the captians wench
sewing wench
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MasterPhoenix said:I really feel for you that happened, Wenchie...
please don't take what I am about to type as an indictment of you, because that is not the intent at all....
I do think that the incident shows the need to talk about aftercare as part of the negotiations for a scene. Even with that, not every scene will require the same type of aftercare, but the Top needs to have an idea of what will be required of him afterwards, and if he is not willing to do that... well...
One thing with rose is that she usually requires a good amount of loving aftercare afterwards, which is usually some of our best bonding time. The thing is she can come out of nearly identical scenes differently from one time to the next. Sometimes, she can seem like she is coming out of it well, only to descend into a well of tears for no apparent reason. Its not my place to wonder why, but to be there to support and guide her as she comes back from that headspace. During that time the only reality to her is my voice, my touch, my presence... so I continually reassure her and make her feel loved and guided...
We had discussed aftercare, before this happened the first time and again after that first time....which after it happened the first time I should have said that's it then, but you know what they say about hindsight. Besides, the fact that he promised me that I would never be left like that again sort of gave me an out when it did happen. I shouldn't have been involved with this person from day one, but I got involved, and I got my head in deep, and I thought I loved it, and I guess some of it I did. I loved our sessions, what I didn't love was things that were going on outside of the sessions.
For a few days after this, I just kept asking myself, why did I do some of the things that I did. The answer is simple, I was afraid that if I didn't do them then I wouldn't get any more sessions from him. But leading up to this day, I was getting a lot less pain play anyway, that's another thing that made this easier for me to say okay you know what, I'm not getting what I want or need anymore you can go now.