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Under The Whip

A place where a humble blind service submissive can calm her mind and clear out the corners with her thoughts, opinions, stories, experiences, and tribulations.
3 months ago. February 4, 2025 at 4:46 AM

Is it easy for you to make friends with D types or s types more? If not at all, why is that?

 

Making friends within the BDSM community is slightly more complicated for me, especially in consideration of the specific dynamics between dominants and submissives. I will explore the subtleties of such relationships based on my personal experiences and observations.

 

 

For some this comes in the form of almost irreparably strong and honest bonds that it can make between two people. That does not mean the friendships themselves are easy to forge. Along my path, I've been unable to forge an abundant amount of long lasting friendships with either sides of the slash. Often resulting in feelings of isolation within a community I deeply admire.

 

 

When it comes to dominants, the dominant dynamic can sometimes be one of transaction. A number of dominants I have encountered over the years actually seemed more concerned about creating a semblance of friendship to achieve whatever purpose they may have had in mind, be it to get into a D/S relationship or to attain their sexual goals. While many dominants are truly kind and caring, the masked intentions of some simply create a barrier to forming any real connections. Finding friendship with them often seems highly complicated, riddled by uncertainties of their true motives. I must often always approach conversation with dominants completely guarded and remaining alert.

 

 

My experiences, on the other hand, have been equally discouraging on the submissives' side. Sometimes, the submissive community can really show its dark underbelly of competition, jealousy, and negativity. In place of fostering a sense of camaraderie, there have been times when interactions felt more like playground politics. The fact that some have engaged in catty behavior, besides discouraging friendships, also created an invisible wall between those seeking genuine friendships and the community at large. I so wished for a network of people who uplift rather than tear others down. Which is so disheartening becuase having a submissive community for support is something I would truly benefit from.

 

 

The issue at the core is a supportive community needs a haven where each person feels their due importance, being understood, accepted, respected and believed in, without the fear of being exploited, judged, mocked, or abused. It's especially important, in light of BDSM exploration, where vulnerability mingles with desire. Sadly though I have found the majority of people lack integrity, honesty, character and accountability.

 

 

The sad consequence of this struggle to find friends who do uplift is that the feeling of isolation has been brought into this apparently progressive and liberal community. Actually, that search transcends any one particular community and bespeaks universal human aspirations toward meaningful relationships.

 


So, how does one build up a more supportive community? Especially when this type of community that currently exists is just a cesspool of selfishness, drama, toxicity, and deceit?

Older Gentleman​(dom male) - This is sad, and I hope that you find a group of people who you can talk to. I may be talking out of turn because I am new, but with all that I have learned, this should be a place where honesty, respect, and communication should rule.
3 months ago
BunnyBites​(sub female)​{HoK} - When I find actual genuine people it is those things but it takes so long having to dig through the piles of trash people to find that one gem. Unfortunately I have a very limited group of submissives, like one or two that I deem worthy of being close to. Id like to have more.
3 months ago
Aradia Nightshade​(other female) - Years ago, my experience in the BDSM community was strictly online. But the people I interacted with then, which was like a circle within a larger community I assume, were generally accepting, inclusive, and nonjudgmental, providing the person adhered to the safe, same, consensual philosophy, and whose kink didn't involve children or animals.

Fast forward to today. It's more challenging to find that. I may have simply lucked out back then. But I agree that people should lift each other up, not tear each other down. This should be true inside and outside BDSM, but especially inside, because people are judged and ridiculed enough by vanilla society. They only recently removed BDSM from DSM, the most recent version DSM-5-TR. For those not familiar, DSM stands for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. So for several years, being into BDSM in practice was a mental illness.

Anyway, it is sad that you feel isolated because of certain people in the community. I know that there are kindred spirits out there. I hope you find others that you connect with, perhaps a few who could become "chosen family".

I think a supportive community can be built in part, by being the change you want to see. Yeah, maybe that saying is becoming a cliche, but it's true. Others will see your example, and want to follow it. Even if it doesn't change the whole community, it could help you build an inner circle that you are proud to be in. People are going to cause drama and be terrible - but an inner circle or a community is built one person at a time. If we pledge to do our best in learning about ourselves and letting go of negativity, we'd be halfway there. I will be mindful of this as I interact with others here. Thank you for your post. See you in chat if you ever visit - there's a few "bunnies" there I think.
3 months ago
BunnyBites​(sub female)​{HoK} - Thank you for reading and this response. I really appreciate it. I have helped cultivate a small tiny community but only two submissives really talk in it and actually talk to me. I want to talk to more and have a close tight knit group of submissives. You know the type that can get super close together and have weekends out, spa dates, etc. Such thigns seem to oly ever exist in the movies anymore.

As for seeing me in chat as much as I would love to join the chat here I cannot. This website is not very blind person friendly LOL
3 months ago
Aradia Nightshade​(other female) - I'm so sorry, I didn't realize the chat was not accessible. I put my foot in my mouth occasionally. :( If you keep going, slowly but surely, you may get what you wish for. Remember quality over quantity can be applied here.
3 months ago
MuzzledCrown​(sub female) - Same girl, same. The struggle is real and personally I find the older I get, the harder it seems to be.
2 months ago

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