When I was 16, I had my first “adult” relationship. What I mean by this, is that I had my first relationship that involved sex that went FAR beyond kissing and naughty touching. I myself was far from being an adult. Quite the opposite really. I was young, naive and easily manipulated and pressured just for someone to like me. Pretty much your average teenage girl (and some adult women, but I digress).
I guess you could say Justin was my first “real” boyfriend. We had a relationship and it included sex. Course, back then, I didn’t see the point to sex. Actually didn’t enjoy it at all. Come to find out, the reason why I never enjoyed it, was because I never had an orgasm during. This is where my being 16 and naive worked against me. Sure, I masturbated and knew what an orgasm was, but I was a little dumb to realize I could be having those same feelings during sex. Or rather, too dumb to realize if I worked at it with my partner, those awesome feelings of pleasure could happen. At the time, I was just left wondering what the big deal about sex was. In any case, I am going off topic again….
Justin was given the gift of my virginity. He was well endowed and extremely gentle with me, but there was a dark side to him. Justin, like me, was an only child, however, he lived a somewhat wealthy life with a fucked up family. In any case, he had issues. Don’t we all? He always wanted to be in charge and he dictated everything that was going on in his life. Maybe I should add he was 17-18 at this time. His friends did as he said, or there would be the wrath of his temper. I did as he said, or he would make me feel life crap or turn his back on me. After all, I did love this guy (foolishly) and wanted him to love me back. Peer pressure is a bitch when you so want to be accepted.
Justin had a temper and a mean streak about him. He also had irrational reasoning and intense insecurities. He would be my first real relationship and my first experience in an abusive relationship.
I was completely and foolishly devoted to him. I was loyal and adored him. He however, was an insecure asshole. (Note that I did not realize this while dating him). Now here comes his irrational insecurities…
I distinctly remember riding in the car with him, at night, and we were playing a game of guess the car by it’s taillights. Or maybe I was playing the game. I was able to tell what car was in front of us as we are driving down the highway at night, from a distance by the shape of the tail lights. Instead of being impressed by this stupid skill, which by the way comes from years of being a passenger in a car and just being so damn observant, he was insecure by it. Immediately, he began questioning me. He naturally assumed that since I knew so much about cars, I must be around other boys a lot. I told him no. It was just something I knew. Something I observed. (My observational skills are quite handy today in my career). He insisted I was lying. There was no way a girl like me knew all about the looks of these cars if I wasn’t hanging out with boys. There was nothing more I could say to change his mind. His solution was, I was no longer allowed to hang out with boys AND I could not talk to them anymore at school. I was appalled. However, if I wanted to continue this relationship with him, I must do as he says. So, I went to school the next day and exchanged very few words with a few boys. When I got home and saw Justin (we didn’t go to the same school), he asked me if I talked to any boys. I told him I had, but just briefly. He was upset and told me I was not taking things seriously. I told him how was I supposed to suddenly ignore my friends? He told me I can tell them that he says I can no longer talk to them.
I did as he said, shutting out my male friends and having to sit by myself when my other female friends spoke with them. This didn’t last very long. Since, Justin didn’t go to school with me, there came a point when I realized he wouldn’t see anyway. I wasn’t going to let some guy tell me who I could and couldn’t be my friend.
I don’t remember much. I don’t remember if the issue was simply dropped or if that was the point in time when our relationship fell apart. All I know is, we ended and I moved on. I moved on because he was seeing other people and didn’t care to tell me. I had a friend of a friend tell me they saw him at Disneyland with another girl and they asked me if he and I were still dating. So, that’s how things ended.
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So I have to wonder… is this any different than in the kink world?
The beauty of D/s, is there is no right or wrong way. What matters is that you and your partner(s) are happy. What works for one may not work for others, but it doesn’t make it wrong.
There are D/s relationships that give the Dominant total and absolute control over the submissive. These are usually called Master and slave relationships or M/s. Please understand that what I am about to say is not true for ALL M/s relationships. In some M/s relationships, the Master does control every aspect of his slave’s life. Including what she can wear and who her friends are. Some slaves have even left their families and broken contact with their family members because it is what their Master wanted.
How is this different than my high school relationship above? I guess the big difference is, there are consenting adults involved and the slave willingly put herself in this relationship.
But you still have to wonder right?
Why would a grown woman want to have her life completely controlled by a man? Under “normal” circumstances, this would be considered abusive. On the flip side, what does this say about the Dominant? Is he so insecure in his own life, that this control over women brings him power?
It’s an interesting thought to ponder. Bottom line is, these are consenting adults and if they are happy, so be it. It’s not my choice in life. I don’t ever want to be told who my friends can and can’t be. It also means, I can’t be best friends with someone who is in a relationship such as this. I don’t want my friendship with her controlled be an outside person.
But you can’t help wondering.. how much is consent… and how much is manipulation…
“Oh mina, here you go being the pot calling the kettle black.” True, very true. I’ve been in physically abusive relationships in my past. Today, I enjoy being in D/s relationships and consenting to pain being inflicted on me. It’s a whole different mind set and I know I am not being abused when I have a session with a Dominant whom I care about and who cares about me.
Just something to ponder….