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	TSR : Web boards : M/s D/s O&P : "Meeting M/s People" 1 2 Meeting M/s People (17) This post is on the M/s D/s O&P web board. 30 May 08, 8:43 PM Catfooted US, 5 yrs Y! I love to meet other M/s and D/s folks and have met quite a few. Some strong and enduring friendships have been formed over the years from online contacts that grew to in person or from chance encounters at a BDSM meeting place. I enjoy people, in general and am not the least bit shy :::laughing:::! I'll walk right up and say hello and start a conversation quite happily. I've attended munches, parties and the local member's clubs and enjoyed them all, more or less. But my faves are the large conventions like Southwest (AZ) and Southplains(TX) Leather, Folsom Street Fair in SF. I really am looking forward to attending the Master/slave Convention in DC in Aug. The focus on M/s will be a delight, I'm sure. There is a very good MAsT chapter here in Los Angeles and I love to get together with others in that group. We have great conversations on topics specifically pertaining to M/s and it's applicable realities. Good stuff! Outside of groups and conventions, I'm never averse to meeting new folks for coffee or whatnot. I'm not much of a bar person but go to the Eagle now and then. But good conversation over coffee is a great way to make a new friend. If you are in the LA area drop me a line. I'd love to have a cuppa with you! Catfooted "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit". The Tick 1 Jun 08, 4:02 AM Cerns_slave UK, 4 yrs Meeting people inperson would be nice, Master and i live in the North East of England and we don't seem to meet many like minded people in the area. We did recently visit a small hotel for our aniversary, which catered to our lifestyle (St Andrews crosses in the bedroom etc) but other than that, we haven't really found anything. We are 24/7 Master and slave and married with children also, so dropping everything regularly, to shoot off across the country to a munch isn't an option. But if there was a meeting close enough, or one with plenty of notice in advance then yes we would love to attend. Cerns_slave_kaz 1 Jun 08, 4:55 AM Kristan US(TX), 5 yrs Yarakot wrote: Meeting M/s People If you really don't care to meet anyone in person, why is that? Are you shy or introverted? Or is there some other reason? I'm shy because I'm overweight. 1 Jun 08, 8:08 AM Catfooted US, 5 yrs Y! DearDarling, please don't let that stop you from getting out and about with other folks. People come in all shapes and sizes and there are folk out there who have a preference for every one of those varied shapes and sizes. Some like 'em big, some like 'em small. No matter how you're built, you ARE somebody's perfect cup of tea! But it's a lot easier to find 'em if you socialize... Catfooted "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit". The Tick 9 Jun 08, 2:36 PM DarkSado 4 yrs [/quote] I'm shy because I'm overweight. [/quote] Nonsense. Since when should weight dictate one's attending a BDSM social gathering? Go to one with your Master. There are Masters & slaves here of all shapes and sizes, and they aren't going to judge you for your weight. I, for one, am Not a social person. I prefer smaller groups of friends. But I would enjoy an event with Masters & slaves from this site. DarkSado 10 Jun 08, 4:34 AM monica US(WA), 4 yrs I am shy myself, so it's easy for me to delude myself that I don't want to meet lots of people in person, but deep down I do. It's something I am working on. Sadly, sometimes my shyness is sometimes comes across as snobbery. There is this really neat organization in Seattle called the Center for Sex Positive Culture http://www.sexpositiveculture.org/ It has been really helpful for me to see people having sex, and engaging in BDSM. You realize that it's not just (physically) beautiful people who have great sex and sex play. It's also great to see the variety of styles people have. No two Masters, no two Subs are the same in the way they interact. The CSPC has evening events, workshops, discussion groups. Even though I am not making friends left and right at the CSPC, I don't have that feeling of being isolated, and Master is learning lots from the other Doms. He is getting good with that flogger! 9 Jul 08, 4:10 AM llamae US(MI), 5 yrs Master has been wanting to meet more M/s people as well. We've looked on line and found very little in our part of the US- at least near us. We looked at the MAsT pege and that seems to have some good ideas on starting a group- at least some form of structure and ideas. What Master really wants is a group of couples that we can get together with to socialize, yet be able to fully be what/who we are in the relationship we have and want to express. We do have a few friends in the lifestyle but distance keeps us down to 1 or 2 get-togethers a year. However, if there was a formal group and planned events, perhaps this would be different. The hard part is finding couples with the same image of this lifestyle as you; some people are more S/M focused, others are more sex focused, some subs like being forced, others ache to serve... Organizing a social event that makes everyone feel comfortable and relaxed to be who/what they are is tricky! We'd love to find some couples in the central Michigan area! Are you out there?