- The joys and pitfalls of a poly lifestyle
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So it has been almost a month since my last posting. Life happens very quickly, so to find free time to sit here and type to the faceless, nameless photons who will gaze upon these thoughts is kinda scarce.
I have been involved in a poly relationship now for almost a year. For those who are uninformed, poly does not equate to slutty or whorish. I have searched long and hard for a complementary lover. To my surprise, I have found her. She is bright, sassy and open minded. Needless to say that she is also submissive.
I have been involved with another dominant (a woman) and our dynamic is very different that that of a dominant/submissive relationship. Energies flow laterally rather from one to the next. As a dominant, I have missed that dynamic. Luckily, I have found it again.
The downside is that the wonderful woman who happens to be submissive has met a very docile submissive man who allows her function in her world. At first I was very jealous, I wanted to have that space; however, in order to have that space, I would have to give up my primary relationship. Herein lies the quandary.
For those of you who know what I am talking about, the time where theory and reality collide is a very unsettling and upsetting time. I have come to realize through much introspection and after acting very much like a caveman, that her new love is not me, and as such can not fill the void in her life that I do. It would be ideal if we could all get along, but there was something about him that turned me off, like the feeling of having aluminum foil in your mouth, a sour electrical blah......
After our Yule celebration (she is a practicing Pagan), I have come to accept things for what they are and will wait to see what the future holds. My ability to pierce the veils of time is limited, but much of what I had forecast has come to pass....Until then, I will take the joy that life gives us and not dwell on what may not yet be.
A very merry Christmas, Yule and Kwanzaa for all....
- In the shawdow of Thanksgiving
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Well, it has been almost a year now that I have lived here at my seaside Dachau. I have lived through the cold lonely winter, and have seen life blossom and fade through the course of the year. I truly grew to love the beach and all that goes with it.
I have found that being involved in a poly relationship can be both exciting and frustrating all at the same time. It's not like I want to go out and sleep with everyone who knocks at my door, but the idea of knowing that there is a proverbial needle in the haystack does have it's appealing moments.
Yes Virginia, there are many things to be thankful for in my life. I guess in the lull time between the seemingly dead of winter and the last gasp of life in the fall is as good a time as any to review, regroup and rededicate my self to the things that count.
I have never given much thought to these blogs, and as such probably underestimated just how cathartic and soul cleansing they can be. Such is life, live learn and cherish.
Live today as if it were your last...it is a great sentiment, but not really practical. Besides, I have too many things that are unresolved to have today be my last....LOL
- Entry for October 03, 2007
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Whether you are homosexual or not, you should repost this in
support of your friends and loved ones who are. Love is not defined
by color, creed, or gender.
I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I
bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother
because I now live with another woman.
I am the boy who never finished high school, because I got called a
fag everyday
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my
mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a
transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the
painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her
time.
I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not
let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken
away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have
ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before
graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found
out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I
want to avoid getting the management called on me.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system
grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive
partner is also a woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to
turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up
afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym
until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the woman who died when the EMTs stopped treating me as soon
as they realized I was transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much
better person if I didnt have to always deal with society hating
me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't
believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
I am the girl scared to tell my friends im a lesbian because they
think i will hit on them.
I am a warrior for my country serving proud, but can't be my true
self because gays aren't allowed in the military.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most,
love.
I am the person ashamed to tell my own friends I'm a lesbian,
because they constantly make fun of them.
I am that son, that was disowned by my mother and father, because I
was. But loved by other member's in my family.
I am the boy tied to a fence, beaten to a bloody pulp and left to
die because two straight men wanted to "teach me a lesson."
This is the boy, Matthew Shepard. On October 7, 1998 Aaron McKinney
and Russell Henderson lead him to a remote area east of Laramie
where they demonstrated unimaginable acts of hate. Matthew was tied
to a split-rail fence where he was beaten and left to die in the
cold of the night. Almost 18 hours later he was found by a cyclist
who initially mistook him for a scarecrow. Matthew died on October
12 at 12:53 am at a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. KILLED
BECAUSE HE WAS GAY!!!
---IF YOU BELIEVE THAT HOMOPHOBIA IS WRONG... REPOST THIS
AS ".HOMOPHOBIA"
- I will let you mull this over....
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The Equalitarian Dominant is one who controls by teaching, mentoring and leading. This Dominant feels and knows that when they find a comparable submissive that things will happen as a progression of the interaction. Usually just a mention or short learning situation is necessary to obtain a certain interaction. Both the Dominant and the submissive "get it", need very little, so called "training" and naturally know what the other needs after interaction. This Dominant does not like the situation of constantly repeating and forcing a particular behavior (submission) to occur. It is not the activities but the surrender as the result of the Domination that is the objective and enjoyment. Creativity is an important part of this situation. These are the more intellectual, into the philosophy/psychology mechanism of this lifestyle. They understand the concepts and resultant interactions and can put it into real life. They do not need many "rules" like the Democratic type , nor do they like the heavy S&M activities; preferring submission to occur as a result of an instilled desire in the submissive to surrender. She "wants" to as a result of the Dominant's knowledge and skill at Dominating. Sensuousness is the rule and pain is given and received as a form of sensuous stimulation. Light pain as opposed to severe.
Sensuous torture is a popular activity in this area. Both the Dominant and the submissive must be naturally this way. These are the ones who claim to be born this way, have always been this way. They fully understand the concept of D/s - it comes to them naturally and easily. They attract a submissive who truly and naturally wants to please, and who will observe and sense what the dominant is communicating; and be able to translate that into the right thing to do. The doing or saying without having to be told type. The submissive’ beg easily and surrender sweetly. They understand the concept of respect and surrender and can make it happen after initial learning with little or no additional instructions. They embrace the surrender gratefully and lovingly. These individuals usually form the most intimate of relationships, the closest. There is not much downside to these relationships, because they not only grasp the concepts, but can make it happen too; and their attraction is based on strong mutual respect. Their strong relationship is not readily apparent to the unobservant, but they are always subtly in the 24-7 mode. The fact that these things come forth naturally and without the need for orders or rules are a great affirmation and source of pride, satisfaction and loving. Just as the strictness and forbearance without the need for orders or rules of the Authoritarian/Totalitarian situation affirms pride, satisfaction and loving.
- Entry for August 15, 2007
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Wow!! the summer is approaching its ebb and I can feel the touch of autumn in the air. It's my favorite time of year. Kinda better to burn out than to fade away sort of feeling. I have managed to really enjoy the beach and the ocean this year. The best time is yet to come. It is when all the tourists head home and the beach is reserved for the residents.
Last week I mourned the 12th passing of Jerry Garcia....Yes it's hokie and all that sort of stuff, but he will always remind me of a time in my life...good, bad or indifferent.