• Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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    22 days ago

    A number of years ago, as I was about to take my dog out for a walk, and it was dark out, I put her reflective collar around my own neck without thinking.

    "It's a bit tight..." I said with a tentative tone.

    ...My mom, standing next to me, immediately burst into uncontrollable laughter, and that was when I realized what I'd done. I have hardly ever felt more embarrassed in my entire life. I had and still have zero clue as to how on Earth I had concluded that the dog's collar was intended for my own personal use, and even after noticing that the collar was way too tight, not stopping to contemplate that I may have been doing something wrong.

    Mom still teases me about that incident sometimes.

    So yeah, this post just reminded me of that anecdote.

    Sent from Mdewakanton Dakota lands / Sept. 29 1837

    Treaty with the Sioux of September 29th, 1837

    "We Will Talk of Nothing Else": Dakota Interpretations of the Treaty of 1837

  • ManFreakBeast [he/him]
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    22 days ago

    "Thanks for asking babe"

    "No problem. Now bend over you worthless slave!"

    "Yes my queen."

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    22 days ago

    Having been on both ends of this, absolutely check

    Don't want to have anyone ending up in the hospital

    Unless it's the play hospital I set up in the bedroom

  • someone [comrade/them, they/them]
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    22 days ago

    Moving to a university town full of young men looking to a 40-ish dom like me for their first subbing experience has been an eye-opener. Last month I had a new session partner actually start crying because he'd never experienced proper aftercare before. Poor guy had a few sessions with other self-described doms who were just dumb thugs only looking to hit him into obedience then kick him out the door once they'd had their fun. He'd never before had prior discussions on physical limits, verbal limits, safewords, safe gestures, expectations, etc. And he'd definitely not had a dom provide food and gatorade and clean towels and a clean bathrobe and a new toothbrush and other freshening-up essentials for afterwards.

    • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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      22 days ago

      I'm no kinkster but food, gatorade and a bathrobe? Hell yeah sign me up, no one ever gave me a bathrobe

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      22 days ago

      Poor guy had a few sessions with other self-described doms who were just dumb thugs only looking to hit him into obedience then kick him out the door once they'd had their fun.

      I would not be surprised if such experiences were responsible for a sizable portion of the anti-kink movement.

    • AmericaDelendaEst [comrade/them]
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      22 days ago

      a clean bathrobe and a new toothbrush and other freshening-up essentials for afterwards.

      wow look at you going ten extra miles making the rest of us look bad 😔

    • TheDoctor [they/them]
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      22 days ago

      Damn I thought my aftercare was good but a new toothbrush? I would be floored by that

  • propter_hog [any, any]
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    22 days ago

    Put a finger between the collar and their neck to keep some play in it. But yes, also always ask.