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infinitepoetess 54F
6370 posts
4/19/2020 3:32 pm
Coming Out To Family

I am open with my family that I am going t.o have a D/s relationship. I didn't choose t.o be open, but that's a long story for another time. Either way the question remains:

If you were "outed" to your family, how would you choose to tell them?
Own it and walk my slave into Christmas with a collar and leash on
Sit them down and explain a "Don't ask, don't tell" rule
Deny, Deny, Deny, and stop all activity until it cools down
Offer to go see a shrink and swear you'll change


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/19/2020 3:33 pm


BEEFARAMA2 48M
101 posts
4/19/2020 4:14 pm

Let your freak flag fly. Fuck anyone who judges. They are just jealous.


drmgirl622 68F  
26001 posts
4/19/2020 4:19 pm

I have to go with don't ask don't tell.....hell, it took them 10 yrs to get over me being a lesbian


DancingDom 74M
22527 posts
4/19/2020 4:31 pm

I would have to put a bow on her and sing Mery Christmas to me.

"One Big Sky Covers Us All Equally"


Falcon1343 80M
286 posts
4/19/2020 4:39 pm

just set everyone done and tell them
you are into the lifestyle..and it is
what you want for yourself. and tell
them you know that it's not for everyone
out in the world..
and that being a part of it makes you feel
happy.


alwaysassertive 64M

4/19/2020 4:52 pm

From years of working with confidential information. I have an instilled habit of keeping my mouth shut about projects and any information shared with me. I don't discuss information with people to satisfy their need for curiosity.


ARomanticSadist 54M
1301 posts
4/19/2020 5:15 pm

My family already know I am Bisexual and I have committed suicide, so if I brought that up, I am sure it would go down more as "At least he is in a relationship".

And if not, I would look each one in the eye and remind them of each of their faults that I do not ever mention, and that the glass in the house I live in is already stained.

As for the holiday, what about Festivus, ya know, "For the rest of us!"


JohnnyLightning 65M  
9621 posts
4/19/2020 5:21 pm

It's none of their business and wouldn't care or be surprised. I'm the black-sheep of the family anyways.

Howling at the moon and mal ad osteo.


BlkBdsmMstr1 71M  
188 posts
4/19/2020 6:02 pm

My children know because my late wife (their mother) was my submissive and my ex-wife was my submissive. They did not know until they were adults.


jenny14 75T  
90261 posts
4/19/2020 6:27 pm

poetess

I too would g with "Don't ask, don't tell"

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

Jenny


olderdaddy_63 68M

4/19/2020 7:51 pm

My daughter knows what kind of relationship I seek. We watched fifty shades of BS together and I pointed all the things wrong with it, which was pretty much the entire movie.


likesmatures 55M
4814 posts
4/19/2020 7:57 pm

I think most families have an idea of what bdsm is...

And honestly i think most people see it as 50 shades of grey..

So no need to unpack the whole play bag...


ARomanticSadist 54M
1301 posts
4/19/2020 9:10 pm

    Quoting  :

That is so heartbreaking. They brought you into this world and should at least show you some respect for being strong enough for being the person you are, unless you happen to be Lucretia Borgia of course.


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 2:49 am

    Quoting  :

And in more ways than one, the cultural issue of being a woman. The hypocrisy would have us be either an affront to feminists or an affront to the traditional attitudes of being a lady and not doing certain things ever. I can relate which is why I am glad it came out eventually


DStevens2020 54M

4/20/2020 10:22 am

Think about all the other family drama where nobody acknowledges the real truth. This is no different. Sit them down, tell them that you have a wonderful, if unconventional relationship and they should not ask about anything they do not want to know about...and then reiterate that they do NOT want to know about your personal life.


rosaenaluin 65F
10951 posts
4/20/2020 10:31 am

I once told my oldest sister, because she was into the play role sm thing.
The moment i told her how and what i needed, she did not want to have to do anything with me, anymore.
I am also the black sheep, even from before....
But now even more, because what i want is really sick, the can handle the play in the bedroom thing...
But wanting to really life the Power/Authority Transfer..?

Even when i told them, that it is like being gay, not every gay man wants to humb every other man!
it is still about personal preference...
By that time, they did not take anything in, anymore...
It is totally useless to talk or try to explain this orientation, as i see it.
to vanillas.


rosaenaluin 65F
10951 posts
4/20/2020 10:32 am

I could not vote, because my choice was not in it...


infinitepoetess replies on 4/20/2020 12:15 pm:
Sorry how would you word your choice?

Wicked_Tongue 61M
690 posts
4/20/2020 11:35 am

Given the area/background from which they came, and their generation also, I guess my mother would not have understood and my father would have thought it quite cool, so long as I did not abuse the women (in any way other than their preferred choices.)


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 12:12 pm

    Quoting Wicked_Tongue:
    Given the area/background from which they came, and their generation also, I guess my mother would not have understood and my father would have thought it quite cool, so long as I did not abuse the women (in any way other than their preferred choices.)
I would think for a man especially or any Dominant, the stigma of abuse is so heavy that it not only does your head in but makes you question your resolve to effectively and pleasurably give pain.But maybe I am off target....


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 12:15 pm

    Quoting rosaenaluin:
    I once told my oldest sister, because she was into the play role sm thing.
    The moment i told her how and what i needed, she did not want to have to do anything with me, anymore.
    I am also the black sheep, even from before....
    But now even more, because what i want is really sick, the can handle the play in the bedroom thing...
    But wanting to really life the Power/Authority Transfer..?

    Even when i told them, that it is like being gay, not every gay man wants to humb every other man!
    it is still about personal preference...
    By that time, they did not take anything in, anymore...
    It is totally useless to talk or try to explain this orientation, as i see it.
    to vanillas.
I get this story on so many levels. I think when we have been in it for a long while especially, we become normalized to so much more than the vanilla head can comprehend. They are still working on a "moralistic" system and repressing their animistic desires to the point of demonizing them, right?
At least my story was like that, it was as if my mother would have preferred me being lesbian to what I desired because she was of the bra burning ilk lol


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 12:16 pm

    Quoting DStevens2020:
    Think about all the other family drama where nobody acknowledges the real truth. This is no different. Sit them down, tell them that you have a wonderful, if unconventional relationship and they should not ask about anything they do not want to know about...and then reiterate that they do NOT want to know about your personal life.
I like this on many levels if there is not an explosive situation to deal with, then this would be my choice too


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 1:20 pm

    Quoting  :

Agreed


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 1:20 pm

    Quoting drmgirl622:
    I have to go with don't ask don't tell.....hell, it took them 10 yrs to get over me being a lesbian
Get that


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 1:21 pm

    Quoting DancingDom:
    I would have to put a bow on her and sing Mery Christmas to me.
Maybe some tinsel too?


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 1:23 pm

    Quoting ARomanticSadist:
    My family already know I am Bisexual and I have committed suicide, so if I brought that up, I am sure it would go down more as "At least he is in a relationship".

    And if not, I would look each one in the eye and remind them of each of their faults that I do not ever mention, and that the glass in the house I live in is already stained.

    As for the holiday, what about Festivus, ya know, "For the rest of us!"
Kind of like at least all her tattoos are spelled correctly? LOL
Yes absolutely, I am not of any faith solely


rosaenaluin 65F
10951 posts
4/20/2020 1:28 pm

infinitepoetess, Well, wanting a 24/7 Totall Authority Transfer, (wich means, the D, could also be a woman,)
The Dominant-Master is in charge, all the time.

That has not so much to do, with having a D/s. i believe...

Most vanillas i know of, are capable to understand the excitement of having a sexual Dominant-submissive 'experience'... in the bedroom, so to say.
A M/s TAT is not about that kind of experience in a relation.
You understand the difference?

and i agree with what you say.
My way of looking at relationships, power games in those mostly vanilla relations...?!
It is such an totall other dimension.

it is like they are from a totall other planet.
Having soo much restriction in their believe /sex system. mindframe....


rosaenaluin 65F
10951 posts
4/20/2020 1:33 pm

The thing is, vanillas, believe they are so openminded, that they want to know.. can handle it all...
wich will backfire on them and you.
So if you dont want to open up, on that kind of private stuff, they are even more curious about you...
Soo terrible tiresome.
Thats why i dont like to make new vanilla friends... The always think they have a right to know... about stuff they are not able to handle, at all.
A loss - loss situation.


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 2:53 pm

    Quoting rosaenaluin:
    infinitepoetess, Well, wanting a 24/7 Totall Authority Transfer, (wich means, the D, could also be a woman,)
    The Dominant-Master is in charge, all the time.

    That has not so much to do, with having a D/s. i believe...

    Most vanillas i know of, are capable to understand the excitement of having a sexual Dominant-submissive 'experience'... in the bedroom, so to say.
    A M/s TAT is not about that kind of experience in a relation.
    You understand the difference?

    and i agree with what you say.
    My way of looking at relationships, power games in those mostly vanilla relations...?!
    It is such an totall other dimension.

    it is like they are from a totall other planet.
    Having soo much restriction in their believe /sex system. mindframe....
I have lived 24/7 D/s in total power exchange so yes, I get it on many levels
I have an M/s tattoo on the back of my neck. Hurt the worse of any of my tatts


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/20/2020 2:56 pm

    Quoting Falcon1343:
    just set everyone done and tell them
    you are into the lifestyle..and it is
    what you want for yourself. and tell
    them you know that it's not for everyone
    out in the world..
    and that being a part of it makes you feel
    happy.
good points


subbeardad60 63M
75 posts
4/21/2020 11:25 am

When my wife and I started exploring the scene we joined Fet, and discovered there my sister and brother-in-law, her sister, and three members of our church. We knew that the rest of our family included many judgmental gossiping busy-bodies, so we prioritized a mutual discretion agreement,


janey_robbins 65T  
278 posts
4/21/2020 12:24 pm

I did the don't ask thing, unless you are prepared for the answers : -)

No one has the right to say that what I do ( and who I do ) is wrong, but I also don't have the right to shove my (hot sexy throbbing fun) way of life down other peoples throats.

Fun though it might be to think about it


rosaenaluin 65F
10951 posts
4/21/2020 12:54 pm

infinitepoetess, wow, even a tatoo? in your neck? My! god! that must have hurt, real bad.
And now you are no longer in that M/s relation?
This goes beyond your questionnaire..

How did you handle that?
You dont have to tell, if you dont want to share.. i understand that...


RTDomDaddy 58M

4/21/2020 2:26 pm

My family would be shocked to find out I was into vanilla


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/21/2020 9:18 pm

    Quoting subbeardad60:
    When my wife and I started exploring the scene we joined Fet, and discovered there my sister and brother-in-law, her sister, and three members of our church. We knew that the rest of our family included many judgmental gossiping busy-bodies, so we prioritized a mutual discretion agreement,
Wow! Talk about 6 degrees of separation!


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/21/2020 9:19 pm

    Quoting janey_robbins:
    I did the don't ask thing, unless you are prepared for the answers : -)

    No one has the right to say that what I do ( and who I do ) is wrong, but I also don't have the right to shove my (hot sexy throbbing fun) way of life down other peoples throats.

    Fun though it might be to think about it
Greatest answer


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/21/2020 9:21 pm

    Quoting rosaenaluin:
    infinitepoetess, wow, even a tatoo? in your neck? My! god! that must have hurt, real bad.
    And now you are no longer in that M/s relation?
    This goes beyond your questionnaire..

    How did you handle that?
    You dont have to tell, if you dont want to share.. i understand that...
Yes my neck tattoo is kanji lettering that is master and slave.
My husband and master of 10 years died last October. To say I was devastating would not be enough to describe at first. I am coping much better now, but it is traumatic beyond all comprehension at first,


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/21/2020 9:22 pm

    Quoting RTDomDaddy:
    My family would be shocked to find out I was into vanilla
I love this answer


rosaenaluin 65F
10951 posts
4/22/2020 1:41 am

infinitepoetess, i can believe that! It must have been real hard on you... and still is, maybe.... on some days.....
one day at the time, he?

RTDomDaddy hahaha, nice answer!


olfiveanddimer 70M

4/22/2020 7:40 am

In the words of a song sung by the great Billie Holiday:
There ain't nothing I can do
Or nothing I can say
That folks don't criticize me
But I'm going to do
Just as I want to anyway
And don't care just what people say
If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean
Ain't nobody's business if I do
If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret all day Monday
Ain't nobody's business if I do
If my man ain't got no money
And I say "take all mine, honey"
Ain't nobody's business if I do
If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
Ain't nobody's business if I do
But I'd rather my man would hit me
Than follow him to jump up and quit me
Ain't nobody's business if I do
I swear I won't call no copper
If I'm beat up by my papa
Ain't nobody's business if I do
Nobody's business
Ain't nobody's business
Nobody's business if I do


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/24/2020 4:48 am

    Quoting rosaenaluin:
    infinitepoetess, i can believe that! It must have been real hard on you... and still is, maybe.... on some days.....
    one day at the time, he?

    RTDomDaddy hahaha, nice answer!
Yes, one day at a time. The shut down and being stuck in my house hasn't been the best for my morale sometimes, but I am rolling with the punches.
I can only describe the sheer fear a slave feels when that tie is broken after such a long term relationship. Coupled with grief it was debilitating for a time - about 3 months. He always said 1 year in M/s was like 7 dog years...I believe he was right


RTDomDaddy 58M

4/25/2020 10:34 am

My family;y would be surprised to find out I was not a Dominant


RTDomDaddy 58M

4/29/2020 1:13 pm

:smile: you should write me sometime at hardluvndad
Gee mail


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/29/2020 4:09 pm

    Quoting RTDomDaddy:
    My family;y would be surprised to find out I was not a Dominant
Another great answer


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
4/30/2020 10:53 am

    Quoting  :


NastyDom4u2pleez 59M

5/31/2020 8:07 am

Definitely just own it. Better to be 100% truthful and upfront. My slave always has a collar/choker on. Maybe not the leash attached on Christmas


Funtimes41042 49M

6/3/2020 4:19 am

Definitely own it, love the idea of the collar and leash!


infinitepoetess 54F
3499 posts
6/3/2020 9:40 am

    Quoting NastyDom4u2pleez:
    Definitely just own it. Better to be 100% truthful and upfront. My slave always has a collar/choker on. Maybe not the leash attached on Christmas
Maybe just the leash attached at home on Christmas ?


NastyDom4u2pleez 59M

6/3/2020 8:02 pm

    Quoting infinitepoetess:
    Maybe just the leash attached at home on Christmas ?
Definitely the leash at home during Christmas and most other times


infinitepoetess replies on 6/3/2020 10:29 pm:
As it should be

lindaxx69xx 69F
19 posts
6/23/2020 6:44 pm

so now that you've been betrayed by someone what are you going to do, hide it from them?????? how many years????? the rest of your life????? they know part just tell them or your really going to need a shrink and someone to pay for it.



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