2 years ago. April 17, 2022 at 12:02 AM
I was talking to a friend of mine about another who had just entered a dynamic. I was listing a rather extensive series of precautions the absent friend and I had taken before they'd met their new partner. My friend, who is relatively vanilla, thought our measures might have been a bit overboard for what was essentially a coffee date.
I helpfully explained, "Of course you have to be extra careful. For most people being caged in a basement while someone does increasingly depraved things to you is a horror story. To us its the desired outcome."