Well I didn't actually suggest watching BDSM porn now did I?
I did however try to encourage you to do a bit more research (ergo the links) on the subject because you already have a few skewed ideas about what BDSM is about. Not porn research, but real research.
I already hinted what I think about BDSM porn.
Quote:Besides which, what is not shown in those movies is the huge amounts of communication that takes place before scene and the aftercare that must take place.
So let me take that a bit further.
I would not advocate watching porn to
learn about
real BDSM situations. I wouldn't advocate it for just Dom/sub situations either because that sort of porn is boring and just does not exist. Because there is a lot about such situations that porn just does not cover. Such as the communication, such as after care....
Porn is fantasy, and in the BDSM/Leather porn its often wild and showing things that most people in BDSM only dreams about would never actually do.
Quote:"....but domination/submission and I realize that I may like it and if I meet my future bf I won't be able to have romantic, slow sex"
The fallacy here is that you feel that this can't be romantic. It actually can be, and because you do scene occasionally or like scene doesn't mean that you
must do scene all the time.
I have been with partners who have a taste for a little leather. Just because we did scene (BDSM type sex) doesn't mean we had to do it all the time. There was plenty of real love making. And this is typical of most BDSM relationships. Few are actually 24/7 in scene relationships, most have BDSM added in moderation with a lot of real love and romance.
Another link for you to READ:
https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/in...036AAREdHg
Others spouting off that yes romance can (and often does) take place in BDSM type relationships.
There are way too many myths out there about what a BDSM relationship is about - predominately because of the porn industry catering to a fantasy take on what BDSM is about.
A lot of it is not about violence, submission and domination does not have to include ropes, whips and leather... A lot of it is a state of mind not an act of sex.
BDSM is the acronym for bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism. It doesn't mean that one
has to do all of that to be in that sort of relationship.
No one has to be beaten, whipped, tied down to be in a Dom/sub relationship. There doesn't have to be a need for a collar and leash. Or calling your man 'Master/Sir/Daddy' etc.
Ask the Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM its a long read but hopefully you will see that your personal take on the way it works isn't altogether what really happens or what must happen.
So you want to be in a Dom/sub sort of relationship - that is perfectly ok and can be rewarding and very romantic - it all depends on how you and your partner identify these roles and what you two decide to apply to make those roles more fulfilling.
Porn is a bad teacher when it comes to real BDSM. Dom/sub relationships are not all about sex either. While sex does play a role its not the end goal. Just like sex is not the end goal of a strictly vanilla relationship.
Kink is not a problem if both parties agree to it. To reach that agreement there is a lot of discussion, there are even contracts drawn up. It can take several meetings and deep serious conversation before the couple engages in such. Due to that serious conversation and all parties involved having to open and discuss their deepest desires, most BDSM relationships are a bit more rewarding and closer than vanilla relationships where both parties pretty much never talk about what it is they are going to do and the roles are pretty much based on assumptions about what is expected instead of the couple actually expressing what it is they expect.
Most BDSM couples also discuss other things - favorite colors, what they expect when out of scene (while not having sex) and other stuff. All because they have been in such deep conversation about a subject that most people rarely really talk about.