Thursday, 28 January 2010

The Courage to Ask

I was asked yesterday, by someone new to our fetish community and to the various activities we in this community enjoy, what smothering was, and it occurred to me that he was being very courageous to be asking a question whereby he was not just seeking potentially awkward information, but also simultaneously admitting his lack of knowledge in an area of play.

I just want to say to those of you who DON’T know about something, and yet you continue to ask your questions, I admire your perseverance and I applaud your courage.  I can only hope that when I next get to a place where I run across a word/idea, or perhaps a word that has 2 or 3 definitions, that I lift my voice likewise, in order to find out what all that I can.

I applaud you curious ones for having the courage to say something like what I heard yesterday:  “I don’t know what smothering is.  Can you please talk to me about it?”  I admire your spirit.  I mean, let’s face it, if you are new and you are looking at one of my profiles on various domains, or looking directly at my website for the first time, seeing something on that website that you don’t recognize, in this case, the part to do with smothering, I would think you might be feeling a bit nervous.  Not being afraid to ask after it tells me a lot about you, your mettle.

I encourage each & every one of you looking at either of my sites, ask me if you don’t understand something and I’ll do my best to either answer your question or to refer you to someone who can, someone who can answer your question with the respect and compassion it deserves.

[Via http://msvanesa.wordpress.com]

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