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SociallyTwisted 57M
180 posts
5/25/2021 5:09 am
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LoverOfGaiaSub 62F  
14029 posts
5/25/2021 5:16 am

No argument from me on your thoughts here. I have had this same discussion with my best friend who is also submissive. I don't understand how one can truly go both ways. I have tried to top and did it alright because I do understand what a submissive might crave but I don't care to do it anymore. It does not feed my soul. And this is all about feeding the soul, isn't it?


SociallyTwisted 57M
244 posts
5/25/2021 5:23 am

    Quoting LoverOfGaiaSub:
    No argument from me on your thoughts here. I have had this same discussion with my best friend who is also submissive. I don't understand how one can truly go both ways. I have tried to top and did it alright because I do understand what a submissive might crave but I don't care to do it anymore. It does not feed my soul. And this is all about feeding the soul, isn't it?
indeed.. there's a tune by The Holmes Brothers' called 'Feed My Soul'.. the singer has a significant lisp but if you can push through that, I'd wager you'd like the song


Plzrmeister 67M  
10296 posts
5/25/2021 5:52 am

I've had this discussion with others and read similar discussions before too.

Me too. My tendency is to agree with ST, but there was one explanation I saw that shed a different and logical light on the subject.

That person that said to look at it like a 'bi' person.
You can be attracted to both sexes, so why not be attracted to both dynamics - Dominant and submissive.


That's the one. That was a different perspective I hadn't contemplated before.

Make Women Female Again


Wicked_Tongue 61M
690 posts
5/25/2021 6:35 am

You ask switches "to chime in with their input, be objective and help Me make sense of it." Is there really any point in my doing this when you admit freely that "Switches make Me nervous. More to the point; they make me reluctant to interact with them"

My profile explains at great length that I have difficulty in labeling myself with a one word fits all description such as sub dom or switch. Maybe this is why I have few friends here... But I am what I am and can be nothing but honest about myself...

Am I truly immersed in the lifestyle...?? that depends on your definition of immersed and lifestyle, but as things open up, yes I intend to attend munches etc again. Was I a regular fetish club attendee, yes a few years ago when those clubs were still open in my home county, and yes I would still be an attendee had they not closed down!

You asked for my honest opinion, well, one thing I have always disliked, (within the BDSM community) is that whole ethos of "My kink is better than your kink!" It seems to me that this is how you see yourself. Maybe this is what raised my hackles a little...

I don't want to drone on in some pompous manner about "my journey" ie, my evolution/experiences that have brought me to my current situation/position/role, so I shall end this post here. Suffice to say how can you tar all switches with the same brush? I doubt very very few will share the experiences that shaped me.


SoCalSwitch2021 57M
8 posts
5/25/2021 7:13 am

That's just some narrow minded thinking. You might as well replace the word "Switch" and insert any ethnic group, religion, sexuality. I really comes off as bigoted.

You wouldn't turn down a bi-girl if she showed up with friends. Why would you get nervous around a switch?


pac369 64F  
12699 posts
5/25/2021 7:54 am

Interesting blog twisted... I will not say I am nervous around switches... But if they are not committed to a Dominant role what does that mean if I am with them?? Am I then expected to change roles to give "them a break" or "mix it up"?? And will they be really happy if I don't??

Just seems like switches are more about the kink.. And I have heard numerous times they are the kinkiest... Just saying..

~ Physical strength is measured by what we carry. Inner strength is measured by what we can bear. ~


SociallyTwisted 57M
244 posts
5/25/2021 10:06 am

    Quoting pac369:
    Interesting blog twisted... I will not say I am nervous around switches... But if they are not committed to a Dominant role what does that mean if I am with them?? Am I then expected to change roles to give "them a break" or "mix it up"?? And will they be really happy if I don't??

    Just seems like switches are more about the kink.. And I have heard numerous times they are the kinkiest... Just saying..
That's precisely My take on it as well.. Switches are far and away more defensive about what they 'identify' with and I'm not sure why tbh. I don't dislike them at all.. have many friends that are either switches by their own definition or just appear to have switch tendencies. But typically they are far more promiscuous and tend to be more easily offended if I show a disinterest. Their choices don't bother Me; We all get our kicks the way we see fit.. what bothers Me is the impression they leave on Me..an impression of 'I don't care about the lifestyle.. I just wanna be kinky whether top or bottom is irrelevant.. a A thick skulled Dominant, I can't fathom flipping a 'switch' (see what I did there? lol' and suddenly being a sub any more than I could suddenly start breathing water. I'd like to think that was par for the course in anyone's choice of identity IE: Male is male, female is femal, gay is gay, bi is bi, Dom is Dom, sub is sub, what's a switch?.. just feels like another 'I want what I want and I want it right now'

Nothing 'wrong' with it.. just feels like a square peg in a round hole


SociallyTwisted 57M
244 posts
5/25/2021 10:12 am

    Quoting SoCalSwitch2021:
    That's just some narrow minded thinking. You might as well replace the word "Switch" and insert any ethnic group, religion, sexuality. I really comes off as bigoted.

    You wouldn't turn down a bi-girl if she showed up with friends. Why would you get nervous around a switch?
I might turn down a bi gal.. just depends on the chemistry and where the mind/heart are at.. as for bigoted, far from it, I have some great friends that are switches or have switch tendencies... what I think I take issue with is them defining themselves as lifestylers, and I mean that in the old school sense.. in My mind, they are just kinksters... not nessecarily across the board, simply in the sense that wear which ever role gets them in the bedchamber quicker.. the relationship dynamics just simply aren't the same.
This is all relative to My own set of experiences, thus the call to hear from other switches on the matter, but to say I'm 'bigoted' is just a knee jerk reaction from someone that's clearly far too defensive.


satyrp 76M

5/25/2021 5:03 pm

As always, your mileage may vary.


SociallyTwisted 57M
244 posts
5/29/2021 3:46 am

    Quoting  :

a real lifestyler isn't a role player. one 'plays a role' when they are acting, pretending or otherwise portraying a facade.. a true 'Dominant' instinctively dominates and a true submissive submits. It's what makes them prosper and self actualize. Perhaps that's where I get confused? I cant simultaneously be Dominant AND submissive.. one would simply be a lie.


MSV2U 61F
83 posts
6/8/2021 9:45 pm

I agree with Your blog wholeheartedly!
I am naturally Dominant, I only want natural submissives.
I JUST SAY No to switching
they want their cake and eat it too.
My world doesn’t
turn that way...
TAKE A STAND! 👸🏼💋



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