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Romance and BDSM

February 13, 2017 By Baadmaster 2 Comments

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But with all-pervasive Valentine’s Day having just passed, I thought this would be a great time to analyze the role of romance in our BDSM lifestyle.

Few of us are born into the BDSM lifestyle. When we first begin, we are hit with a number of “urban BDSM myths” that we later learn are misconceptions. Among these are:

1. “There is only one right way of doing BDSM.”
2. “BDSM scening isn’t about sex.”
3. “A slave is higher on the food chain than a submissive.”
4. “The submissive is the one who is really in control.”
5. “You cannot become a Master/Mistress without having been a slave or a bottom.” (Debatable!)
6. “To be a Master/Mistress, you can’t fall in love with your slave.”
7. “A slave cannot let emotions interfere with his/her service.”

I have covered some of the first five in previous kinkweekly.com articles. But with Valentine’s Day being all pervasive, I thought this would be a great time to analyze the role of romance in our BDSM lifestyle. And myths numbers six and seven imply that romance and BDSM are somehow at odds with each other. As most of us eventually find out, nothing could be further from the truth.

This concept that falling in love and BDSM are incompatible likely originates from the misconception that obedience is the product of punishment – and that a Master/Mistress would be less likely to administer strong punishment to someone whom he/she loves. This, however, assumes that a power exchange is based on castigation. Discipline is just that – discipline. It is rarely based solely on the sub’s fear of the Dominant. In fact, many subs become more obedient when they fall in love. Not only can love and romance be a powerful incentive for the slave to be a good slave, it can also be a powerful tool for the Dominant to use. Love is powerful. And, it is just as powerful in the world of BDSM as anywhere else.

There is yet another reason why the anti-romance belief has taken hold – particularly among newbies. That is because most of us who come to BDSM after time in the vanilla world – and that is quite a large percentage — tend to initially reject all things vanilla. There is a kind of “kamikaze BDSM” mentality that is easy to embrace when we enter this kinky lifestyle. It is much like teenage rebellion, where you revolt against anything and everything, only to find out there are many good things you are rejecting. Romance, the linchpin of the vanilla world, is the first to meet with disdain. The key when making a transition to a new lifestyle is to be objective; embrace the good things from your old experiences and discard the bad ones. To reject romance out of hand is counterproductive. If you take a well-structured and hot D/s relationship, and add the element of love to it, it can – with rare exceptions – only get stronger.

The final “romance misconception” – and this is the big one — is that acting in a tender way is somehow un-Domly. For some, of course, this might be true. But, you must always bear in mind that “There is no one right way of doing BDSM.” Buying a Valentine’s Day gift, for example, in and of itself, does not a D/s relationship make – or break. It depends upon the Dom/me, his/her style and the needs — both substantively and stylistically – of the submissive.

Personally, I have no problem taking my slave to an Italian Restaurant on Valentine’s Day. If Bucca de Beppo wants to help me become a more effective Master, that’s all right with me. And if a gift makes her want to serve me with even greater enthusiasm, then this is a win-win situation all around.

Romance has been around for as long as there has been recorded history. So, why not incorporate it into BDSM? After all, love and kink can be a lot of fun!

By BaadMaster
After a ten year run as head writer for the legendary bondage.com, and an equally long run as the host of the hit internet show “Baadmaster’s Dungeon,” we are pleased to welcome the one and only Baadmaster to KinkWeekly. His thoughts about all things BDSM will now appear regularly on these pages. From the mental aspects of D/s to the nuts and bolts of S&M play, Baadmaster will cover every facet of this ever expanding lifestyle.

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Erotica: Hund’s Rule

October 5, 2015 By Phi 2 Comments

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They’d been skirting around it for well over a year. The sexual tension had been growing between them, but the timing (as timing often is) had just been off. When they met, he was just out of a relationship. Then when he was ready she was in one. Then when she was out of it his mother had taken ill. Then when that had passed it was something, then another thing.
Through it all, they’d remained close friends. He felt drawn to her as she did to him. She’d watch him at play and it would terrify and intrigue her.

She’d joke, “For someone who says he’s not a sadist, you sure do play the role well.”

He’d shrug. “That’s what they want.”

She knew that she wouldn’t be enough for him. She was too green, too inexperienced, too tame to satisfy his needs. And the carousel of women…he never seemed to really get attached to any of them. They’d come and go from his life like bees on flowers. Hovering around for a bit and moving on to the next one.

So when she felt her lips go numb as she watched him with someone else, or when he pulled his shirt off over his head at the beach, or when he simply smiled that smile, her logic brain would kick in and shut it down.

It would never work.

He watched her more intently when she wasn’t paying attention. Her face in profile was already so beautiful, but when he’d catch sight of her looking directly at him with…those eyes…he couldn’t stand it. He’d drown himself in other distractions and convinced himself it was better for everyone.

He’d just broken up with Greta when they’d met. It took him so long to get over that betrayal that he’d built a wall around his heart – a wall of charm and wit and strength and absolutely no trace of vulnerability.Except when she looked at him. He couldn’t hide it then, and though she never acknowledged it out loud, he thought for sure she could sense it. She was kind that way.

Too kind. Too good. Too pure. He didn’t deserve her light. She didn’t deserve his darkness.

The night of her bad scene, she called him first. He dropped his date off at her car and made a beeline for her apartment, where he found her huddled on the floor by the sofa. The sight of her in such a state ignited a rage that burned to his very core.

“What happened? What did he do?”

“I …no, he didn’t,” suddenly she felt like she’d been overreacting.

He dropped down to his knees beside her and put his arm around her, pressing her face against his chest. “Please tell me what happened.” He closed his eyes, breathing deeply, trying to stay calm.

“I just…I wanted to be more….”, she sputtered through choked back sobs. “I wanted to be able to take more. So you could….” her voice trailed off as she realized how ridiculous it sounded.

He could feel his heartbeat echoing in his ears. So he could what? What was she talking about?

He pulled her into a tight hug and pulled her away so he could look at her tear stained face. Watery lashes and smeared mascara framed the deep hue of her eyes as she looked back. She was searching his face. For what?

He realized, he’d been searching hers. For what?

He leaned in and kissed her. Softly. After over a year, he’d finally the courage to do what he’d thought about doing since the moment he saw her – timid and wide-eyed at the dungeon party so long ago.

She sniffled. He’d kissed her. She wasn’t wrong. He felt something. But no, he needed it. How many times had she seen him with others. He needed to give the pain and she had tried tonight. Tried to be strong enough, but she couldn’t take it.

She looked away again, and her skin jolted when he placed a finger under her chin to lift it back up toward him. He was looking right at her. She’d seen flickers before, but he always masked them so well she thought them imagined. There it was. His passion. His desire. His vulnerability. She wanted him, so badly. She’d been wanting him the whole time. Gathering all the courage she could muster, she looked up at him one last time.

“Can you do this without having to hurt me?”

The question struck him to his core. The wall had shown her only one facet of his ability to connect with people. She thought him a sadist. She couldn’t possibly understand how very deeply that affected him. Or how very deeply she’d affected him. He stared at her lips, her eyes, her cheekbones. He took in the whole of her face and saw the beauty in her soul that she’d never tried to hide. He’d just been looking the other way.

Consciously he let down his guard. He’d risk it, for her. With tears welling up in his own dark eyes, he nodded gently, then asked, “Can you?”

Phi is an erotic fiction writer. Phi (pronounced “fee”) came into kink at early age and renewed her connection with the lifestyle in 2014 after a decade-long hiatus. A somewhat popular and undeniably avid blogger on fetlife.com under the name phi-is-me, phi lives in the suburb of a suburb in southern California with two cats and six pillows.

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