>My question is this... how have each of you come to realize your trust, and how dear to your heart is that trust, how strong is it that you would put your safety in the hands of another?

More importantly, how necessary is it to the lifestyle that you lead, in your own eyes? Could you put your safety in the hands of your Dom/me, Master, or Mistress without it? Is your need to serve so great that you would abandon all notions of trust to have that need met, regardless of the consequences?<

Trust is the most important thing in any relationship in my opinion, even more so in our lifestyle. I trust him explicitly, no questions asked. Trust of course develops over time and hopefully becomes stronger. As an example, my life is literally in his hands at times since we both enjoy breath play (me especially), that would not be possible for me without complete trust. What helps is that he has been in the lifestyle for 25 Years, one does tend to be more relaxed about certain types of play when with an experienced partner.
Would I abandon the need for trust in pursuit of having my need to be dominated meet?
No I don’t think I would, having said that however I was never in a situation in my kink life were I even had to think about that.
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