Originally Posted by mastersgem:
how can one just turn it on
With me it isn't just turn off or on. Both sides are part of me. At present I'm sitting in a chair typing, not using my feet. When I finish and walk in to brush my teeth and go to bed, I don't have to turn my feet on. I just have to use them, they're part of me.

I am kind of new here and from what I've read so far, many people just don't know understand what I am. I'm me, Dennis. I like art, computers, playing guitar and cooking. I also like getting tied up and tying someone else up (not necessarily at the same time. lol).

It's not really a mystery any more than being a Dom/me or sub is. Both sides compliment and enhance the other.

One really fun fantasy of mine is to have my wife tie me up and totally have her way with me. She can do whatever she wants and I can't do a d--n thing about it. (except maybe holler and get goosebumps)

On the other hand I just can't give up the thought of tying her and teasing her mercilessly, until she comes so hard and so often, that when it's over I have to peel her off the ceiling, the walls, the bed, the window sill, the rug, the...

Originally Posted by Phantome:
switch...someone...aroused by both subbing and domming
Phan, that's the best definition I ever read. It speaks to how I feel, totally. Your little "ramble" makes perfect sense.

After reading your post I suppose I'd have to say that the trouble some folks have getting their mind around switching is that they try to approach it from their own point of view, rather than trying to understand a switch's point of view.