is 
                     | rightfully yours
          lost sutra | true Lady Rap
              Filkus | <Nods to Dak>
     Lady WolfSpirit | true LR
                Erek | be willing to give it.  Only another polyamorous 
                     | individual will work as sub in a multi-relationship.
      Lord Excalibur | I agree with Filkus, I am committed to La and she 
                     | to me and we both would have
                Leda | Erek--did those subs (when you had more than one 
                     | sub) ever experience jealousy
                Leda | b/c of the other?  And how did you handle that?
      Lord Excalibur | it no other way
       MoL's Katie J | I find, that since most of my contact with MoL is 
                     | here in the cyber realm, I
       MoL's Katie J | get jealous of the time others *take* from me  ... 
                     | not even getting into the
       MoL's Katie J | sexual part of it.
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Or, put another way, jealousy is an experssion of 
                     | possiveness.
   Electricblueyes>M | Is it possible to slow this down a
   Electricblueyes>M | little--please???
      fit to be tied | jealousy can also be tightly entertwinded with 
                     | sadness and loss
                Erek | Leda -yes some did feel it
       MoL's Katie J | no, Ebe, put your seat belt on.
       Lady Rapunzel | Yes, Katie, but there we are into relationships 
                     | that are confined for some of the time to this 
                     | medium.
                Erek | and the only solution I found was to pare down on 
                     | the number of subs
     Lady WolfSpirit | i know what you mean Katie...sometimes i feel that 
                     | way as well when Elder is
     Lady WolfSpirit | bogged down with sends
             Spartan | in my relationship with tina, it is the most open 
                     | and honest i have ever
             Spartan | experienced, i may do as i please as she can, we 
                     | respect each other to know the
             Spartan | difference between what would cause any feelings of 
                     | a void to the other, and
             Spartan | should we choose to want anything different from 
                     | what we have established we
             Spartan | can talk about it, and move in that direction, if 
                     | she wishe dto be with another
             Spartan | or i did, we would not disrespect the other by 
                     | doing behind eachothers back
             Spartan | etc...
   Electricblueyes>M | LOL Kate!
              Filkus | And don't forget that jealousy can be the 
                     | pre-cursor to obsession.
              Dakini | personaly when i start a relationship it makes me 
                     | feel generaly open and more
              Dakini | loving towards *everyone*, agian why should love or 
                     | sex be seen as something to
              Dakini | be hoarded and kept for one only
             Spartan | we have that much trust in each other and love for 
                     | what the other may need....
                Erek | sometimes releasing the jealous ones, sometimes 
                     | releasing the others to save *the* jealous *one
          lost sutra | agree with Dak
      lost toy robot | i love lost as well....and have grown to love 
                     | sutra....we are a family <S>  I
      lost toy robot | am attempting to deal...with the jealousy that 
                     | comes so naturally to me...at
      lost toy robot | this point...i am envious of the time sutra spends 
                     | with lost...but know that
      lost toy robot | his love for her...does not detract from his love 
                     | for me...the result
      lost toy robot | is...little or no jealousy
          lost sutra | <hugging toy>
                Leda | I don't think it's a matter of "why should it," 
                     | Dakini, as much as it is a
                Leda | matter of can all of the persons involve handle 
                     | that.
      lost toy robot | <hugging sutra back>
     Lady WolfSpirit | <smiles>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I came to NS from a 30+ years marriage. I would 
                     | feel much more trusting of NS
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | with another, then I felt with my ex at anytime.
                Erek | what ltr says is the only way I've seen a multi work
              Dakini | agreed leda
                Erek | You must become family
              Dakini | intelectualy one may agree with someone but when 
                     | the green eyed monstor rears
              Dakini | its head, sense flys out the window
                Leda | More trusting, GPDS--yes.  But would you feel hurt? 
                     |  Angry?  Jealous?
                Erek | Or, in a few cases, you can possibly seperate who 
                     | is what to whom - but that's another story of 
                     | complications
          lost sutra | agree Erek, it will not work unless all
          lost sutra | parties agree & are willing both with the
          lost sutra | sacrifices & to be very honest of their needs
          lost sutra | & fears
      lost toy robot | brb
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Hurt, angry, not if it were done openly.
                Leda | See--I would. And knowing that those feelings 
                     | sprang more from some deep-rooted
                Leda | feelings of inadequacy within myself wouldn't help 
                     | to alleviate them.
              Dakini | jealousy, anger obsession hate are  all natural 
                     | emotions that we need to be
              Dakini | aware of, the problems arise when we act on such 
                     | emotions
                Erek | ls - but very few are that open and able
       Lady Rapunzel | We are talking about the mechanics of multi's, 
                     | rather than jealousy, aren't we?
        Monk's Gypsy | I agree with Leda
             Painter | a men what Spartan said......about both in 
                     | actuality can do as thay
             Painter | please...but should be sensitive to others 
                     | feelings...talk thru...potential
             Painter | problems...of speaking to others<s>
              Filkus | Yes Dak, yes.
             wry§ilk | <s> P
          lost sutra | true....but that is the only way i can think of
          lost sutra | for a true poly relationship to work
       MoL's Katie J | not now, Lady Rap .. tonight is Jealousy .. on all 
                     | levels
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Jealous, somewhat, but I would consider that a 
                     | reflection of my love for her. I
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | would never express it either.
                Erek | LR - I think we need to discuss multis as the main 
                     | way that jealousy arises, no?
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Not if openly done
       Lady Rapunzel | It is one relevant situation, Erek, yes.
                lynn | HI.. sorry I am late..<s>
      fit to be tied | but not the only one Erek
       Lady Rapunzel | Not the main one, perhaps, but certainly one.
       MoL's Katie J | Erek, that's next week .. Polyamory
       MoL's Katie J | this week, just plain ol' green eyed monster.
                Erek | fit - agreed - there have been subs who were 
                     | jealous of my time and concentration to my work
       MoL's Katie J | It has many forms.
                Erek | <shrug> Not much I can do about that and continue 
                     | to live
              Dakini | surely its unrealistic to think that we will only 
                     | ever be sexualy attracted to
              Dakini | one person in our lives, if we are attracted to 
                     | others why is it so often seen
              Dakini | that the attraction to the other is somehow 
                     | diminished
              Dakini | ??
       Lady Rapunzel | However, I think that we can safely agree that 
                     | either you like multi's, or you accept them, or you 
                     | dislike them. Each to their own,
       Lady Rapunzel | each relationship carved out as it works, or not 
                     | carved out and therefore leading to a risk of 
                     | jealousy.
       Lady Rapunzel | That's *not* the subject of jealousy itself.
                Erek | Dakini - some are only attracked *enough* to one
   Electricblueyes>M | This is so odd, I know--but my
   Electricblueyes>M | Mistress WANTS me to be with
   Electricblueyes>M | others--yet she will not, because it
   Electricblueyes>M | would hurt me too bad--because she
   Electricblueyes>M | is stronger that way!
       Lady Rapunzel | That's all I'm saying.
          lost sutra | i find myself much more jealous of the time
          lost sutra | that lost spends out of town for work than i
          lost sutra | could ever be about another sub
      lost toy robot | back
            *~tina~* | I tend to have that green eyed monster buries in me 
                     | unfortunately...but Spartan
            *~tina~* | has fostered such a sence of security in me like no 
                     | other.......I feel very
            *~tina~* | fortunate....
              Filkus | Forget subs only...Erek..in the world of politics 
                     | that I travel in more
              Filkus | marriages have dissolved over jealousy by the 
                     | spouse over time needed for
              Filkus | commitment to politics.
             Painter | Jealousy has no place here...so destructives and  
                     | the SINGLE emotion...which
             Painter | must be kept in tight control...
       MoL's Katie J | I've known men who acted as if they had 2 dicks ... 
                     | one for the woman they
       MoL's Katie J | love, and one for the rest of the population with 
                     | an X gene.
                Leda | <S>@tina
                Erek | Filkus - agreed again
             wry§ilk | LOL Kate!
        Monk's Gypsy | lolkatie
                Leda | <laffin>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I am sometimes jealous of the time NS spends 
                     | hosting on Compuserve. But I also
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | realize how unreasonable that feeling is. Sometimes 
                     | jealousy just needs to be
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | surpressed as an unreasoning fear.
       Lady Aireanna | entering room quietly......
              Dakini | playing on the edge of jealousy can be sooooo erotic
       Lady Aireanna | crossing to Le and kneeling  to his left
      fit to be tied | Dak... please explain
           *Spartan* | dak do u mean in cyber or real ?
             wry§ilk | and so destructive.. if not handled properly..
            *~tina~* | Dakini, dont you feel that if you were living with 
                     | a sub and they made you
                Leda | Yes, wry--I agre
            *~tina~* | jealous it might affect you differently?
      Lord Excalibur | hello darling, <stroking LA's hair>
                Leda | agree
                Erek | A mistake there can really hurt
              Filkus | One must submit to the notion that jealousy is 
                     | self-destruction. When the
              Filkus | feeeling arises you must yeild before entering its 
                     | den. The only way.
             Painter | laffin...kate thought all men that way<s>
              Dakini | i know many fit, who are totaly turned on by the 
                     | thought and act of their
              Dakini | partners with others my slef included partly 
                     | because of the feelings it evokes
       Lady Rapunzel | Jealousy can be used, and in my opinion, only 
                     | vindictively, to ensure faithfulness in others.
              Dakini | irl of course
*Night Spirit [HOST] | miss me?
           *Spartan* | but thats not what we r talkin about here 
                     | dak..............
       Lady Rapunzel | That's not jealousy, Dak, IMO
                Erek | wb NS
          lost sutra | re'hugs ns
              Dakini | i was meaning in an erotic sense rap
      fit to be tied | i would not have expected jealous to be one of the 
                     | ones that would cause arousal
       Lady Rapunzel | That's *still* not jealousy
            *~tina~* | you mean in a specific scene Dak?
*Night Spirit [HOST] | thanks all...
            *~tina~* | not in general?
              Dakini | but its the jealousy that provides the edge
              Dakini | no i mean generaly tina
           *Spartan* | agreed lady
   Electricblueyes>M | <going to date Evelyn Wood before I
   Electricblueyes>M | come back again!>
           *Spartan* | R
       Lady Rapunzel | No, it's the idea of your partner with another that 
                     | provides the edge for some... it's not jealousy
            *~tina~* | <nod>
                Erek | Dak - I think what you're dealing with more likely 
                     | falls under swapping than jealousy in D/s, ymmv
           *Spartan* | <S>
              Dakini | but the feeling that are evoked are based on 
                     | jealousy rap
       MoL's Katie J | the only edge that brings out for me is my kitchen 
                     | knife.
           *Spartan* | no
      fit to be tied | Dak i think to two are quite separate
            *~tina~* | lol
           *Spartan* | they are not dak
              Dakini | lol katie
                Leda | Or voyeurstic, atavistic, pleasure, Rap?
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | ymmv?
                  mc | lol katie
              *Lynn* | hugggs..friends..<s>
                Erek | Your Mileage May Vary
                Leda | your mileage may vary, Lacie <s>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | EBE, there are only 25 people talking at once.
           *Spartan* | hi lynn
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | thanks<S>
              Dakini | whats the difference iyo then spartan ?
            *~tina~* | I have watched Spartan play in a scen with 
                     | another...and there was no
              *Lynn* | hello Spartan.<s> huggs
            *~tina~* | jealousy.......I throughly enjoyed it....
   Electricblueyes>M | <s<
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | I could not enjoy that
              Dakini | i dont mean like that tina
*Night Spirit [HOST] | well to me it is kinda fun to have him with someone 
                     | and I am there too, behind
*Night Spirit [HOST] | him (use your imagination) some things do take 3 or 
                     | more, but I used to be
*Night Spirit [HOST] | jealous, but he does love only me
   Electricblueyes>M | I know GPD--just given uptrying to
   Electricblueyes>M | talk <s>
       Lady Rapunzel | Jealous: Solicitous for, or for preservation of 
                     | (rights etc); feeling resentment or envy (of 
                     | person, his advantages etc) on account
       Lady Rapunzel | of known or suspected rivalry esp. in sexual love; 
                     | intolerant of disloyalty. (Oxford English 
                     | Dictionary)
                Leda | How did you stop being jealous, NS?
*Night Spirit [HOST] | tina has he ever had sex with another in front of 
                     | you?
                Erek | <==thinken' I shoulda stayed sippin' my coffee and 
                     | let this one simmer without me
      fit to be tied | my (soon to be former) spouse wanted to see me with 
                     | another.... so we worked it
      fit to be tied | out.... while he was aroused by the whole thing... 
                     | the jealousy he felt both
      fit to be tied | suprises him and devisitated him
           *Spartan* | jealousy doesnt come into play that excites as that 
                     | is consented to, the
           *Spartan* | emotion of jealousy is not something i conced to, 
                     | as it is stirred from the
           *Spartan* | bowels of me and i am not a nice person when that 
                     | happens.............
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Leda when I knew 100% he loved me, besides double 
                     | teaming is exciting, have sex
*Night Spirit [HOST] | and both feet paddled at same time
              Dakini | why is love seen as something that is limited, can 
                     | only be given to one, its
              Dakini | not like its a cake that there are limited pieces 
                     | of....... i find that so
              Dakini | difficult, the idea that if you love one person you 
                     | can not love others
       MoL's Katie J | Fantasy turned reality is not always a good thing, 
                     | fit
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Leda, one way is she plays with me to enhance my 
                     | feelings and our togetherness,
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | even while making love to another.
             Painter | jealousy...a strange beast...I have never ridden 
                     | properly...it seems...like a
             Painter | wild beast unpredictable...and shifts at  odd 
                     | angles...
            *~tina~* | no NS........neither of us desire any sexual 
                     | activity with anyone else....as
            *~tina~* | far as intercourse or oral sex....have you 
                     | expereienced it NS and if you did
            *~tina~* | how did you feel?
                Leda | I know more than one couple who thought that would 
                     | help a failing relationship,
                Leda | fit--and only had it be the final nail in the 
                     | coffin, so to speak.
                Erek | Dak - many of us agree that it IS possible to love 
                     | more than one --- at the same time we must 
                     | recognize not everyone is so capable
       MoL's Katie J | never felt any, Painter?
          lost sutra | why is the love in a relationship d/s any
          lost sutra | different than that felt for children...if you
          lost sutra | have more than one child do you love one
          lost sutra | more than the other.....it is the same with
          lost sutra | more than one partner...there is no room
          lost sutra | for jealously if there is love in that place
*Night Spirit [HOST] | tina yes GrPa has had sex with others with me right 
                     | there, it was odd and yet
*Night Spirit [HOST] | fasinating to watch....but he loves when I play 
                     | with him during sex, which I
*Night Spirit [HOST] | can't if  I am having sex with him
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Leda, I think that can only work with a VERY 
                     | healthy relationship
              Filkus | Dak I feel as if i might be able to truly love 
                     | another but when I think of the
                Leda | So, NS--it boiled down to a level of confidence 
                     | that you reached in *yourself*
                Leda | about yourself and about GPDS's love for you?
              Filkus | commitment, I would be doing noting other  thatn 
                     | working and interacting w/
              Filkus | loves. No time for anything else. Too closed a 
                     | world for me.
                Erek | and - like oil and water - a poly does not do well 
                     | trying to change a mono and vice versa
       Lady Rapunzel | Can we all agree that jealousy is something, when 
                     | we feel it, we sense is 1) Painful, rather than 
                     | pleasant and 2) Something that
       Lady Rapunzel | needs to be dealt with in some way?
                Leda | Yes--GP--I think so too.  And with two *very* 
                     | confident people. <s>  I think if
                Leda | one had self-image problems, that could lead to 
                     | trouble.
              Filkus | Yes LP
            *~tina~* | agree Lady R
              Filkus | LR I mean
        Monk's Gypsy | i agree LR
       Lady Rapunzel | Then may I suggest we look at each of those things 
                     | in turn?
                  mc | nods at LR
              Filkus | Good facilitating LR.
       Lady Rapunzel | And any others that anyone might add to that list?
       MoL's Katie J | <just loves it when Lady Rap goes Domme on us>
       Lady Rapunzel | <laughs>
      fit to be tied | <still scrolling>
                Leda | <laffin>
       Lady Rapunzel | Sorry
                Leda | Me too ;-)
*Night Spirit [HOST] | yes Leda, he plays with others, but it is no 
                     | different then playing chess, he
*Night Spirit [HOST] | only loves me, however it would be interesting if 
                     | he loved them also, it would
*Night Spirit [HOST] | be ok If I loved them too--like the lost family all 
                     | of them love eachother
          lost sutra | true, ns
      lost toy robot | true <S>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I think if there are problems with a relationship, 
                     | or with one's self image,
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | great care need to be taken
              Dakini | all emotions have thieir positive and negative 
                     | side, i would say someone who
              Dakini | has never felt jealosy has never felt love either, 
                     | why see it as a problem, the
              Dakini | problem is only when we start to act out on it
                Leda | Yes--but I wonder if it would be difficult to 
                     | achieve an even balance of love
                Leda | with three?
       Lady Rapunzel | How, for example, do you cope with admitting that 
                     | jealousy is something that you should/shouldn't 
                     | feel guilty about?
                Leda | Yes, GrandPa--I agree.
*Night Spirit [HOST] | sutra is sister to toy, toy is sister to 
                     | sutra--together they are slave to
*Night Spirit [HOST] | lost, and he loves them both
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | I agree Dak
*Night Spirit [HOST] | lostonearth has to make damn sure sutra and toy 
                     | both feel special
        Monk's Gypsy | but if given a choice, i think each one would 
                     | prefer to be the only sub
       Lady Rapunzel | Regardless of situation: I think we all established 
                     | that each has their own situation in which jealousy 
                     | arises.
                Erek | The lost family is damned lucky - we also had a 
                     | family that gradually came apart because of the 
                     | jealousy of one member <ouch>
*Night Spirit [HOST] | not ever one over the other
              Dakini | i dont feel guilty about feeling jealouse i just 
                     | watch it and am interested
              Dakini | when and where i feel it
          lost sutra | and, ns we also love each other, otherwise
          lost sutra | it would not work
      lost toy robot | you think so Gypsy?  i beg to differ....
            *~tina~* | would think it a difficult job NS..lol
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Dakini, it's only a problem when we act NEGATIVLY 
                     | on it
*Night Spirit [HOST] | tina I think so
       Lady Rapunzel | Go on, GrPa
              Dakini | thats what i said grand
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | I can't help but act negatively when I feel jealous
*Night Spirit [HOST] | yes sutra I know
       Lady Rapunzel | What do we consider to be *bad* ways of dealing 
                     | with our feelings of jealousy?
       Lady Rapunzel | And what *good* ways?
              Dakini | the emotion in itself is just an emotion like any 
                     | other
      fit to be tied | long list Lady R
       Lady Rapunzel | Go on, fit
       MoL's Katie J | verrrrrrrrrrry long list
       Lady Rapunzel | So... start talking, Katie!
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | striking out at others LR
       Lady Rapunzel | Okay, that's one
              Dakini | well rap, burning someones house down who has 
                     | rejected you for  another might
              Dakini | be one example
       Lady Rapunzel | We all do that
       MoL's Katie J | I tend to turn it inside
       Lady Rapunzel | Ouch, Dak
                Leda | Well--insane rage is a bad way to deal with it.
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | saying things to hurt the other even when we donot 
                     | mean them
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | later
              Filkus | Attempting to control the actions of another is 
                     | always bad. Jealousy is just a
              Filkus | tool used to that end.
       MoL's Katie J | and attack myself.
   Electricblueyes>M | knowing this will passed unnoticed,
   Electricblueyes>M | but what positive way is there to react
   Electricblueyes>M | to jealousy???
      fit to be tied | bad ways.... accusations... pouting.... stoping the 
                     | communication
           *Spartan* | i am sorry, all these views are reaching far beyond 
                     | and that is good for an
           *Spartan* | open forum like this, yet, i feel we are 
                     | introducing feelings and topics to
           *Spartan* | intertwine with this one, jealousy is jealousy, a 
                     | raw, inert emotion, just as
           *Spartan* | love is, yet, i keep hearing the two mixed, but not 
                     | as when a person in love
           *Spartan* | feels jealousy towards the other due to a breach of 
                     | trust etc...no, i see here
           *Spartan* | the mixing of love using jealousy ?.......i may be 
                     | wrong , but they only mix as
           *Spartan* | water and oil do, and those who profess to making 
                     | another jealous to seek out
           *Spartan* | their love and affections is playing with fire, and 
                     | truly does not have any
                Erek | Feeling hurt by attention paid to others
           *Spartan* | value at stake within that relationship........
       Lady Rapunzel | Okay, good point, Katie... has everyone done that 
                     | at some point, and how did you get out of it?
              Dakini | i did consider it once <s>
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | there is no positive way
       MoL's Katie J | You can talk about it, lacie
*Night Spirit [HOST] | question is how do we stop jealousy from becoming 
                     | worse?
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | If we act positivle with jealousy, for instance if 
                     | I meet NS's jealousy with
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | love and tenderness, it's turned aside.
                Erek | <===scroll rate lock
       MoL's Katie J | that can turn positive
       Lady Rapunzel | So we should always communicate it, GrPa?
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | true Katie...........but it still hurts and leaves 
                     | a negative feeling
              Filkus | Yes, jealousy and love are mutualy exclusive.
            *~tina~* | <smile Daddy>
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | If I look at my own and see it is an usless, 
                     | unfounded fear, and surpress it,
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | it's ok.
       MoL's Katie J | actually, talking about it with MoL made our 
                     | relationship stronger.
              Dakini | spartan can anyone *make * another feel jealouse ?
           *Spartan* | i am sorry for being so long winded but the two do 
                     | not enhance each
           *Spartan* | other........................
                Leda | You have to pick your battles, I think, Rap. <g>  
                     | I've felt jealous and known
                Leda | it was not merited and let it go.
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | I think they can Dak
      lost toy robot | is not open communication a good way of acting on 
                     | your jealousy? bring it out
      lost toy robot | in the open....discuss it....maybe resolve it?
              Dakini | we are responsibe for our own emotions
      fit to be tied | that is just pushing buttons
       MoL's Katie J | I'd have to disagree, Filkus
       Lady Rapunzel | Does anyone else feel that communicating it makes 
                     | for a stronger relationship?
          lost sutra | when you begin to feel jealous, put yourself into 
                     | the other parties shoes...they are undoubtly
          lost sutra | feeling the same things on some level...use it as a 
                     | tool to draw all parties closer together
              Filkus | Oh katie?
                Leda | But when I think it is merited, I bring it up so 
                     | that we can deal with it.
                Erek | GrandPa - but can you suppress it forever - or does 
                     | it come back to bite later
   Electricblueyes>M | No!  I disagree--jealousy is not so
   Electricblueyes>M | easilly overcome--perhaps with you
   Electricblueyes>M | GP--not with most!
      lost toy robot | <smiling at sutra>
       MoL's Katie J | It never had before, Lady R .. but this time, it 
                     | did.
       Lady Rapunzel | How do you know when it's merited, Leda?
          lost sutra | communication is the only to stop jealously...voice 
                     | it & work through it together
                Leda | <S>  By what triggered it, Rap.
            *~tina~* | Spartan can not *make* me feel anything Dakini, but 
                     | I can react to something he
            *~tina~* | does....
              Dakini | exactly tina
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | I think that's each person's call LR. If you need 
                     | to work on it, then a caring
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | partner should be able and be willing to help
            *~tina~* | yes sutra......
          lost sutra | set up times if you have to....work through it 
                     | together
              Filkus | LP communication is the ONLY road to a strong 
                     | relationship. I have vowed to my
              Filkus | love that I will be honest even if it hurts.
           *Spartan* | dak, if one is open to it, the other holds a hand 
                     | of cards they can play at
           *Spartan* | anytime.......not a good thing in my eyes.......but 
                     | shows question in the eyes
           *Spartan* | of one...
*Night Spirit [HOST] | making someone jealous is foolish, but as many of 
                     | us know, sometimes you have
*Night Spirit [HOST] | to leave someone for another, ---also in D/s is 
                     | jealousy more or less then
*Night Spirit [HOST] | vanilla?
       Lady Rapunzel | So, we agree that it's not nice, and we agree that 
                     | perhaps communication with your loved one/s is the 
                     | best way to overcome it?
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Erek, if It's that strong, then we need to talk 
                     | about it
       Lady Aireanna | very well put GPDS
                Erek | I feel that suppressing it is *not a good answer - 
                     | it must be dealt with entirely - in some fashion 
                     | that eliminates it
            *~tina~* | bravo Filkus!!
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | We need to have a discussion on getting bored 
                     | within the
           ~~£âçÎè~~ | relationship some time
       Lady Aireanna | very well put
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Filkus I am impressed, but it shows how in our 
                     | lifestyle honesty and
*Night Spirit [HOST] | communications make trust and makes us what we are
              Dakini | a positive way to react to jealousy imo would be to 
                     | recognise it, watch it and
              Dakini | look at ways to change it, see where it comes from, 
                     | normaly it is based on a
              Dakini | feeling of low self esteam
                Erek | and sometimes the only solution may be a parting of 
                     | the ways.
          lost sutra | in a prevoius d/s trio i was part of, one of the 
                     | people got jealous & the solution was to set up
          lost sutra | days for each & not have them impact upon the 
                     | other's time or time for all three together
       Lady Rapunzel | So communication is the way to overcome it, then?
                Leda | Sometimes you have to put your feelings on the 
                     | table, though, and say that I
                Leda | cannot deal with this thing--whatever it is--
*Night Spirit [HOST] | sutra did this solution work?
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Agree Dakini
          lost sutra | yes
       Lady Aireanna | communication is the way to over come everything
                Leda | and let the other person help you to find 
                     | solutions, whatever they are.
                  mc | yes
          lost sutra | but required communication, open honest 
                     | communication
       MoL's Katie J | and that was so hard, sutra
                Erek | sutra - again you've used some very operative 
                     | words: Open & Honest
*Night Spirit [HOST] | so once again we mention that all involved must 
                     | feel special or the total
*Night Spirit [HOST] | relationship won't work
       MoL's Katie J | such a risk .. but it paid off.
      Lord Excalibur | of course ls if its not honest its the same as not 
                     | comunicatting
       Lady Rapunzel | And we feel that, within our community, as 
                     | communication is so vital to us anyway, not to 
                     | mention trust and love, that jealousy
       Lady Rapunzel | need never completely overwhelm someone if the 
                     | communication is right?
              Filkus | The key is to not have fear. Knowing my love loves 
                     | me as she does, I let go of
          lost sutra | true
              Filkus | fear.
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Let's put it this way, without communications, 
                     | nothing you do will matter, and
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | nothing will save the relationship.
       Lady Aireanna | absolutely LR
              Dakini | i was in an open relationship once and we both had 
                     | outside partners all was
              Dakini | well until i started an affair with my male lovers 
                     | ex girlfriend, then things
              Dakini | really went badly wrong ............ i was anoyed 
                     | because the guy was never
              Dakini | able to talk about it and what was a great 
                     | relationship failed through lack of
              Dakini | communication
                Erek | Dak - again, not everyone CAN do it
                Leda | I think that's true, Rap--I think if you are 
                     | confident that you are loved, then
                Leda | jealousy is manageable, if it appears at all.
              Dakini | it was his lack of recognition of his jealousy that 
                     | ruined it
       MoL's Katie J | NS and Grandpa, you need to wind up soon?
*Night Spirit [HOST] | well most relationships fail because of lack of 
                     | communication
              Dakini | and my insensitivity lol
              Filkus | Usually when I have feared to say something, my 
                     | fear made the imagination of
              Filkus | the potential situation worse than when I finnaly 
                     | bucked up and came cllean.
*Night Spirit [HOST] | yes Katie
       MoL's Katie J | Perhaps, we can continue this discussion next week 
                     | when we do Polys?
                Erek | NS - um, I'd disagree a little on that, but it's 
                     | another to[ic
                Erek | topic
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Erek <wink> I hope so
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Katie I think so---ok everyone last thoughts?
       MoL's Katie J | ya, the Fear is the worst, Filkus.
              Filkus | BTW from a newbies standpoint...thanks for having 
                     | theese discussions...they
              Filkus | help A LOT!
                  mc | yes...thank you
            *~tina~* | geez that went fast
                  mc | <newcomer>
           *Spartan* | dak, could it have been a lack of communication on 
                     | ur part prior that hurt and
           *Spartan* | caused his jealousy.....
          lost sutra | communication is the key, must be open &
          lost sutra | honest to be effective
                Erek | WHat makes (and therefore breaks) a relationship is 
                     | trust - honest makes trust, dishonesty unmakes it 
                     | and broken trust =
                Erek | broken relationship.
             Painter | jealousy...is so destructive..:(
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Agree VERY strongly sutra
       MoL's Katie J | we can continue, but NS and GrandPa have to leave a 
                     | little early tonight. :)
              Filkus | Total honesty, total trust, No Feears. I say that 
                     | to my love when she hesitates.
                  mc | also agrees with sutra
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- stands behind Leda
           *Spartan* | perhaps his trust was shot down by ur undertaking 
                     | and not communicating it b 4
           *Spartan* | so he was aware....
       MoL's Katie J | All of those take work, Filkis
*Night Spirit [HOST] | Katie can you record and send it to me to post?
                Erek | No Fears???
                Leda | <standing on a chair>
              Dakini | well spartan we did discuss it and he said he was 
                     | fine with it but he did not
              Dakini | have an awareness of his jealousy
       MoL's Katie J | you bertcha
              Filkus | No fears.
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- stands behind Leda's chair
                Leda | Hate to interrupt--
           wondering | goodnight GrPa & NS... thank you  <g>
             Painter | goodnite...
           *Spartan* | ok, i misunderstood then...<s>
                Leda | Rap and I are trying to do this in Ch 10 next week
                Erek | Sounds too much like a line from the original 
                     | Magnificent 7 movie
                Leda | Painter--wait'
          lost sutra | <curtsey> good evening GrPa & Huggs to
          lost sutra | NS
                Leda | AHEM--
       Lady Rapunzel | <nodding and saying "Yeah">
      Lord Excalibur | night GPDA and NS see you soon
      lost toy robot | <deep curtsy> goodnite &thank you, GrPa....hugs to 
                     | NS
                Leda | <laffin>
                Erek | G'nit GrandPa and NS
*Night Spirit [HOST] | good night we shall continue next week when we 
                     | discuss poly relationships and
*Night Spirit [HOST] | hopefully the lost family will be here
                Leda | Raaaaap!!
              Filkus | Bye all.
            *~tina~* | nitenite GrPa and NS
       Lady Rapunzel | HEY!!!
                Leda | Help
       Lady Rapunzel | LISTEN TO LEDA!!!
                  mc | goodnight GrPa and NS...nice to meet you
       Lady Rapunzel | EVERYONE!!!
      fit to be tied | when ladies?
           *Spartan* | yes ma'am
            *~tina~* | listening
              Filkus | C'mon Lead.
      lost toy robot | <giggling> us?
           *Spartan* | oh my
                Leda | <laffin>
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- smiles and points to Leda             Dakini | gasp
*Night Spirit [HOST] | <--off to do Dungeon Duty <kicking dust>
                Leda | We are just trying to set up a CO in the rooom
          lost sutra | sis, they are asking us to drag him out for
          lost sutra | next week??
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Thank you all,
                Leda | FRIDAY
                Leda | 7 PM EDT
      lost toy robot | i guess so sutra <sigh> you gonna tell him or 
                     | should i?
      lost toy robot | lol
                Leda | CONFERENCE
       Lady Rapunzel | MIDNIGHT FOR THE BRITS
                Leda | ROOM 10
          lost sutra | lol
              Dakini | thats a great idea
                Leda | Topic to be decided.
              Dakini | the earlier the better
       Lady Aireanna | hello.......whos conference is this
       Lady Rapunzel | Spread the word!
             wry§ilk | it's not going to work on a Friday..
       MoL's Katie J | I mailed him the announcement, losts.
              Dakini | lol
       Lady Rapunzel | It's everyone's, LA
       MoL's Katie J | Want me to do a mailing?
                Leda | Early, silkie
      lost toy robot | lol...thanks katie
                Leda | Would you, Katie?
*Night Spirit [HOST] | send me an announcement to it Leda and Lady R
          lost sutra | thanks katie
                Leda | <S>
              Dakini | im only up now cos im so excited !
*Night Spirit [HOST] | <--is gone
       Lady Rapunzel | <smile> Thanks, NS
                Leda | Hugs, NS
              Dakini | its 2am for me here
      lost toy robot | nite NS
       MoL's Katie J | hugggggs, NS
                  mc | katie...add me to the mailing please....
                Leda | tina and Spartan got some good discussions going in 
                     | 10 this weekend--we're
                Leda | hoping something like that develops. <s>
            *~tina~* | good luck Leda ,g>
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- standing behind Leda and saying "Yeah! What she 
                     | said!"
 GrandPaDeSade[Host] | Bye all.
       MoL's Katie J | done, mc
       Master Joseph | hello everyone<s>
            *~tina~* | bye3bye all...see you over there
                Leda | <BG>@tina
       MoL's Katie J | good night GrandPa and thank you and NS
              Dakini | anyway as i was saying .......... everyone should 
                     | just fuck everyone else its
              Dakini | the only way to be
              Dakini | lol
                  mc | <s> thanks Katie
                Leda | Hugggss tina
      fit to be tied | <wonders why kaite hasn't put me on the mailing 
                     | list hmmmmm>
           wondering | lol Dak
       Master Joseph | what has leda done now/....lol
       MoL's Katie J | <slapping head>
            *~tina~* | me either fit
      fit to be tied | LOL Dak
                  mc | lol
                Leda | LOL MJ
                Erek | "No enemies?" "None living." "Now that's arithmatic 
                     | I can understand!"  Somehow No fears strikes me as 
                     | the same sort of - well brag
          lost sutra | brb
                Leda | <--spouting leftist rhetoric ;-)
      lost toy robot | <heading off to see if he's still lost.....coming 
                     | sutra?
       Master Joseph | oh that
                Leda | <fist in the air>  Fight da power  <G>
       Lady Rapunzel | GRRRRRLLLLL!
      fit to be tied | laffin
       Lady Rapunzel | <laughing>
             wry§ilk | gotta return a movie.. see you all in a bit..
       Master Joseph | well likw I said give me a couple of years leda and 
                     | you'll see the light
              Dakini | well all, its ben great but i got work tomorrow , 
                     | night all
       Master Joseph | after all you are a smart woman<s>
              Dakini | bye
           wondering | goodnight Dak
                Leda | ;-p
      fit to be tied | <gonna do some writing now... see you all later>
       Master Joseph | good night Dak
                Leda | MJ
        Monk's Gypsy | good  night all
                  mc | hoping so Master Joseph, Sir
       Master Joseph | yes leda?
           wondering | see ya Fit
                Leda | ;-p
                Leda | That was all
       Master Joseph | LOL
      fit to be tied | hugggsss wondering...<BG>
              Filkus | Anything good in the juke box?
                Leda | Neeeed fooooood . . . bbl
                Leda | Huggggggsss all. :-)
       Master Joseph | bye everyone
           wondering | oooh... good idea Leda <g>... bye all
                  mc | <new here.....was a bit hard to follow>
       Lady Rapunzel | <- hugs Leda into monochrome
       Master Joseph | guess I chased everyone out
       MoL's Katie J | ok, I made the changes <s>
              Filkus | {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Lady Rapunzel}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
              Filkus | You are gifted inthought.
       Lady Rapunzel | <- hugs Filkus <smile>
       MoL's Katie J | not at all, Master J .. we wound up a little early 
                     | today.
                Erek | Grrrr
       MoL's Katie J | NS and GrandPa had to leave early.
                  mc | goodnite everyone....see in in a bit
          lost sutra | <following sis>
       Lady Rapunzel | <cute southern twang> Why thankya, Sir <curtsey>
                Erek | <dusting self off and fastening mu own seat belt
       MoL's Katie J | <tossing Erek a cyberline <g>
                Erek | CIS is getting so it hates DOS programs - and I 
                     | hate Windozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
                Erek | <===Just a command line junkie <g>
       MoL's Katie J | obviously it knows that.
       MoL's Katie J | <g>
       MoL's Katie J | sure, it's a Dom thing
       MoL's Katie J | Commands, commands commands.
                Erek | Dropdown menus are fer sissies??? <g>
       MoL's Katie J | I prefer Dos as well.
                Erek | Not enough bite to that
       MoL's Katie J | and i'm a sub.
                Erek | LOL
       MoL's Katie J | and I still use the keyboard commands.
       MoL's Katie J | even in Windows.
                Erek | So - Dom or sub it's a question of prefrences about 
                     | HOW one uses soemthing - or gets used, come to 
                     | think on it
              Filkus | LOL katie
       Lady Rapunzel | No, Katie. You're MoL's sub. Different. It's not a 
                     | general term, it's a Badge of Honour <smile>
       MoL's Katie J | oooh, Lady Rap .. you say the most wonderful things 
                     | <SSS>
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- just tellin' it like I see it.
       MoL's Katie J | I always liked the hands on approach , Erek
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- agrees, Katie <laughs>
       MoL's Katie J | yes, I'm very proud to be His.
                Erek | <eyes hands and agrees <g>>
                Erek | Whcih may be why cyber is not my thang
                Erek | sheesh
       Lady Rapunzel | <-- agreed
                Erek | Which
       MoL's Katie J | there's always the phone, Erek .. gives you one 
                     | hand free anyway
       MoL's Katie J | <g,d&r>
                Erek | <Dommin those typos!!!!>
                Erek | GRRRRR
                Erek | Not into one handed typin neither <g>
       MoL's Katie J | I dont' type on the phone, trust me.
       Lady Rapunzel | <laffin>
                Erek | If'n I want the, hmmm, sensations I have a live 
                     | sub, prefer to use the phone and computerr to 
                     | communicate ideas
       MoL's Katie J | live is best.
                Erek | ((Or get ideas that then sometimes get tried on 
                     | with the sub <eg>))
       MoL's Katie J | no coubt about that.
       MoL's Katie J | doubt,e ven
       MoL's Katie J | see, I got these long fingernails for MoL and my 
                     | typing has gone all to hell.
                Erek | <=== Dropping another nickle in the *Dyslextic 
                     | Flingers* collection box
       MoL's Katie J | the things we do for our Masters.
       MoL's Katie J | <fyslexic dingers>
       MoL's Katie J | and I'm off to put the kids to bed <smile>
       MoL's Katie J | Thanks for coming.
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