M/s explained

I forgot when I posted the last post that some people might now know what M/s or D/s relationships are. I'll try to be clear:

D/s stands for Dominant/submissive, M/s stands for Master/slave.

In a D/s relationship, one partner is submissive to the other. This can be purely sexual, or 24/7, or anything in between. The dominant partner could have the last say in making decisions, giving rules or orders for the submissive to follow etc, and in return they look after and protect the submissive partner. It's always consensual, it's in no way forced or coerced. The submissive (shortened to sub) gets to be taken care of and enjoys making their Dominant (Dom/me) happy.

This can translate to the bedroom, with some people seeing D/s as a purely sexual thing, while others see it as a lifestyle.

An M/s relationship is similar to a D/s one, but in an M/s relationship the slave (not sub) gives 'ownership' of themselves to their Master/Mistress. Of course they're not legally owned, but it's about giving up control, putting full and complete trust in your partner and giving them permission to make decisions for you, and treat you as their own. The main difference between M/s and D/s is that the 'slave' in a relationship gives up ownership of their body to their master or mistress, while the submissive is generally not seen as 'owned'. A submissive may choose not to do things, or use safeworda, which a slave doesn't necessarily have (of course it all depends in the individual relationship, and the line between the two can get quite blurry and wiggly).

Have a look at the Wikipedia article for this, as it's actually quite good! http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(BDSM)