{"id":375,"date":"2007-07-11T21:38:10","date_gmt":"2007-07-11T21:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexsuze.com\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2007-07-11T21:43:51","modified_gmt":"2007-07-11T21:43:51","slug":"not-all-sweetness-and-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/?p=375","title":{"rendered":"Not All Sweetness And Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" src=\"images\/greenpimp.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" \/>We&#8217;re not all in relationships, conventional or otherwise. But what&#8217;s worse than not being in a relationship? Being in the wrong relationship or wrong kind of relationship.<\/p>\n<p>D\/s and BDSM relationships are often misunderstood by those who do not understand them as being abusive. However in a well balanced relationship D\/s or BDSM\u00a0 the Dom and the sub fulfil needs for each other and in doing so can have a bond that, even if they comprehend it, a vanilla couple can sometimes only imagine. Being so close to the edge creates an interdependency that at its best is a beautiful thing.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly not all relationships, D\/s or vanilla, are so perfect. For some people, predominantly women but often men, a relationship can be stifling, ugly or even mentally or physically abusive.<\/p>\n<p>Luna of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-iron-gate.com\">The Iron Gate<\/a>, brought to our attention <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nlaidvproject.us\/\">a charity recently, one with a very specific mission statement<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.the-iron-gate.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/05\/blogathon-2007\/\">She will be taking part in a Blogathon on for that charity later this month (28 Jul 2007)<\/a>. So if you feel you can lend her your support and\/or donate to her chosen cause, please do so.<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/D\/s\" target=\"_blank\">D\/s<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/BDSM\" target=\"_blank\">BDSM<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/domestic%20violence\" target=\"_blank\">domestic violence<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/blogathon\" target=\"_blank\">blogathon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re not all in relationships, conventional or otherwise. But what&#8217;s worse than not being in a relationship? Being in the wrong relationship or wrong kind of relationship. D\/s and BDSM &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/?p=375\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexsuze.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}