TSR Meeting in London

Posted by Tanos on Mon 11 Jun 07, 11:21 PM

Tags: events, masterslave

We got back from London yesterday and I want to say thank you to everyone who came to the first TSR Meeting, and write a bit about the event for those who couldn't be there.

A dozen people came, including five couples and triples in ownership relationships. This number worked very well since we could still all sit round one big table in the upstairs room we had, and have a single conversation for most of the meeting.

I'd initially suggested 5pm-6pm for socialising, 6-7 for discussion, 7-8 for the buffet, and finishing around 9pm. This was really in case things got out of hand and we were going to end up with yet another munch spent talking about everything but BDSM. However, I needn't have worried as we talked solidly about M/s and 24/7 D/s relationships from about quarter to 6 until 9'ish!

As you can imagine, we covered a lot of topics, and these are some that I remember:

Why people don't feel any need to post, whilst others find it very helpful
Making contact with and without the Internet
BDSM Play Scene vs M/s
How public and online personas correspond to the personality behind them
Talking about the difficult parts of relationships.
"Real" as "better than you" vs "real" as "really doing what you say you're doing".
Do some people somewhere really progress through an apprentice / journeyman / master training system?
Difficulties with vanilla friendships, and how far to be out.
Does challenging boundaries help a relationship progress
Locations for future meetings

Thanks again to everyone who came: we're probably going to have another one in the next 3 or 4 months.

Edited Tue 26 Feb 08, 11:48 PM by Tanos

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