Quote Originally Posted by Woodchuck
See, I personally think it must be much easier to have it as a symbol of play. Collar on, BANG D/s roles are assumed. Collar off, BANG roles dimiinished.
And that's why we will be adopting more than one collar! pita and I are well on our way to a 24/7 D/s relationship and we both like the symbolism of that expression of it, but she will be working outside the home and needs to be "professional," which we take to be something even more removed than "discreet."

So for our play, we will have a simple leather training collar. This is the collar you were referring to, woodchuck, and its meaning is clear .... lots of banging and play roles are assumed

She spent a lot more time than I enjoyed shopping for choker jewelry from lifestyle establishments and I picked the one I wanted to try ... it will be an "in public" symbol for us for our first year.

At the end of the first year, if we decide to enter a permanent D/s contract, we'll have designed a new collar to our own specs and hold a collaring ceremony much like would accompany a wedding.

So you can see, the collar is important to us ... but as a practical matter it can't be just one.

her_Joe