MissTaken
Biker Chick
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Lancecastor said:I agree that "ya gotta start somewhere" ...but you should also consider whether you'd entrust a newbie to hold your rope while you washed skyscraper windows to get my point that yes, there is a greater risk in working with beginners that you can get hurt.
That being said, there is a particular thrill in seeing a learning sub stumble over saying the words as she trembles and yields.
Yes?
Very good point.
As we gain experience, which you have, we do learn how to pick and chose those that seem best able to be a good match.
Players can and should find other players.
Those who are more interested in an intense mind fuck and episodic or 24/7 TPE, should be able to find those. But until a new Dominant or submissive knows what it is that these things are and to what degree they want and need power exchange, we all stand a risk of hurt when with novice subs and Dominants.
But then, novices can and do come into their own, in a manner of speaking and watching that unfold can be wonderful, rather than hurtful. Keeping your own perspective clear and healthy with a novice is a good start. Keeping your expectations realistic and realizing that there is a risk that ultimately what they day dream about doesn't turn end up being what they truly need may help to ease the bruises of a disrupted relationship.
There is no shame in being new, a newbie, a novice or anything of that nature.
However, we were all there once and found our own way which may or may not have been what we originally set out to achieve.