SM 101 - Assignment

I've been in a very cavernous place called OVERWHELMED and it's prevented me from thinking, and therefore, writing clearly about sex, sexuality, and our BDSM experience.  Today, feeling frustrated by that and unmotivated to do sensible things, like look for a job or take a shower, I picked up The Bottoming Book again.

I wondered when I had last held the book I bought some time ago and how far into it I'd read.  Then, as I scanned the notes in the margins, I remembered that I'd picked this book up before I'd met my first intentional top (because there are dominant people and then there are Dominants).  I remember making my "Yes, No, Maybe" lists excitedly, before meeting a prospective top for a drink.  I remember feeling very giddy and very silly and very unsure.

So I picked it up today again, needing inspiration and a conversation.  My man saw me with it in my hands and told me he'd been considering giving me an assignment relating to that book.  He pitched, I accepted, and a learning process was begun.  Let there be discussion! Ideas! Questions! Developments! And most of all, please Goddess, let there be More Writing!!!

The Assignment: Read and report on one chapter per week from Dossie Easton & Janet W. Hardy's The New Bottoming Book.  Discuss with man and write about here.
The Start Date: Today, Feb. 26
The End Date: May 8 or sooner (at least one chapter per week for 12 chapters)
The Participants: Me, My man, Friends, You readers
One Extra Goal: Find other discussions of this book's contents and reader perceptions online to include here.


Because, when life gives you overwhelming lemons, you ask if you can have a few too many limes too.  (Oy vey.)