Hi, newbie full of questions!

impkitty

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I've just beta'd a gorgeous short fic from the Dom's point of view, it's m/m but the principle is there - it's real person fan fiction, so that may squick you out. It hasn't been posted by the author yet but if anyone is interested and would like the link when it is then let me know. I also have a short fic of my own (again slash RPF) which is from both points of view. I'm not sure if RPF breaks any of the rules here (mods?) but if it doesn't and anyone wants the link then I can give it.
 
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savannah

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My husband has a similar problem. He's not big into reading either. So what I did was browse a shit ton of websites, and when I found snippets of information I thought would be informative, I copied and pasted it into a word document for him to read later. SHORT snippets of information, and I wouldn't leave more than two pages worth of material for him to read at a time. If I found an article I though was good, I left that up for him read. This made it easier, cause he didn't have to do the searching himself, and it was all up in short, easy-to-read segments. Occasionally I found a thread on a forum I thought was useful and brought that up as well. But only one thing at a time so it wasn't overwhelming.

Now we havethe novel "screw the roses, send me the thorns". I pick out a paragraph or section and read it to him. He enjoys that. :)
 
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Smallest, I can write dominant, but I think that authors tend to write from the sub side because it's inherently more dramatic--the sub lacks information, needs training, and so on. In contrast, a dom is supposed to know what's going on and have skills, so the dom doesn't have as many options for dramatic development.
 
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not so vanilla

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Hi all thanks so much for all the great replies and advice.
Will definately have a look for some erotic novels for him (and me!) to see if I can get him to read them. Do you think it's a good idea to look for some BDSM porn videos to watch together so he could learn more visually? I'm skeptical about this though as are there any good ones out there that we could learn from?
I will also have a go at trying him with snippets of info. I think half the problem is that he doesn't like being told what to do! It's like when I left the FAQs on here up on the pc and offered to put the kids to bed myself etc so he would have time to read he was like I'll read it when I want to read it!
I think he's always been naturally dominant when I think about it now but I guess I've fought it all these years!!! I suppose seeing it from his side after me trying to go against being told what to do for 16 yrs it must be a bit confusing to him! I think I'll take your advice Sebastian and try to give him time, take things slowly and tell him when I like what he did but also I think you're right Roland in saying that hes quite happy how things are at the moment especially as before I had my 'lightbulb' moment I constantly denied him sex! So I think I'll maybe have a chat with him on what to try next and also the safety aspects of it, maybe he might force himself to read a bit then as he's already told me he's worried about hurting me in a none erotic way.
Thanks again for all the great advice.
 
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I thought I'd jump in with my opinion...I have a partner who isnt a big reader too. We spent our entire relationship pretty vanilla till about a year or so ago when I finally opened up about my kinks.

I felt like I didn't want to tell my man what to do as it seemed wrong to instruct a Dom but I realised that just like regular sex, a guy is never gonna know what turns you on unless you tell him/show him (unless you are REALLY lucky of course!). We would be doing things in the beginning and he was constantly unsure asking if I was ok, hurting, was it right? Etc, it was really off putting for me and did nothing for his confidence. He outright just asked me what I wanted saying he couldn't please me if I didn't tell him. So I had to get over my fumbling and stuttering and be like 'ok, I want you to do this'. I even brought some toys online myself to get the ball rolling.

I didn't like critiscing him when things were a bit off as I didn't want to put him off trying again so just made sure to put it in a positive light. Also mega important to have safe word or light system do he doesn't have to constantly check if things are hurting/you are ok.

I agree with Sebastian about going slow, give him time to adjust to new things, try not to overload. I made that mistake of wanting to try everything and freaking him out a bit, he worried I hadn't been sexually satisfied before and that he had to become some Über Dom now!

It's a two way thing though, he can't just sit back and be all like 'great I get sex on tap' but doesn't have to put any real effort into what you want or you'll just start to resent your submission.
 
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Roland

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For me and my wife personally, BDSM porn videos don't do much for us because we are more into the psychological aspects of D/s and not the rigging and electrocuting, etc. However, everyone is different and it doesn't hurt to try it. If you haven't noticed, there are a huge amount of porn links on this website in the Pics an video sharing section, but stick to the more recent ones as the older ones may no longer be available.

And although I am very new here, I have to somewhat disagree with our resident expert, Sebastian. Like me, the two of you are married and are used to the compromise and the give & take that entails. If my wife granted me sex on demand, showing her complete trust and devotion for me, then I would listen to her requests to read and learn for a few hours about what makes her sex drive go. As subarama said, it's a two way street.

But I do agree with Sebastian 100% that you don't want to press too hard and you need to give him some time. He needs to read about basic safety, and I think he should be reading small chunks a day to start understanding it better. It will be interesting to see how this fleshes out over the next few weeks.
 
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sebastian

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Watching porn won't hurt (pardon the pun), but most of the porn is fairly hardcore, and may therefore intimidate him a little. Also, in porn you never see the safety precautions, and often don't see the rope work, and it's hard to figure out the rules of flogging (where not to hit, etc) from it. The safety stuff usually occurs off-camera, and the rope work is often edited out (because the dom in the scene isn't the rope master).

But you two could watch a porn video and then talk about what parts turned you on. That would give you ideas for what to explore, read up on, and so on.

One important point for him to understand is that being a dom is work. It takes practice to get good at flogging, you have to read up on techniques and safety, and you have to think about what you're doing. The more control you have over a sub, the more work you're doing. Now the sub compensates to some extent through service--I may have to be thinking a lot about the next phase of my slave's training, but he is mopping the kitchen for me so I have some free time to do that thinking. But control brings responsibility and obligation. Just as I would have no respect for a man who freeloads off his girlfriend and doesn't get a job, I would have little respect for a dom who wants control but doesn't accept the burdens of dominance. So I do think you might have to have a talk with him about what being a dom involves. This is another reason to give him time--rather than pressing him to read a ton of books right now, let him do a little reading here and there as you two explore.

Another option would be to find a teacher. Many fetish conventions offer classes on specific skills, and there are dom (and subs) out there who are willing to mentor a newbie. So perhaps finding your local munch and socializing with other kinksters would be a good idea.
 
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