(long)You can't serve two Masters or three or four.... (rant/commentery/sounding off)

[embre]

it seems too difficult to pull off to me, but I'm still neo.

I definetly wonder how ppl can pull off a 24/7 lifestyle with kids. you would have to hide it from them, no? I mean it would be kinda traumatic for a child to see Daddy (or a stranger) caning Mommy in the basement. (gender roles only examples). that and its so time-consuming anyways, with proper warmups and cooldowns.

But if someone were to get serious with multiple Doms, it coud be disastrous. what if you get contradictory orders? No one person can have everything they want all the time, and it seems like you'd have to be a glutton for punishment (hahaha) to try and please more than one Dom 24/7. I even wonder how satisfying a scene with more than one sub would be. The subs I know (not many, granted) like being on the bottom, and I mean down there with the catfish. Sharing a level would make them feel awkward, as would being in the middle, and I think it would be tricky to keep two people in subspace at the same time...like running back and forth between two kitchens making 2 diffferent meals.

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24/7 with kids is hard for many couples I know, but not impossible. I think many people compare 24/7 with the physical aspect of BDSM too often. 24/7 doesn't mean always being collared and naked, or spending every night in the basement being caned.
It's a relationship where the power exchange permeates every aspect of your life. It's knowing 24/7 who is in charge and living it. You don't have to have long elaborate scenes to keep that dynamic going. Heck, just having a good night of vanilla sex can be time consuming. And millions of people live that every day with kids.
As for the whole rant of having a husband and Master. I've never been able to wrap my mind around that. In theory a Master is to be the #1 person in a slave's life. And that is just not possible when said slave is married. No matter what, the husband would come first.

[Curtis]

"No matter what, the husband would come first."

In theory, yes, but in practice... It's obvious from reading around the Forum (and some personal communications) that there are a LARGE number of people who fit into Merrioc's 'two masters' category. It would seem inevitable that at least some of them put their Master/Mistress first.

[embre]

"No matter what, the husband would come first."

In theory, yes, but in practice... It's obvious from reading around the Forum (and some personal communications) that there are a LARGE number of people who fit into Merrioc's 'two masters' category. It would seem inevitable that at least some of them put their Master/Mistress first.

The more I thought about this, the more I realized that perhaps I was generalizing much in the way others do about 24/7 relationships. I was basing my idea on a very traditional marriage. And not taking into consideration the many dynamics a marriage can take on.