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Well, I be a switch. :3 I think the perfect partner can make it more likely for even the most submissive or Dominant of partners want to switch occasionally. When I first got into BDSM I was a switch, really just for the sake of experimentation. I realized I liked being sub more and stayed pure sub for a long time. When I found my lovie, I eventually started getting that urge back to Domme. She was almost pure Domme, and I was able to make her submissive sometime.

That all took time, though. If you're a switch and getting into a D/s relationship with someone who's basically pure Dom/me or sub, understand that they won't be as comfortable with switching as you are. Don't try to force it (even though fighting for Dominance is fun..) and give them time to let you know they feel more comfortable with it.

You have to have an immense amount of trust between you. Do you think a Dom/me would want to submit to his/her pet if he/she didn't have the same level of trust for the sub that the sub has for him/her? Of course not. The trust has to go both ways. So trust is a big issue. Trust and time, and the understanding that there are some people who really just don't want to switch. In that case, see if they'd be willing to let you play with others (if you're the sub.. or maybe even the Dominant). Maybe even encourage them to watch! That way, they can see you at both ends of the spectrum and grow more of an appreciation for switching.

Wow that was long.

.::nods::. I found all of that to be true. It's cute cause my Dom is getting faced with a lot of situations and questions he's never had before cause up until this point he's never dealt with switch before. Almost always predominantly slaves and subs.
And I agree letting your playmate watch is always smart. That's how he got curious and in the end came to the decision to relinquish control to me occasionally.
Now he even jokes about bringing whole other couples in for both he and I to play Dom/me for. Which I think is adorable.

That reminds me how amazing double-Domming is!
*scurries to make a thread*

I really like the idea of the boundaries set up like that. Cause we have run into situations where he gets upset cause I'm used to playing with other switches and have just switched before. This usually unsettles him.

Well, it's basically two dom/mes and one sub in a scene. Twice as much fun for the sub, potentially twice as much punishment. The dom/mes sort of plot together to tease and torment the sub and such.. :3 It's fun stuff~

First off, Congrats!
Now, I've noticed we've only got switches answering here...and while I myself am in a post-Calculus daze of the most impactful sort, I shall try to make my mind function.

As I've been talking to those who've been in the scene longer than I have, I've noticed many of them have mentioned a Dominant experimenting, or testing out, things from the submissive side. Most of the people I've talked to also view this as something a "Good Dominant" does. In fact, all of the men I've talked to who identify as purely Dominant have tried being either a submissive or (one daring man) a full-time slave for a year. Neither of them regret it, though all they all stressed that what made the experience work for them was the fact they had the mindset, as did the person/people they experimented with, that it was for educating themselves about their own boundaries, learnign from the other end what they wished to impart, and how to be a better Dominant in general. One Caucasian man commented that serving his Chinese Maitresse forced him to rethink his own sterotypes (god forbid what those were), and learn the more psychological aspects of D/S play.
In terms of women Dominants, I actually haven't made any deep enough connections yet where I started interrogating them like the overenthusiastic student I am. Or maybe these older Dominant men see me as their cute project? rofl
Wait, did I answer the question? Or just go into another one of my lectures?

As one of my oldest friends (think crazy old lady wearing loud colors, henna'd hair, and living with five cats) taught me from her own experiences, "Sexuality is fluid." I think that's true. The core material that makes it might be the same, but it can change, ebb and flow.

So this finally brings me to answering your question: Yes, I might consider it, but only after a time, with a lot of trust. It takes a lot of creative energy to be Dominant all the time the way my mind upholds my ideals, after all: I'm curious what wicked things others are thinking about; all the better if they involve me. Roles are there to guide behaviour, but they do not set the behaviour itself. (although here I could go off on several psychological studies, getting more sidetracked xd ) But it'd be a rare partner I'd practice submission to, one far in the future, for I am young yet, and still creative, and ze'd have to be a damn good one. Because it'd be easy to make me get on my knees-hell, I do it all the time playing the fop; the hard part is getting my mind to stop viewing it ironically, my eyebrows from rising, my eyes from giving sardonic glints-My, is this not fun? Guess what I'm doing to you tomorrow...
Anyways, I know that at this very moment, and likely for many moments into the future, the way I flow is the way of water gently stripping away the borders of the earth, or crashing down in a wave...I don't want to be a contained source, but rather the dominating force. And god bless the (un)lucky soul who gets the uber-virgin Tlazolteotl testing out the things her mind has thought of. (Yeah, that'll only happen when I stop loving the pursuits of the mind almost always more than people)

Umm...so let me know if that's an answer. I think I made a lot of poetry, but not a lot of sense. I myself...am still figuring things out, even though I know the human psyche, mine especially, must be riddled with self-serving biases. Alas, the quixotic quest!

Well, yeah. I definitely don't recommend doing it with someone who you don't know and trust, and especially trust their judgement.. especially if it's your pet you're both going to domme! As always, trust is still a major requirement for the scene.