Homburg
Daring greatly
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- Aug 28, 2007
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As a person who likes power exchange, on line won't give me the fulfillment of that desire. The others are right, the off switch is right there. I can pretend I have given up power, but it won't give me the result I seek. Physically, emotionally, mentally, it just doesn't cut it when it comes to power exchange.
This really is the core of it. Power eEchange just doesn't have the same impact when the off-button is there. At the same time, honesty becomes a major concern. I can't tell you ho wmany times I've seen an online only pyl talk about how they're supposed to be off doing whatever task their PYL set them to, when they were really just doodling about on the net with their IM set to Away. Yeah, that's power exchange.
Yes, I know not everyone is like that, but it does cheapen the milieu for me to see proponents of online turn around and do things like that.
Saying they are not the same does not mean your experiences are invalid. Your experiences and your emotions are all real. But you simply can't compare non-face to face with face to face. It's like saying watching a travelogue of a trip to Paris is the same as being there. Sure you can look at the beauty of Paris on the film. You can even fall in love with Paris watching that film. But what you'll never be able to do watching that film is smell the flowers in the spring, or feel the breeze on your face. See? it's different.
Excellent analogy! There is nothing at all like visiting a place, compared to simply reading abot it or seeing it on TV.